Three reporters shot at anti-gun campaign press conference

Posted by David Pescovitz, July 18, 2008 11:04 AM | permalink

At a press conference held in Nanchong, China about the success of anti-gun campaign, three news reporters were shot. A police office was holding up a homebrew gun when it accidentally fired. From the BBC News:

A reporter needed surgery for injuries to his ankle, crotch and chest, after being hit by what appeared to be pebbles fired by the gun. Two others were slightly injured in the incident...

According to the Chongqing Times, the home-made gun had been designed for shooting birds.

Shooting at gun control conference (BBC News, thanks Carlo Longino!)

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#1 posted by Thebes

, July 18, 2008 11:12 AM

This demonstrates perfectly why the police are the only ones "professional enough" to handle firearms. [/sarcasm]

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#2 posted by holtt , July 18, 2008 11:19 AM

They could have been pebbles, or even bits of metal - like irony.

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#3 posted by eustace , July 18, 2008 11:19 AM

I'm looking forward to the story where FBI agents, while conducting a news conference re: a massive drug bust somehow manage to addict several reporters to heroin...

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#4 posted by skarbreeze , July 18, 2008 11:28 AM

Classic. /inserts obligatory "Gun Control is holding a firearm correctly"

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#5 posted by G_E_Gardner , July 18, 2008 11:30 AM

I sort of assumed that being crotch-shot was part of a reporter's job description in China.

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#6 posted by vonmises , July 18, 2008 11:51 AM

Good to know even China is suffering from anti-gun nutjobs.

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#7 posted by Banksynergy , July 18, 2008 11:58 AM

#7 - Because clearly, this article indicates how safe guns really are.
Bloody nutjobs thinking they harm people - Phooey!

>_>

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#8 posted by jso , July 18, 2008 12:05 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfVZjbyzFGQ

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#9 posted by cinemajay , July 18, 2008 12:07 PM

So what were the police doing holding a confiscated loaded weapon anyway? Wouldn't it make sense to make sure the chamber was empty before displaying it?

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#10 posted by brownhb , July 18, 2008 12:19 PM

was Dick Cheney seen running from the scene??

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#11 posted by mark zero , July 18, 2008 8:43 PM

Perfect.. proves the Party's point and gets rid of some pesky reporters at the same time. Do it, Comrade!