Shooting Death in Gun Class

“SPRINGFIELD | Questions are being raised after a man died in a class that is required to obtain a concealed weapons permit in Missouri.

Sixty-three-year-old Glenn Seymour accidentally shot himself in the chest earlier this month in Douglas County while trying a new technique with a weapon he wasn’t familiar with using.

Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase is looking into whether what he was learning was appropriate for a class that often includes people with little to no training.

The Springfield News-Leader reported that Seymour was right-handed, but was practicing drawing a semiautomatic 9 mm handgun with his left hand, taking the safety off and shooting.

That skill is not required to get a concealed weapons permit in Missouri.

Instructor Paul Richard Williams called Seymour’s death a “tragic accident.”

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