A Texas man accidentally shot a child while officiating a wedding in Lancaster County on Saturday, the sheriff’s office says.
Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said deputies were sent to a wedding at Hillside Events near Denton on a report of a gunshot wound.
Deputies learned that 62-year-old Michael Gardner, the wedding’s officiant, fired a gun to get everyone’s attention.
“He was going to fire in the air, and as he did that, it slipped and went off,” Houchin said.
The gun was loaded with a blank that Gardner made with gunpowder and glue.
Aren’t there countries where multiple people fire AK47s in the air after a wedding?
Right, there are. None of those countries merit emulation. On the contrary, they’re blueprints for what not to do, so…
Yeah, and those folks aren’t firing blanks.
Yes and that makes it better somehow?
Not better, no. Makes your statement of “only in america” feel more emotional than factual.
It was a comparison among peers, other developed first world countries. While the comment was factually correct, it was not useful.