Monday, May 08, 2006

We're the Only Ones Discharged Enough

A Morris County corrections officer was being treated Friday for a hand wound suffered when his personal weapon discharged while he was cleaning it, County Sheriff Edward Rochford said.
"His...weapon discharged."

"[He] was...cleaning his personal weapon...when it discharged..."

"[T]here was one round in the chamber which apparently discharged..."

That's one hell of a willful gun...

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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous5/08/2006 9:22 AM

    Sounds like a commercial...

    "Got a painful discharge? Then you need...."

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  2. Anonymous5/08/2006 12:00 PM

    IT...IS...ALIVE!...ALIVE!!!

    FRANKENGUN LIVES!!!

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  3. BobG5/08/2006 2:41 PM

    And in the bathroom, he was just shaking it when it went off...

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  4. Anonymous5/08/2006 2:51 PM

    Going on the serious side:

    Rochford said Lotz's personal weapon is a Glock Model 23, .40-caliber handgun.

    That's why I'm getting an XD-45 rather than a Glock (that and the fact that Glocks point like crud for me). On the XD you must pull the slide all the way back to get the takedown pin out. On Glocks you don't have to pull it back far enough to clear the chamber.

    The gun didn't malfunction, it just has a cleaning regimine that lets you get careless. I've got a friend that did the exact same thing and is lucky he can still count to 10 fully dressed.

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  5. Anonymous5/08/2006 3:43 PM

    "...he's lucky he can still count to 10 fully dressed."

    KCSteve, are you saying your friend was badly wounded, or he escaped unscathed?

    None of us are making light of any accidental discharge, but we're satirizing the media's portraying the gun as something capable of acting on its own in their endless efforts to demonize guns and their owners.

    You pointed out something in the design of Glocks that can lead to carelessness on the part of the owner. That might be something Glock can work on, but it still comes down to the owner making sure all parts that hold rounds are absolutely clear.

    If your friend was wounded, we sincerely feel for him. If he wasn't, then we're grateful, and hope he has learned an importat lesson.

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  6. Anonymous5/08/2006 3:47 PM

    "importat"?!? I meant "important"

    I can spell real well in my head, but I sometimes lose it between there and the keyboard.

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