Posted: 5/5/2008 2:16:50 PM EDT
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Gimmie a break, crybaby...  I know the Cheif, he's a good guy. Shit happens. |
he may be a good guy and all. but I dont think I'd trust him with a kitten, let alone a loaded firearm anymore. |
If we want to keep our rights to own firearms, we cant be having "accidents" like this, ever. It just fuels the argument that firearms are unsafe, even in qualified hands. He may be the best guy in the world, but shit like that just doesn't happen if you follow the rules of gun safety, which he was supposed to be teaching at the exact time the "accident" happened. No excuses. There is no such thing as an accident when it comes to gun safety. No exceptions. He failed on all 4 rules from my point of view. Rule 1. He didn't treat his firearm as loaded, as if he did, he wouldn't have pulled the trigger with out checking. When I took my CCW class with two officers, not only did they visibly check the chamber every time they picked up a weapon, they also verified with the other that it was safe. No excuse not to check a chamber, ever. Rule 2. Well, maybe he didn't blow rule #2 assuming he was prepared to destroy his ankle... Kinda doubt it, but you never know. Rule 3. He wasn't intending to shoot a target, therefore his finger should not have been on the trigger in the first place. Rule 4. Even if he was planning to dry fire, he obviously didn't have a safe target. He should know better not only being a CCW class teacher, but also a police officer. With an accident like that, can you honestly say that he is properly teaching the class about safety? Do you really feel that if a new person went through one of his classes that they would handle a firearm safely? (ie. new people following his example by firing into the floor to test if its empty. If its good enough for him, it must be the thing to do.) The end result. He screwed up bad. Not only did he put himself, but also everyone else in the room in danger. Over-reacting you think? What if it was someone else that got shot instead? What if the round he shot off misfired the first time and the person he handed the gun to shot someone instead? What if instead of a complete misfire, it was a delayed fire and it went off while exchanging the weapon? The way I see it is he was being very careless and is lucky he was the only one hurt. I do hope they revoke his training license at least. Since he only hurt himself I'm sure nothing more will come of it, but I suspect that he will be left with a reminder every time he takes a step, at least for a few months. Maybe that, along with his mistake being public, is good enough punishment. If it happened to a civilian though, I doubt that person would ever be allowed to carry again. |
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Yup. I actually came here to post this and see if anyone here knew him.
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Exactly right! I am an NRA cerified pistol instructor and we all know, accidents do happen, however, anyone who is in the position of "teaching" others in the safe handling of a firearm should be more aware of the rules of safety more than anyone. Usually when something like this happens its because they have become complacent with their surroundings and think nothing like this can happen to them ... "Always treat every gun as if it were loaded" I'm glad nobody else was hurt. Cant blame anyone but the Chief. |
He's lucky he only hurt himself, he must of had a major brain fart, it reflects badly on average gun owners. Unfortunate indeed. |
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The more I read this, the more I think the author of the article has the story wrong. "He pointed it down, pulled the trigger because he didn't want to give it to a classmate not knowing for sure whether a shell was in there." Bullshit. No one is dumb enough to do exactly that for that exact reason. |
Take it for what it's worth, but......
I don't care who you are, that's funny! |
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The police are the only ones pofeshnal 'nuff to use da Glock Fotay! I REALLY hate it when gun owners embarrass us the way the Chief did. The Sheeple look at this and think "My Gosh! If the POLICE can't safely handle a firearm then those CCW nuts must be walking time-bombs!  " Those idiots who discharge their firearms while showing the TSA that they are unloaded at the airport chap my hide too.
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Has that really happened? I don't doubt there are people stupid enough to pack a loaded handgun into a piece of luggage. |