US man accidentally shot at gun safety class!

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Press Trust of India Washington
Last Updated : Aug 14 2013 | 6:05 PM IST
In a bizarre incident, a man in the US while attending a gun safety class was accidentally shot in the arm by an instructor.
Michael Piemonte, from Ohio, was attending a concealed-carry class with his wife Alison in central Ohio's Fairfield County over the weekend. Such classes are required for anyone wanting carry a concealed weapon in the state.
There were 29 students in the lecture-type class, Piemonte said. He was sitting in the front row.
While the instructor was demonstrating a self-defence techniques, the gun went off.
The bullet struck Piemonte in the arm. Even he did not realise what had happened.
New law allows schools to teach gun safety to first-graders.
"Everyone was in shock," Piemonte was quoted by CNN as saying. "It took me a couple of seconds to realise that I had been shot."
The 26-year-old said he's in good spirits. "I'm just glad my wife did not get hit."
Piemonte said the instructor has been calling him regularly to check in.
"It makes me feel good that he is so concerned," he said.
The Fairfield County sheriff's deputy who responded to the scene described the shooting as accidental, The Columbus Dispatch newspaper reported.
Piemonte doesn't have a gun yet, but was planning to get one this year. He still plans on doing so.
"It was the first time I've been shot," he said. "And hopefully the last.
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First Published: Aug 14 2013 | 6:05 PM IST

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