A Texas man accidentally shot a child while officiating a wedding in Lancaster County on Saturday, the sheriff’s office says.
Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said deputies were sent to a wedding at Hillside Events near Denton on a report of a gunshot wound.
Deputies learned that 62-year-old Michael Gardner, the wedding’s officiant, fired a gun to get everyone’s attention.
“He was going to fire in the air, and as he did that, it slipped and went off,” Houchin said.
The gun was loaded with a blank that Gardner made with gunpowder and glue.
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.
Wtf goes to a wedding on a Sunday? How are you supposed to party late into the night if you have to work the next day?
That said, I agree that we should regulate how and when Texans are allowed to shoot their children.