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He has a prostetic leg, obviously!
I can't tell if you're joking or not because that's actually a good explanation... Even if you're on a wheelchair, I can't imagine having a lump of metal in/on/under your shoe being comfortable at all if you have a real foot.
If his claim is true he probably had an ankle or boot holster. Taking off his boot dislodged his gun and it fell to the ground discharging. I could not imagine the blisters from trying to walk around with a loose gun in my boot, a crease in my sock is above my threshold.
It would be extremely ironic if he had a prostetic leg and was shot by his own gun in the other one. It was a joke.
It may have been a boot