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One simply does not pull one's pop gun for show and tell any more than one removes one's foundation garments in public to show off how they complement the figure. It just isn't done.

Cooper's Big Four are always at risk for embarrassment in such an act, and that seems to have played out here.

My only sympathy is the guy is in his 80's. This could be age related. If my mind goes, may God grant me the remaining wisdom to recognize my failings.

This is also probably a case for early and uncompromising gun safety training. If you practice a lifetime of gun safety, the brain in your trigger finger, programmed to stay the heck off the bang switch, may save you in an otherwise careless moment.

The wife's injuries sound worse than described. In the left side of the abdomen, out the right. Best wishes for her recovery, and for the shooter's.

Be safe, all.