County Administrator Andrew Kalmar said the officer, Glenn Bigley, was injured when his semi-automatic pistol discharged. The bullet struck the officer’s ring finger, according to Kalmar.Yet again, the "pistol discharged." All by its own self, no doubt.
But does this mean maybe someone in "authoritah" will realize there's really no justification for creating an "Only Ones" exemption for being armed? That maybe some of us mere sovereign citizens--you know, like those of us who have been around firearms for decades and never come close to negligently shooting ourselves or anyone else-- might actually be just as qualified, ethical and judgmentally sound to be entrusted with bearing arms as Frodo of the Nine Fingers here?
Not at all:
“He’s a firearms instructor so it can happen to anyone”...Which means we're too dangerous but he's not.
[Via Jeffersonian]
“Evidently he was holstering his weapon and had an accidental discharge,” Reynolds said.
ReplyDeleteWhat sort of holster would allow either ring finger to be in front of the muzzle during holstering?
I dunno--didn't Barney Fife used to secure the bottom of his holster with his left hand while drawing and inserting?
ReplyDelete"Holstering his weapon when it just went off" is the old canard cops would use after performing a Clint Eastwood like twirl in front of a mirror and whoops. Guaranteed the story never went down like he said it did.
ReplyDeleteSorry, even Barney knew how to point the muzzle in a safe direction and keep his finger off the trigger, even though the gun contained blanks.
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