Man who dropped gun in Kitsap Mall charged

January 16, 2013 @ 1:55 pm

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) - A man whose gun went off when he dropped it inside a store at the Kitsap Mall in Silverdale now faces criminal charges.

The Kitsap County Prosecutor's Office on Wednesday filed one count of aiming or discharging a firearm and one count of reckless endangerment against 58-year-old Marc R. Bromberg.

Deputies say Bromberg was inside the Cost Plus World Market on Jan. 5 when he bent over and the .38 Special fell out of his coat pocket and discharged. The bullet didn't hit anyone, but did damage a day bed before striking a set of nesting rope-baskets.

A couple of shoppers asked what the noise was, and told police that Bromberg claimed it was a balloon popping.

The store was evacuated. Cost Plus supervisor Vicki Dudley told deputies that the day bed had to be marked down because of the damage, and the nesting baskets were a total loss.

It wasn't immediately clear if Bromberg had a lawyer. His arraignment was set for Feb. 11.


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  • Drool wrote...
    Those 2 Shot Derringers...
    January 6, 2013 11:59 am
    ...are a hazard to humanity. They are cheap crap and more dangerous than useful. If you own one, wait for a gun buy back program and get rid of it. If you are going to carry a firearm, get a real one and learn how to use it.
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  • sportsguru wrote...
    Now that's what I am talking about
    January 6, 2013 12:14 pm

    I don't have a problem with gun ownership, I have a problem with people who have no business owning a gun like this retard, now it was probably safe in it's holster, but he waits to come into a store with people to throw it into his pocket?

    70% of the public have no business carrying a gun because even though they say they know how to safely carry a weapon, they really don't have a clue,lol.

    I am surrounded by blibbering idiots.

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  • hpygolkyone wrote...
    Hmmmmmm?..............
    January 6, 2013 1:34 pm
    I think that they should require all retail clerks to carry firearms of some kind....my recommendation would be assault rifles.

    That way when knuckleheads like this dipsh*t walk into a store packing heat, the clerks can quickly dispatch them in a hail a gunfire.

    As a consumer, I would feel so much safer..........SIGH.

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  • Susie V wrote...
    Even better...
    January 6, 2013 1:35 pm
    He left the scene (an apparent attempt to escape responsibility?). Remaining at the scene to talk to police would have shown real character.
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  • WashingtonCitizen wrote...
    This guy was too stupid to just leave his gun holstered.
    January 6, 2013 1:49 pm
    Probably was a cheap holster anyway. Had he spent some money and purchased a handgun with an inertia block safety; his gun wouldn't have discharged when dropped. This feature is common on above average priced guns. I believe only handguns that can pass a drop test can be sold in California, but such a law isn't needed. People like this guy may buy a more expensive gun, but then they will skimp on a holster that ultimately holds the firearm poorly. This guy is lucky nobody got hurt, but now he has to face Kitsap County's anti-gun prosecutor. Good luck with that....
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