LOADED GUNS IN BUSH
STRONG COMMENT BY CORONER. (Per Press Association); •*".' t WELLINGTON, This Day. Strong comment on the danger of carrying loaded rifles in the bush was made by the Coroner (Mr Gilbertson) at an inquest to-day on Charles James Galliers, who was accidentally shot while deer-stalking on the Tararua Ranges on Saturday, The Coroner said it was clear that sufficient precautions were not taken in. handling loaded rifles, particularly in bush country, where anyone was liable to slip. A deer-stalking expedition was not an occasion for snap-shoot-ing. In the present case there was not the necessity for the rifle to have been loaded, but if there was the safety catch should have been on.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 35, 21 November 1934, Page 6
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