“Don’t paint us as hillbillies”: Man guarding “Muslim-free” gun range bends over, drops weapon...

[TexasProgresive]

In another thread I was told that weapon drop shootings don't happen. This isn't a new incident going back to August 2015 but what the Hell it's the 1st day of 2016 and all the news people are recounting the stories of the year, so here goes.

This snip has a ring of irony in it to me:

http://www.salon.com/2015/08/19/dont_paint_us_as_hillbillies_man_guarding_muslim_free_gun_range_bends_over_drops_weapon_accidentally_shoots_self/
One of “the Clampetts” — a reference to the iconic family from “The Beverly Hillbillies” — told Muskogree Now’s Leif Wright that he would only identify himself as “Eagle One,” and that the reporter shouldn’t follow in the sheriff’s footsteps and “paint us as ignorant hillbillies.”

“We just believe in people’s constitutional rights, and we’re here to make sure they get them,” he said adding that he had nothing against Muslims. “I am a combat veteran, I will fight to the death for someone’s right to practice whatever religion they want to. I’m not here because of that. I’m here because when people start resorting to violence, we can’t allow that.”

Snip:

Nicole Mayhorn, one of the store’s owners, posted on Facebook that the person who accidentally shot himself “was a close personal friend of ours,” a “very sweet and dear friend who we consider to be like family,” and that he “came over today to help fix a door in my office and as he bent over his weapon fell from a malfunctioning chest holster and went off when it hit the floor.”