Ohio gun safety instructor accidentally shoots student

(CNN) -- Oh the irony. An Ohio man was shot
in the arm. At a gun safety class.
Michael Piemonte was attending a concealed-
carry class with his wife Alison in central
Ohio's Fairfield County over the weekend. Such
classes are required for anyone wanting carry
a concealed weapon in the state.
There were 29 students in the lecture-type
class, Piemonte said. He was sitting in the
front row.
While the instructor was demonstrating a self-
defense techniques, the gun went off.
The bullet struck Piemonte in the arm. Even he
didn't realize what had happened.
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"Everyone was in shock," he told CNN. "It took
me a couple of seconds to realize that I had
been shot."
The 26-year-old said he's in good spirits. "I'm
just glad my wife did not get hit."
The instructor did not return a call for
comment, but Piemonte said he has been
calling him regularly to check in.
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"It makes me feel good that he is so
concerned," he said.
The Fairfield County sheriff's deputy who
responded to the scene described the shooting
as accidental, The Columbus Dispatch
newspaper reported.
Piemonte doesn't have a gun yet, but was
planning to get one this year. He still plans on
doing so.
"It was the first time I've been shot," he said.
"And hopefully the last."