Posted on 07/02/2017 9:48:10 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
GETTYSBURG--A "patriot" who brought a revolver to Gettysburg National Military Park Saturday amid rumors of desecration of memorials accidentally shot himself in the leg Saturday.
Benjamin Hornberger, 23, of Shippensburg, accidentally triggered the revolver, which was inside a leg holster, when he temporarily rested the bottom of his flag pole against the holster, according to witnesses. Park police were nearby when the shooting occurred and officers quickly applied a tourniquet that may have saved the man's life, said Sgt. Anna Rose, a spokeswoman with the U.S. Park Police.
A tourniquet type device covered the wound on the man's left thigh as he was loaded into an ambulance. He talked with paramedics and seemed in good spirits.
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He’s lucky he’s not that guy who shot himself in the “middle leg” the other day then!
He is also lucky that he won the prize for Best Actor at the Reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Fifedom
Sidenote here: What ever happened to the Antifa group who were going to desecrate the cemetery or something there at Gettysburg?
His flagpole will always be at half staff.
>>’patriot’
>>A “patriot” who
>>Other self-described patriots nearby
>>Dozens of self-described Patriots
Nice sneer quotes... nope, no bias there...
The dude must have been carrying this revolver cocked.
Ball and cap with one live one under the hammer. Weapons grade stupid.
Something is really wrong with that.
Ok...I’m trying to picture how this happened...
A revolver in a holster gets fired by a flagpole...
Something isnt adding up here...
Was that it?
If he was a “era” actor then he would of most likely had a ball and cap pistol. So yea. Even Glocks don’t typically go off when you rest the butt of your flag pole on them.
“Patriot” is how they described themselves so “self-described patriot” is accurate.
>>“Patriot” is how they described themselves so “self-described patriot” is accurate.
And if an antifa type called themselves “moderate” or “American”, would the newspaper put those in sneer quotes or use the phrase “self-described moderate”? Doubtful.
Yes it is. Even Colt SA Army’s were carried with an empty chamber under the hammer.
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