(Think Progress) Gun activists designated last Saturday “Gun Appreciation Day” in an attempt to highlight their opposition to gun safety laws. The PR stunt proved to be more of an embarrassment, however, when 5 people were shot at 3 different gun shows on Gun Appreciation Day. On Friday afternoon, an Iowa gun dealer closed out the week by becoming the sixth person shot at a gun show. The man claims he was “showing off a .25 caliber pistol he thought was unloaded when he slid the action of the gun.” The gun was not unloaded, and a bullet went through his left palm.
Another negative side effect of the frantic antics on BOTH the far left and right. You have gun shows packed with asshats who don't know guns, but know they have to get them now before the govt takes them. lines out the door with a bunch of morons. Five years ago, guns shows were awesome congregations of responsible gun owners. Today it's a bunch of frantic obnoxious untrained idiots shooting each other in the ass. fuccknuts.