Cop's Gun Goes Off..."Only One" guns must have some special properties. I can't find any reference in this--or in most similar stories-- saying he shot her. Or any use of the word "negligence."
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
We're the Only Ones Going Off on Our Wives Enough
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I've personal knowledge of three ADs by police officers. All were the result of carelessness and violations of the four rules. Two of the three were after cleaning. Fortunately in those cases no one was hurt. And truly don't get me on the subject of training. The only ones are truly just us.
You guys will like hearing about this one. The last gun show we had in Boise at the fair gounds had an AD outside the door.
A guy was bring in a firearm to sell or trade and was asked to make sure it was unloaded before bring it in. Once in they put the zit tie on it as they do at any decent show. Anyway this bozo goes to unload his firearm and has an AD. He is a cop, LOL! He tried to get out of Dodge but it was too late because some folks knew who he was. I just wanted to know if he filed a report with Garden City police about discharging a firearm in city limits. My hunch is he didn't.
You guys will like hearing about this one. The last gun show we had in Boise at the fair gounds had an AD outside the door.
A guy was bring in a firearm to sell or trade and was asked to make sure it was unloaded before bring it in. Once in they put the zit tie on it as they do at any decent show. Anyway this bozo goes to unload his firearm and has an AD. He is a cop, LOL! He tried to get out of Dodge but it was too late because some folks knew who he was. I just wanted to know if he filed a report with Garden City police about discharging a firearm in city limits. My hunch is he didn't.
"Only One" guns do have a special property: a loose nut on the trigger.
"a gun was fired accidentally"
This is the only indication in the entire story that the gun itself didn't actually cause the entire incident.
Semi auto or revolver? The story doesn't say. It does say, "just finished cleaning the pistol.."
This story reminded me of a near personal disaster that occurred while I was cleaning my off duty carry S&W mod. 36 many years ago. S&W revolver are designed to prevent the hammer being cocked while the cylinder is open. That safety feature can be overridden by pulling the cylinder release back and then cocking the hammer. I discovered this and cocked the hammer with the cylinder open so I could better use a toothbrush to clean the hammer. After wiping the 36 down I reloaded the cylinder and closed it. I then looked down the barrel of the fire arm before realizing I had left the hammer cocked. I almost shat my drawers. I could read the headlines "Small Town Police Chief Commits Suicide with Off-Duty Firearm".
This story is embarrassing to recount especially to an experienced group like you folks who read David's blog. However, if telling this story can save somebody from making the same mistake, I can, and will,live with the embarrassment. I'm just happy that I lived to be able to maybe keep someone else from dying.
WW, you proved one point in your story that you are an excellent gun handling man. You do what many of us do that keeps us from having AD's. You kept your finger off the trigger. To get an AD to happen many time and of course all the time with a revolver is the finger needs to be applied to the trigger.
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