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Source: Huffington Post
A Florida woman accidentally shot her friend in the leg while waiting in line at a Starbucks on Saturday.
Police say Pamela Beck and Amie Peterson were getting coffee at the Tyrone Square Mall in St. Petersburg when Beck moved to set her bags down in order to pay for her drink.
Her purse "hit the ground hard," St. Petersburg Police spokesman Mike Puetz told The Huffington Post, and a fully loaded .25 caliber semi-automatic handgun that was in the bottom of the handbag fired, striking Peterson above the knee.
Beck told investigators that her father had given her the gun about a year ago, and she hadn't intended to bring it out in public. "She had forgotten about it," Puetz said. Beck does not have a concealed carry weapons permit, according to police, and the case has been referred to prosecutors.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/13/gun-in-purse-starbucks_n_3268652.html
Gunfucks Amuck.