I believe this incident really did happen, but the pictures were staged a day or two later for illustrative purposes.WildBill wrote:I agree with the comments posted about the dangers of using worn or defective holsters or holsters which don't completely cover the trigger guard.
But, the photographs of this "accident" just don't seem real. The whole scene looks too "staged". The holster is deformed so badly that no one in their right mind would think of using it. There are no powder burns on the pants, the pants don't have just one bullet hole, but are ripped numerous times just enough to show the "wound".
There is absolutely no blood on the pants or the car seat. The photograph shows that the "victim" has a bloodless wound to the hip that looks like the sawed-off end of a soup bone. Did the guy just come home from a Chinese restaurant and happen to have a chopstick to stick through the seat to show the path of the bullet?
Of course I may be wrong, but it makes me wonder.
Notice the complete lack of gunshot residue (and blood) on the pants and how the material is frayed. That indicates to me that they have been washed.
There is what seems to be the remnants of some GSR on the seat. I suspect it was cleaned up also, but some of the GSR is burned into the upholstery.
Also, notice that he's not wearing the holster in any of the pictures.
