A police officer was shot in the wrist when the service weapon that she kept under her pillow went off. Albany police Sgt. Kinshishi Adams, 34, was lying in bed Sunday when a .40 caliber pistol she kept under her pillow discharged and struck her in her left wrist...She apparently sleeps with a weapon under her pillow, and somehow it discharged.Since she has one of those special "Only Ones" guns that goes off all by its own self, too bad it didn't have a snooze button she could hit so it would go off again in 10 minutes.
Kinshishi?
[Via KU]
PS: In my morning scans I saw Shooting the Messenger had a very similar post--looks like great minds think alike :)
I mean, just damn!
ReplyDeleteI keep my sidearm in a drawer in my nightstand. Pretty damned easy to get to into and I don't violate rule #2 while I toss and turn.
Hell, nail a holster to the side of your bed if you're that concerned about accessibility.
Actually, the late, great Finn Aaagard had this to say:
ReplyDeleteI carry my pistol always, whenever the law permits, inside or outside the house; at night it goes under my pillow, where I have slept with one on and off for 45 years.
Me, I don't recommend it, but I guess it can be done...
Of course, I don't place much stock in that whole "whenever the law permits" concept, either...
::shrugging::
ReplyDeleteI've done it periodically over the years with zero ill effects. As long as you recognize that a pistol is just another power tool there should be no problems.
Personally, I am trying to figure out just how she managed to get the weapon to fire. Since it is a .40 it is obviously a relatively new weapon which leads me to believe that someone pulled the trigger. Perhaps she was actually shot by a child or lover...
I would venture a guess that the gun was a Glock, and that it was not in a holster.
ReplyDeleteEvery instructor that I know recommends a holster that covers the trigger guard.
Since police negligent discharges almost always seem to happen with Glocks, ("I'm the only one in this room professional enough, that I know of, to carry a Glock foh-tay") I'm betting it was a Glock - and that she felt "professional enough" to keep it unsafely unholstered under her pillow.
At least she didn't shoot her dog...
Figured you'd latch on to this and refrained from stepping on any toes by borrowing (stealing, cough) your "Only Ones" copywrite. Was tempting though. "We're The Only Ones Shooting Instead Of Counting Sheep..." yadda yadda.
ReplyDeleteUnder the pillow? Isn't that what they do in the movies?
ReplyDeleteFits: I WANT people to appropriate "The Only Ones" and help bring the term into the public consciousness--along with "authorized journalists" and "BATFU".
ReplyDeleteI don't need a credit when people do that--just use the terms and I'll be pleased as punch.
Well, we ALL know someone or something pulled the trigger. Even if it wasn't a finger on the trigger, pushing the gun around could have caused the trigger to catch on bedding.
ReplyDeleteIn fact this concern is why I don't have a semi-auto under MY pillow: the risk of unintended discharge due to movement during sleep.
Instead, I keep the gun in a holster attached to a metal "L" that slides between mattress and base. The gun is actually covered by the blankets, and can be drawn surreptitiously if necessary. By day, it's with me and be damned to the law against it.
Copy that.
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