I thought Glocks were drop safe?

[Deanimator]

Seriously, your first assumption for why two young single men don't have any money is that they spent it at various bars/nightclubs/hotspots trying to get into the pants of young women.

...so they could bring them back to their swingin' batchelor pad. They keep the lights down low 'cause it's romantic...

 

[Matt-J2]

Some people call it a lack of electricity, other people call it mood lighting.

Besides, the ladies won't know what a mess the place is if they can't see it, now will they? Having no electricity might be helping them!

 

[Deanimator]

Some people call it a lack of electricity, other people call it mood lighting.

Besides, the ladies won't know what a mess the place is if they can't see it, now will they? Having no electricity might be helping them!

Reminds me of the episode of "Friends" where Ross dated the hot girl who lived in an utter pigsty, worse even than my place. He sat on her couch and put his hand in a patch of... something, then found her long dead pet that she hadn't seen in a while.

 

[Fat_Tony]

Hi Flag2442. I do not understand all of your post. What is a "sympathetic squeeze"? I have never heard that term before. Thanks.

 

[buzz_knox]

What is a "sympathetic squeeze"? I have never heard that term before.

When you tighten one hand, the other tends to do the same. Now, imagine you are doing something with the weak hand (i.e. putting cuffs on someone or grappling) while holding a pistol in the strong hand with your finger on the trigger (in violation of the rules, common sense, etc). You squeeze the weak hand, the other one does the same automatically, and bang.

 

[jgo296]

yeah yeah hes lying if it dropped barrel down the inertia pulls the trigger forward

 

[SouthpawShootr]

Horse manure. He knocked it off the table and tried to catch it. Then lied about it. Hard as it may be, when your gun falls it's always better to let it hit the ground. If it's a quality make, then it will survive and you won't end up with any holes in things that shouldn't have them (ceilings, floors, TV screens, people, that sort of thing). When you try to catch it, it nearly a given that you'll manage to put your finger in the one place it shouldn't be.

 

[dalepres]

Horse manure. He knocked it off the table and tried to catch it. Then lied about it.

You give him the benefit of the doubt. I think that is a very unlikely scenario but it is certainly a possible one. So let's give him that benefit of the doubt. But your next sentence says it all. "Then lied about it."

As I said, lying to a police officer during an investigation is a felony. The guy loses his job, loses his right to ever own a firearm.

Dale

 

[Shadow1198]

I would think from a forensics standpoint it should be plainly obvious if he's lying or not. I'm no expert though common sense would seem to dictate that if the gun fell and went off on the floor, there would be powder burns on the floor as opposed to an ND from several feet above the floor. I still do not understand how anyone has an ND, I mean it just seems like pure stupidity to me. I have not had one yet, and I always force myself to always remove the mag then check the chamber is clear. I've ingrained it into my mind so that it is instinctive and that is the first thing I always think of when handling a gun. There is that plus the 3 or 4 "rules" I always abide by.

 

[TexasGlockaholic]

McKinney, TX Police Officer

The Dallas suburb of McKinney Texas had a female officer "accidentally" shoot a homeowner about 6 years ago. She was carrying a Glock 22 when she responded to a residential alarm call. The home was very large in size (around 5000 sq. ft. if I recall) and the homeowner was alerted at work to the alarm and went home to reset it. As she was leaving the McKinney Officer shot her. She claimed the home owner's door swung open violently and hit the gun causing it to "just go off." Problem is there are so many redundant safety mechanisms in a Glock that is almost impossible unless the gun has been tampered with. She was not charged (I don't even think a Grand Jury was convened) and is back to being an officer and carrying a Glock.

The trigger on a Glock must be pulled to field strip and release the slide from the frame. My thinking is this ignorant guy ejected the mag, forgot to clear the chamber, pointed the barrel down at the floor (in what he thought was a safe direction) and pulled the trigger to release the slide. I know because I take mine outside and point it at the ground in a safe direction to release the slide even if I have physically and visually cleared the chamber. I do it because if I just make it a habit, it might just prevent an accident some day. Also, my 11 year old often watches me clean my guns and I am trying to pass on the good practice to him.

Mistakes happen. And often with tragic consequences. There is not a person on this board that has not made a mistake with a loaded weapon. Whether it be a passing barrel sweep to someone, or forgetting to clear the chamber, we have all done it. Could this have been prevented? Absolutely. Sounds like an amateur Glock owner to me.

 

[GLOOB]

Digging up a really old thread, here, for nothing. First two words of post #14 is all that need be said.

 

[thehootman]

Stupid and guns never did go well together. Stupid doesn't do well with fire or dynamite either.

 

[White Horseradish]

This was two years ago. A search for Patrick Venetek turns up nothing except copies of this article. Either the disposition of this was not newsworthy, or they are still in court.

 

[thehootman]

You give him the benefit of the doubt. I think that is a very unlikely scenario but it is certainly a possible one. So let's give him that benefit of the doubt. But your next sentence says it all. "Then lied about it."

As I said, lying to a police officer during an investigation is a felony. The guy loses his job, loses his right to ever own a firearm.

Dale

You don't ever have to speak to a police officer if you don't want too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8z7NC5sgik