Zen21Tao said:Also, according to the article "[t]he accident was filmed by an audience member, and the tape, Paige claims, was turned over to the DEA. The drug agency subsequently "improperly, illegally, willfully and/or intentionally" allowed the tape to be disseminated."
The government didn't film him. What more than likely happened was the tape was returned to the citizen or the citizen retained a copy and the citizen released the tape to the public as he has every right to do. This DEA guy is a complete idiot to blame the government.
EVERY post I have seen of Rasta DEA Man shooting himself has both audio AND the negligent discharge. Either the above statement is false OR there was another copy of his Moment Of Fame.
He didn't provide the kids with much motivation last time, did he?
Au contraire -- a situation such as this incident is when the anti crowd makes statements such as: "See, if a highly trained, experienced law enforcement agent can have an accident like this -- we really need to keep guns out of the hands of all the civilians." And, having seen this video shown (in my presence) to a number of ordinary people, that's exactly the sort of statements I heard (not that I customarily hang out with folks who believe that crap).Cool... then we can point out the idiocy behind their "cops and soldiers" statements...
And I ask again: to what purpose the immature name calling and ridicule? Shouldn't we take the serious and reasoned course of simply noting to others, "This is why firearms safety is important; this is why firearms ownership is a serious responsibility, and this is why we pay attention to detail." Rather than calling the unfortunate DEA-mon a jerk, an idiot, stupid ... shouldn't we take the High Road and calmly be pointing out that even (presumably) trained people can be negligent and the consequences of mistakes can be serious?its his fault that HE shot HIMSELF, anyone stupid enough to do that deserves to be ridiculed.
I was wondering this myself. I'd be charging him, and suing the DEA for sending an idiot to the school. Just about anything my lawyer thinks he can make stick.In the aftermath, I was very surprised that the school and/or parents didn't bring complaints or lawsuits against the DEA.
I realize everyone on this forum is perfect and none of you has ever experience a negligent discharge (let alone a public one), ...
I realize everyone on this forum is perfect and none of you has ever experience a negligent discharge