The Hollywood director Michael Mann has been taken to the hospital following an apparently accidental shooting at a Los Angeles gun range, according to the Associated Press. Mann, 83, reportedly shot himself in the leg while at The Range LA. The news was first reported on the celebrity website TMZ. He sustained what his representative described as a superficial injury after a weapon accidentally discharged while holstered.
How does that happen? Did he fail to put the safety on (assuming it wasn’t a revolver)?
TMZ reported that Mann had been trying to holster his weapon when the gun accidentally discharged. Emergency services were then called and he was taken to a hospital.
Good grief!
Mann is preparing to shoot a sequel to Heat – one of the most acclaimed crime movies of recent decades – starring Christian Bale and Leonardo DiCaprio.
A film that is famous for its dramatic gun battles. Maybe he should have got some tips from the experts on set!
4 comments:
Love the passive voice! "A weapon accidentally discharged". No humans involved at all. It did it all by itself. Just one of them things.
Whether it was a revolver or a handgun, it is difficult to imagine a scenario where it wasn't negligence.
See the A J Bell advert on TV, where a man with a shotgun shoots over the head of his assistant who operates the clay pigeon launcher. They are on a boat, which could lurch at any moment ...
Most handguns in the US do not have a manual safety.
Very likely he had his finger in the trigger guard while holstering it or he was using a floppy holster (leather or cloth) and got part of that into the trigger - gun don't go off unless the boomswitch is pressed.
Agammamon: what? All automatics have a manual safety catch. Can you imagine the insurance liability for the manufacturers in so litigious a country as America? Revolvers don’t have safety catches. But if he was trying to holster a revolver at full cock that’s gross negligence on his part.
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