Instructor Accidentally Shoots Student During Gun Safety Class

A gun safety instructor was teaching his class when he accidentally shot the pastor at his church.

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Guns are dangerous, which is apparently why we need gun safety classes. Except sometimes the guy teaching the class shoots you in the abdomen. 

Police say that's what happened to pastor Tom Smith in Modesto, Calif., who was taking a class taught by a parishioner at his church, according to CBS News

Modesto Police say they were acting out a scenario when a loaded gun the instructor was holding accidentally went off. They say they gun fired at the end of class after the instructor put a mock gun down and picked up his real loaded gun.

In California it's not uncommon for church security to carry concealed weapons in the wake of recent mass shootings, the network reported. 

Smith is expected to survive his injuries, but let's just say things might be a little awkward on Sunday. 

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