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Topic: Gun Safety Guy Shoots Self In Class
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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."
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From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 05-01-2004 07:29 PM
Another Candidate for Dumb Ass of the Year.
Call me insensitve, but I just laughed like hell when I read this news story:
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Gun safety presenter shoots self
Saturday, May 1, 2004 Posted: 12:11 PM EDT (1611 GMT)
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) -- A federal drug agent shot himself in the leg during a gun safety presentation to children in what police describe as an accident. His bosses, however, are still investigating the incident.
The Drug Enforcement Administration agent, whose name was not released, was speaking April 9 to about 50 adults and students organized by the Orlando Minority Youth Golf Association, witnesses and police said.
He drew his .40-caliber duty weapon and removed the magazine, according to the police report. He then pulled back the slide and asked an audience member to look inside the gun and confirm it wasn't loaded.
Witnesses said when the agent released the slide, one shot fired into the top of his left thigh. The gun was pointed at the floor.
The agent was treated at Orlando Regional Medical Center and returned to work, a DEA official said.
That's better than my 10th grade shop teacher cutting off two of his fingers in the band saw in front of us!
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Randy Stankey
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Posts: 6539
From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 05-01-2004 11:22 PM
There is a device called a "Snap-Cap". It's a special dummy load that is the exact size,shape of a real bullet, except that it is machined from a solid piece of metal. Snap-Caps are designed specifically for the purpose of demonstrating gun safety and for practicing safe gun handling.
www.LymanProducts.com
This guy is supposed to be some kind of professional. He SHOULD have been using Snap-Caps or some other kind of dummy load!
THERE IS NO FUCKING EXCUSE TO TAKE LIVE AMMUNITION INTO A ROOM FULL OF KIDS UNLESS YOU ARE DEFENDING LIVES!!!
Furthermore, he should have had a second person verify that the gun was unloaded and that there were only dummy loads in the room. Any and all live ammunition should have been taken to another room and put under lock and key.
To top if all off, this guy is supposed to be a Fed?! If anybody in the world should have known better, shouldn't it be a Federal government agent?
This guy got what he deserved! In quite the literal sense... because I was going to say that he should be taken out and shot! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
A full magazine load of Snap-Caps costs about $30.00 (USA) if you pay retail. I'm sure the government could get them cheaper if they buy them in bulk.
So... You mean to tell me that our government can spend $40,000,000.00 on a "Presidential Blow Job" but it can't spend $40 on some practice ammo?
{Special prosecutor, Ken Starr, spent $40,000,000.00 investigating the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky case.}
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