Okay, I have to admit that I read this headline on a story that Carl sent me totally wrong.

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I mean, shooting the finger is rarely accidental.  It could happen, I guess, and that would surely make headlines but that wasn’t the case here.

It’s out of Minnesota where 66 year old Fred Peterson was showing his wife a new .38 special handgun.

Ole Fred, a firearms instructor, holstered the weapon, whereupon his wife asked if he could pull the trigger while the gun was holstered.  Fred tried while he held the holstered gun in his left hand.  Shot his damn finger, he did.

He explained, “The gun was pointed in a safe direction, but my finger was not in a good spot.”

It rarely is, Fred. It rarely is.

Petersen is an NRA-certified instructor for classes required to qualify for a Minnesota concealed-carry handgun permit, apparently a job that requires a double digit IQ.  Kinda makes you wonder how Fred lived this long.

Thanks to Carl for the heads up.