Responsible Gun Ownership: Horseback Edition

Somebody's been watching too many cowboy movies. Pssst: those guns weren't loaded, moron.

From the Herald:

A Morehead mother was in stable condition Wednesday after she was accidentally shot by her son’s gun, according to a release from Kentucky State police.

Jereen R. Stamper, 39, was shot in her left side and taken to Cabell Huntington Hospital in West Virginia around 7:30 p.m.

Stamper was shot when her son’s .22-caliber pistol fell from his holster and hit the ground while he was getting off a horse on 1270 Stamper Ridge Road, police said.

Police said the shooting is still under investigation.

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/news/local/counties/fayette-county/article71763207.html#storylink=cpy