[archy]

Lafayette, Louisiana, for those who wondered. I've never been a real big fan of two-shot Derringers, but they seem to be more common down that way than in some places I've been.

The old Hi-standard double-action versions used to be an issue item with the LA Highway Patrol, who often carried theirs in a boot top. They at least couldn't fall on their hammer, and go off, as happened to this goof.

I recall that Lee Harvey Oswald had a similar incident while a young Marine, and he too was a Louisiana boy. Perhaps it's something in the water thereabouts.

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[Charles Martel]

Not Lafayette... that's west of Baton Rouge on I-10. The Tanger Outlet Mall is in Gonzales, south and a bit east of Baton Rouge on the I-10 loop down towards New Orleans.

FWIW, the Ascension Parish Sheriff has one heck of a rifle and pistol range not five minutes from the Tanger Mall - I've helped out with a few Garand Clinics at the facility.

I have never trusted those stackbarrel derringers, either.