Dude carrying a gun in public in VA has an AD that ends in his own death

[stonecutter2]

I had a similar experience at the kindergarten I attended. We were all taught what a handgun looked like and how they could be very dangerous. We were allowed to hold and handle a big black revolver and admonished that guns were not toys.

If we were lucky and had been good, the teacher would cut lengths of an old garden hose and nail it to little blocks of wood for us to play "cops and robbers" with on the playground.

We were taught the difference between a toy and the real thing.

I would be happy if this was done at my daughter's kindergarten (once she gets there).

But I live in Illinois. They'll probably try to fill her head with gun terror or something

 

[stonecutter2]

Quote [I took my 8 and 9 year olds out to the woods and demolished a pineapple with a 9mm. I let them hold the gun, pull the trigger (with me holding on too) and helped them to understand just exactly why they do not want to touch, mention, or even think about the handgun. The worst mistake IMO is to permit curiosity.] I totally agree . I grue up in a law enforcement house hold and if we asked to see a gun no mater what my dad was doing he would stop and we would go get the gun and check to see that it was unloaded together and he would let us look,handle and ask questions , so we had no reason to go behind his back a look at them with out permission or supervising. and we never did becouse we had no curiosity!!!!

My father was the same way - if i asked to see his gun, he would show me. He would take me up to their room, and close the bedroom door. Then he would get his shotgun out, and show me how to clear it (it was hard when i was little). Then he taught me the safety rules.

I will continue this tradition of gun safety and demonstration - kids are curious. I'd rather teach them right then have them snooping around. I never felt like I wanted to go looking at my dad's gun when he wasn't around, because I always wanted to have my dad show me it and i could prove i knew gun safety better than the last time

 

[brickeyee]

and this guy was less than 5 mins from a trauma center, for all the good it did him

Hitting just about any of the major arteries in the abdomen (abdominal aorta, external iliac) is very likely to be lethal unless you are lying opened up in surgery.

Even the deep femoral artery will empty you blood volume very quickly.

Even 5 minutes is not close enough for these major arteries.

Some wounds are simply very likely to be lethal, no matter how close you are to aid.

 

[D.R. Middlebrooks]

Glock AD's

Sad about the man dying especially in front of his family...

I remember a story about a local officer shooting himself with his Glock. He was holstering it and the hem of his jacket got in the trigger guard as he holstered it, shooting him in the leg.

A plain clothes cop shot himself in training as he was re-holstering with an inside the pants Kydex holster. Same thing the draw string button got inside the trigger guard.

I blame the draw string button. WHODATHUNK?

I've since cut ALL mine off. We should pass this info along.

Stay safe,

D.R.

www.TacticalShooting.com

 

[HorseSoldier]

Even the deep femoral artery will empty you blood volume very quickly.

A minute and change is all someone has on a severed femoral artery (been a bit, but my recollection is it takes something like 72 seconds to bleed out through the femoral). As was said, without already being on a table in an ER (or having a tourniquet right handy) five minutes is an eternity.

 

[230therapy]

His gun, his responsibility. He was not acting responsibly and paid the price.

Be responsible with your liberty.