Gun Nuts..A Whole New Spin

[Judas BentHer]

There it is, he had a gun so he was probably a criminal.
(not arguing the count of idiocy..lol)

Well, how often do you go shopping at the local mini-market while armed? And as anyone who has a concealed weapons permit, or a right to carry permit know, you don't stuff a piece down the front of your pants! You put it in a holster under your jacket or shirt, hence concealed. Or you put it in a shoulder harness so it's under your arm area. Or, in some States, you can wear a holster.
Otherwise, stuffing a PINK gun down the front of his pants, minus a holster, can be presumed to be for quick access or visual intimidation. Besides the idiocy as to how easily it can slip from the waist band and fall into the pants!
And that it went off means he didn't have the safety on, and if it was a revolver, it means he had to cock (pun not intended) the hammer back and squeeze the trigger. An automatic means, he had to have engaged the slide, which would load the chamber, have the safety off and then pull the trigger.

So presuming he was up to no good, isn't outside of possibility.
Responsible gun owners, don't do what he did. And that gun wouldn't have been able to shoot a live round, had he not had it primed to do so.