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Officer hit in buttocks when own gun goes off during A-C-C game
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ROFLMAO!WonderNine
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Another ND with a Glock. Is it because it's an unsafe design or because alot of cops carry them and alot of cops are morons when it comes to safe gun handling....the debate rages on..........
PATH
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WonderNine,
An ND does not make you a moron because it has happened to some very intelligent people here at this board. A moment of brain vapor lock and voila you have entered ND land!
While there are some guys who I would not trust with a pea-shooter I think they are in the minority. I don't care how safe you are you are still capable of making an error.
Safety first, foremost, and always is the first concern but sometimes you make a mental error and spit happens. Inexcusable to be sure but we are all human and capable of making errors!
Oh by the way....Glocks are all good and deserving of our undying worship and love.......
An ND does not make you a moron because it has happened to some very intelligent people here at this board. A moment of brain vapor lock and voila you have entered ND land!
While there are some guys who I would not trust with a pea-shooter I think they are in the minority. I don't care how safe you are you are still capable of making an error.
Safety first, foremost, and always is the first concern but sometimes you make a mental error and spit happens. Inexcusable to be sure but we are all human and capable of making errors!
Oh by the way....Glocks are all good and deserving of our undying worship and love.......
fastbolt
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Well, we can "debate" this situation endlessly, and still won't know exactly what happened until ... IF ... the investigating agency, or the involved detective's agency, decides to clarify what happened in a statement.
I'd "suspect" ... and it's only that, mind you ... that the ND involved either a holster condition issue ("... and adjusted the gun as he sat down."), or else the detective's actions unintentionally caused the trigger to be depressed sufficiently for the weapon to fire, such as "something" entering the trigger guard far enough and depressing the trigger while he was adjusting the weapon ... and it might've even been his finger.
I've watched folks on the range unintentionally, and apparently completely unaware, position their index fingers partially inside their trigger guards while reholstering.
We might never know ... but it's certainly a potentially grim reminder of how we must always be aware of what's happening with our weapons, and make sure our preferred methods of carry don't present potential problems, either by design or by improper user actions.
This could "happen" to any of us, under the wrong conditions ...
Use caution ... always.
I'd "suspect" ... and it's only that, mind you ... that the ND involved either a holster condition issue ("... and adjusted the gun as he sat down."), or else the detective's actions unintentionally caused the trigger to be depressed sufficiently for the weapon to fire, such as "something" entering the trigger guard far enough and depressing the trigger while he was adjusting the weapon ... and it might've even been his finger.
I've watched folks on the range unintentionally, and apparently completely unaware, position their index fingers partially inside their trigger guards while reholstering.
We might never know ... but it's certainly a potentially grim reminder of how we must always be aware of what's happening with our weapons, and make sure our preferred methods of carry don't present potential problems, either by design or by improper user actions.
This could "happen" to any of us, under the wrong conditions ...
Use caution ... always.
Range Ninja
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The Glock is not an idiot proof design.
That's why we Glock owners prefer that idiots such as this don't purchase one.
True...so true. Idiots that can't keep their fingers off the trigger till they are ready to shoot, need not apply. BTW if you argue this point, guess what that makes you?
That's why we Glock owners prefer that idiots such as this don't purchase one.
True...so true. Idiots that can't keep their fingers off the trigger till they are ready to shoot, need not apply.
BTW if you argue this point, guess what that makes you?PATH
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On the other hand this fella will not be able to sit for a month. The ribbing he will take professionally for shooting himself in the arse is gonna be intense. The officer should not get a pass if he was carrying illegally in the the arena. More importantly no innocent third party got shot.
Oh, by the way, Glocks are all good and deserve our love and devotion.
Only kidding folks, I really am just kidding! Ouch!
Oh, by the way, Glocks are all good and deserve our love and devotion.
Only kidding folks, I really am just kidding! Ouch!
Preacherman
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JPM70535
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How come no one is asking the question that is uppermost in my mind? How did the Glock, youted as being safe to carry without need for any manual safety, manage to dischatge while it was being carried in a holster? All the experts claim it is impossible for a Glock to discharge without the trigger being deliberately pulled. I seriously doubt that the Officer deliberately pulled the trigger as he would have needed ultra skinny fingers to get inside the holster to depress the trigger safety causing the discharge. I guess "Murphy and his law still rule"
Seems to me we ought to be questioning the practice of packing a Glock in anything other than a rigid holster completely enclosing the trigger. From the day I purchased my model 23, I made the decision not to carry it concealed in any kind of IWB soft holster for fear of exactly this kind of AD occurring. Manual safeties have their uses.
Seems to me we ought to be questioning the practice of packing a Glock in anything other than a rigid holster completely enclosing the trigger. From the day I purchased my model 23, I made the decision not to carry it concealed in any kind of IWB soft holster for fear of exactly this kind of AD occurring. Manual safeties have their uses.
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