Man's Gun Fires As He Uses Wal-Mart Toilet

[matcom]

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HUDSON, N.H. -- What do you do with the gun in your pants when you go to the john?

Police in Hudson, N.H., have charged Charles Masterson, 36, with felony reckless conduct after his pistol went off in a Wal-Mart restroom. Masterson said he was pointing his Glock semiautomatic toward the ceiling, just as he had been taught was the safest thing to do when a gun wasn't being used. The precaution backfired when the gun discharged Tuesday night while Masterson was in the bathroom.

Police said the gunshot scared the wits out of a teenage Wal-Mart employee in the next stall. The young Wal-Mart worker told police Masterson put the gun back in his pants and walked out of the bathroom like nothing happened. Wal-Mart employees called police.

Police charged him for putting the teenage employee in danger. Masterson's 13-year-old son also was in the bathroom.

He was jailed overnight but released Wednesday after a court appearance.

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[MrCoffee]

1. Yeah, it scared "the wits" out of the guy in the next stall.

[NewWaveChick1981]

2. ROFLMAO! That's exactly what I was thinking...

:rofl: :yoiks:

[YankeyMCC]

4. Nutz you beat me to it :)

I'm glad I'm not the janitor there and would have to clean up those "wits" :)

[RetroLounge]

3. Wits? Is that a mis-spelling?

:shrug:

RL

[MissMillie]

5. Seat protector wouldn't have helped there....

yikes!

[Lance_Boyle]

6. happened to an off-duty cop at the ACC tournament a few years ago

He shot himself in the leg, courtside. Seems to me this is unlikely to happen if one carries a double-action semiautomatic hammer-down on an empty chamber, properly holstered. I don't know what to make of the description of this guy's mode of carry... "in his pants."

[KamaAina]

7. "Is that a gun in your pants or are you just glad to see me?"

:spank:

[jmowreader]

8. If you're going to get the shit scared out of you, what better place?

[Deja Q]

9. Talk about being scared shitless... I can't think of a better place to be.

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