The driver, who worked with the county sheriff’s department, offered me his service revolver to examine. I turned the weapon onto its side, pointed it toward the door. The barrel, however, slipped when I shifted my grip to pull the hammer back, to make certain the chamber was empty, and turned the gun toward the driver’s seat. When I let the hammer fall, the cylinder must have rotated without my knowing. When I pulled the hammer back a second time it fired a live round.The barrel slipped...
My friend, Doug, slumped in the driver’s seat, dying... [More]
The cylinder rotated without my knowing...
IT fired a live round...
You poor victim. To think that a mean old gun did all that to you.
UPDATE: This one begged for more detailed treatment. See "Anti-gunners exploiting author’s negligence and guilt in ‘gun death’ story."
11 comments:
Clearly this knucklehead had NO idea how a revolver works, and now his friend is dead because of his ignorance.
Hey, cretin! The cylinder ALWAYS rotates when you cock the hammer! That's the way revolvers work!
"... to make certain the chamber was empty..." on a revolver. I'm scratching my head on this one.
Sounds like a Negligent Discharge with a huge side-order of Manslaughter.
And you don't bring the hammer back "to see that the chamber is empty." This is what happens when you let an idiot with less intelligence than an inert lump of steel handle a tool. Any tool.
I would have cleared the cylinder before handing the revolver to someone else to inspect. Many years ago, when I bought my first revolver, a Ruger Security-Six, I spent hours learning how to put the hammer down safely - and did this always with an empty cylinder.
One other thing to consider is the fact that you don't hand anyone a loaded weapon unless you absolutely have to. Simple safety rules help to prevent accidents like this from happening, all it would have taken to prevent this was the officer unloading the gun before passing it to the man
Jesus H. Christ. How can you not see a revolver's cylinder rotating when you pull the hammer back? That is how revolvers have worked since Samuel Colt invented them a hundred and seventy years ago. That's why they call it a revolver. Does anyone over the age of six not know this?
The author's story does not pass the smell test. Bluntly, reading it makes me wonder whether he and his late "best friend" had been arguing about money or drugs, or quarreling over a girl. He says the fatal shooting was accidental, but I am having a great deal of difficulty accepting the idea that anyone, anywhere, could be that stupid.
Where - When - Who - What?????
The entire story sounds like BS
Did it even happen???
Paul in Texas
So, his point is "I'm an ignorant clod, therefore guns are bad."
This must be that "critical thinking" that the left is always promoting.
Once again, we are inundated with "FEELINGS" (which we ALL have) ! To be able to articulate how that works on the human phyc is important for healing is one thing, but don't confuse it with shear stupidly !!!
The BS meter is pegged out on this story, which can only be accepted by anyone totally ignorant in the area of firearms technology.
Yeah, this is just... insane. The barrel -slipped-?!
I had an odd flashback of sorts. I went out shooting with a friend of mine. Was shooting one of his pistols, and had that wonderful experience everyone loves: a misfire.
So I freeze, and call out to him 'Friend, I think I've got a problem.' Carefully, I half turn towards him -- but I keep the muzzle of the pistol pointed downrange away from him.
Turned out the magazine was faulty, and hadn't fed the next round in. So, no big deal, we cleared it up. But how dim do you have to be to not point the business end of a firearm at someone you don't intend to shoot?
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