Always trust the experts

[Wezil]

They know what they are doing.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - It's probably the last thing you'd expect to happen during a class on firearms safety.

Police in Massachusetts say a Glock handgun discharged while an instructor was demonstrating to Bristol County deputy sheriffs how to safely holster the weapon.

Officials say the bullet ripped a hole in the pants of the instructor, Maj. Donald Lamar, but missed his leg and foot.

Sheriff Thomas Hodgson says the officer made a "gross error in judgment" by not emptying the weapon before the class last week.

Lamar, a certified firearms instructor since 2005, has been transferred to another division.

Officials say he will not carry a firearm while the incident is being investigated.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2008/05/20/5617061-ap.html

[UnOrthOdOx]

Hmm...sounds familiar...

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_9151473

Riverdale police chief accidentally shoots himself during gun demonstration
Article Last Updated: 05/04/2008 11:36:30 PM MDT


Posted: 1:06 PM- RIVERDALE - The police chief in Riverdale accidentally shot himself in an ankle while demonstrating how to dislodge a jammed hangun.
Chief Dave Hansen was taken to McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden for surgery.
The 54-year-old chief accidentally fired a gun during a training exercise inside a conference room at Riverdale police headquarters.
A fire captain and Riverdale Mayor Bruce Burrows confirmed the chief shot himself in an ankle bone. They said he was trying to fix a gun with a jammed round when the bullet fired.
Riverdale police officers carry .40-caliber pistols.

Also happened to be a Glock...

Though I can't explain the holstering accident, Glocks have a serious design stupidity for disassembly (as would be needed for dislodging the jammed gun above).

[Kidlicious]

Guns don't kill people. People kill people.

[Spec]

Posted: 1:06 PM- RIVERDALE - The police chief in Riverdale

What more can you expect?






Spec.

[snoopy369]

Archie

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by snoopy369


Archie

Q F T

Simpler times or so they seemed

If ya werent reading Archie then you were watching Here they come, walking down the street.....

The Monkees!

[Wezil]

Originally posted by UnOrthOdOx
Hmm...sounds familiar...

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_9151473

Also happened to be a Glock...

Your guy had better aim than mine.

[Donegeal]

You like me, don't you Wezil?

Anyway, it comes from being too comfortable with firearms, and happens more often than people realise. Someone once shot their weapon holstering it in the sallyport of the jail (no, it wasn't me!). He's still with the department.

[snoopy369]

Don't you guys have safeties and such on your guns

Please tell me our cops aren't walking around with their guns unsafetied...

/me runs

[Donegeal]

We remove them. They get in the way when trying to kill people.

[chequita guevara]

I'm fairly sure they do.

[Wezil]

Originally posted by Donegeal
You like me, don't you Wezil?

I posted this article in the hope you might see it and take more care in your daily routine. I care about you Donegeal.

Wezil is all about the

[DanS]

Originally posted by Donegeal
We remove them. They get in the way when trying to kill people.

Speaking of killing people, aren't the Glocks supposed to be especially finicky with accidental discharges? I remember reading a couple of exposes on them some years ago.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Donegeal
We remove them. They get in the way when trying to kill people.

Q F T!!!


We do however, often limit the amount of ammo we dispense

[Omni Rex Draconis]

Bet you this guy won't miss.