Quote Originally Posted by Zacha341 View Post
If it were a pump-action shot gun, it would needed to be 'racked' first, which takes a few seconds, then finger in the trigger hole, then pulled to fire... This kind of two-step shot gun rarely misfires. And then there was the safety [[on or off) factor as well. There needs to be more investigation on this tragic incident.
You don't have to rack a pump action shotgun immediately before firing. A shell can be stored in the chamber and ready to fire, but to fire a second shot it would have to be racked.