couple's gun goes off in cafe, bullet strikes man, they scurry off

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

Two arrested after gun goes off inside Duran's Central Pharmacy

[RockRaven]

1. Leaving the scene of a gun discharge should be categorically illegal,

even if no injury occurs, like a vehicular hit and run. But the penalty should be even worse, by a large margin.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

2. they saw the damage...didn't offer the poor man any help or call 911. SHAMEFUL

[Silent Type]

3. More and more ignorant yahoos are toting everyday. Hope he's criminally charged and sued civilly.

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4. It's the woman, not him who got charged. The gun was in her purse and it went off...

when her pursed dropped and hit the floor. No carry license and other charges.

[Silent Type]

5. Thanks. Thought it went off when the guy put his phone in his pocket.

[wackadoo wabbit]

8. It did, and it's obvious in the video

The assailants are obviously lying.

[brush]

15. The video shows the guy jumps/ducks when the shot goes off, wondering where/how it happened.

I think he and the woman move off their counter stools to leave, but he then stoops to pick up the gun.

[TeamProg]

6. He was charged for tampering with evidence. nt

[wackadoo wabbit]

7. That's what the assailants are saying, but that's not what occurred in the video

It looks like the man was putting his phone back in his pocket when the gun, which was presumably in his pocket, went off (0:41 in the video).

If the woman dropped her purse on the floor, then why was she holding it on her lap right after the shot occurred (0:49 in the video). She hadn't reached down to the floor after the shot, so it hadn't really fallen to the floor.

My theory is that the man has a record and the woman does not, so she's taking the fall for him.

But anyone who watches the video can see that their story is obviously false.

[Lanius]

14. She's protecting her man

My theory is that the man has a record and the woman does not, so she's taking the fall for him.

I agree. Might even be on parole or probation.

[callous taoboy]

9. Trash! Utterly contemptible!

Thanks, gun-humpers. Now one can get shot while eating at a cafe, pumping gas, driving down the road. Thanks, too, for the armed officer dressed in black (nice guy, BTW) who patrols the hallways at the school where I’m employed, and for our campus increasingly resembling a prison, where all doors must remain closed and locked at all times now. This ignorant, unsympathetic couple with their stupid gun; watching the guy stroll casually out the door while his ignorant other half pretends to be helpful as a means of covering her sorry ass. Shameful doesn’t begin to describe.

[DFW]

10. I hope the court shows them no mercy

Their victim could have been killed, and it seems they wouldn't have reacted much differently, and if it hadn't been clear they were on video, they might not have turned themselves in at all. If they go away for ten years (instead of a ten day suspended sentence), and the story makes front page news everywhere, maybe, just maybe, some gun nuts will get the message: if it isn't allowed, then DON'T CARRY A WEAPON IN THERE. It doesn't seem like you need a PhD in physics to figure that out.

[thucythucy]

11. It won't matter to the terminal gun freaks.

They all think "That can't happen to me" until it does.

How many children have been killed and injured by gun "enthusiasts" leaving their lethal toys out where their or other kids can get at them? Has any of it made any difference to the NRA groupies?

There is too much stupid in the world for there to be such easy access to firearms.

It was different when you had to have some skill to use a musket.

Nowadays, any graduate of Kruger-Dunning University is easily capable of slaughtering dozens with a literal flick of the finger.

Thank you gunners for putting us all at risk.

[DFW]

12. For all of Europe's defects and mistakes

This is one thing they got right. It is extremely difficult to get a permit to own a firearm here, and if you do, be prepared for spot checks on how and where you keep it. If the inspectors find you are careless with how you store it, you lose both your license and your gun. "Open carry" here refers to beer bottles.

[Lanius]

13. How do guns just go off? Do these idiots keep a round in the chamber at all times?

Talk about stupid and dangerous beyond belief.

[twodogsbarking]

16. At least they didn't have lawn darts.

[soldierant]

17. The govermor, Mchelle Lujan Grisham, has been trying for months

to issue executive orders on carrying and safety, and has been getting stymied by gun nuts taking her orders to court.

https://nmpoliticalreport.com/nmleg/governor-legislative-leadership-reflect-on-session/