Man accidentally shot child while officiating wedding near Lincoln, deputy says

The child should've also carried a gun to protect themselves from bad wedding officiants.

Houchin said Gardner accidentally shot a child in the shoulder. They were taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.

Also, it was a blank, so the kid doesn't have a bullet hole. None of this excuses wielding a firearm irresponsibly in a crowd of people, and I'll take "Trigger discipline" for $200, Alex. Just wanted to bring to the fore that the kid will be okay.

The only reason his grandkid is still alive is because he wasn't QUITE stupid enough to put live rounds in his 'attention getter'. What a moron.

I've seen a guy shoot his daughter in the leg at a public outdoor range because he cleared a misfire in his handgun incorrectly. She lived, but goddamn. It only takes a second of inattention to kill someone and it happens all the time. These people do not treat firearms with respect. It's not a fucking noisemaker or a penis replacement. It kills, instantly.

“buh guns not the the problem!1!”

If only there has been a good officiant with a gun!

who the fuck has guns at their wedding?

Tell me you're from Texas without actually telling me you're from Texas

Had the child been armed, this tragedy would have never occurred. 'Murica!

fired a gun to get everyone’s attention.

He f-ing what? Even if he didn't shot the child, this man belongs behind bar for sheer stupidity.

Reason No. 4020 for "American people in general should not have access to firearms".

Fucking backward degenerates.

Deputies learned that 62-year-old Michael Gardner, the wedding’s officiant, fired a gun to get everyone’s attention.

When did he think it was a good idea? When?

If there is anyone here who has cause to think that I should not have a gun, speak now or forever...BANG.....oh shit, sorry kid!

Makes me think of that scene from the Office when Dwight randomly fires a gun in the air at the start of the rabies awareness race. First time I saw that, I thought, "they sure do know how to exaggerate American culture" but alas, here we are.

If it was a blank, how can you hit someone with it?

This country is overloaded with people that are just bat shit crazy. 

Wow, what an idiot, that man should not be allowed to have guns. Properly made blanks aren't even expensive and guns don't "just go off" unless there is something seriously wrong with them, in which case, they should be taken out of use immediately and serviced or destroyed.

He just had to take out the Holy Handgun.

This is the world where every idiot has the right to carry a gun.

It must’ve been an American themed wedding.

It wouldn’t have happened if everyone present had been armed with an AK-47 and a bazooka.

It was the bride. She started crying, so he shot her.

There’s something very wrong with this story. Yes, a Texas pastor shot a child during a wedding, but why was it being held on a Saturday? Are we just going to accept weddings to be held on any day, wily nilly, instead of on a proper Sunday?

I propose that Texas mandate proper wedding laws, including mandatory background checks and waiting periods, so that these children shot at weddings will only be shot on Sunday, the way god intended.