Reply #22: Lawanna Hancock's husband is pleased to know

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there are safety functions which prevent guns from going off accidentally.

EQUALITY — Lawana Hancock, 59, Equality, died Wednesday night due to a single bullet fired from an accidentally dropped gun, according to a release from Gallatin County Coroner Tony Cox.
The autopsy revealed Hancock's death was due to a left hemothorax as a result of the gun firing the bullet into her lower back in an upward manner, traveling through her left lung, upward through her neck and lodging in her left back jaw area, according to the release.
Two other people were at the house, Hancock's husband and a friend. Their statements indicated the gun was dropped and discharged upon striking the ground at 8:10 p.m. http://www.dailyregister.com/news/police_and_fire/x155905899/Accidentally-dropped-gun-killed-Equality-woman

Sometimes it just doesn't matter.


A lone gunshot briefly interrupted lunch Friday afternoon at Galatoire's restaurant in the French Quarter.
Times-Picayune. The gunshot, an accidental discharge, occurred when a handgun concealed in a woman's purse fell to the floor in the restaurant's foyer, according to a news release from the dining institution. When the bag hit the floor, the gun fired, sending a bullet into a nearby wall. No one was injured. Once the smoke cleared, the restaurant continued serving lunch. http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2010/09/gunfire_in_galatoires.html

Between someone getting killed and no one getting hit there are of course, others.