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Beggar's belief this one..
Police Officer (Kidlington in Oxford) giving instruction about firearms picks up a Magnum (not sure if .357 or .44) hand gun, aims it at one of the class and pulls the trigger...
BANG!! ...its loaded!
Blimey, golden rules of playing with firearms: -
1. Never point ANY weapon in jest
2. Always check if its loaded ...hmn...tricky
Apparently this training session was held by fully trained firearms officers!!...or maybe not in this case....
I seriously had to read this TWICE before I realised this is a true story.
Police Officer (Kidlington in Oxford) giving instruction about firearms picks up a Magnum (not sure if .357 or .44) hand gun, aims it at one of the class and pulls the trigger...
BANG!! ...its loaded!
Blimey, golden rules of playing with firearms: -
1. Never point ANY weapon in jest
2. Always check if its loaded ...hmn...tricky
Apparently this training session was held by fully trained firearms officers!!...or maybe not in this case....
I seriously had to read this TWICE before I realised this is a true story.
TonyHetherington said:
Surely that's just the basic, natural, never do anything what so ever;
1) point a gun, loaded or not, at anybody. at all. ever.
You just don't. surely?!
You know I've seen folk in the military booted out and careers ended for less than this!1) point a gun, loaded or not, at anybody. at all. ever.
You just don't. surely?!
It is totally unbelievable! I just cannot comprehend how a so called 'trained' firearms officer is so blatantly STUPID and THICK!
You wonder if there's more to it. Something so fundamentally basic, especially to someone who has the authority to have guns around kids, to do such a thing is just - well, wrong. I can't believe it.
Also, if he pointed it at someone and pulled the trigger, is there someone with a big hole in them?
Also, if he pointed it at someone and pulled the trigger, is there someone with a big hole in them?
The Times says
Whilst the Telegraph goes with
times said:
The Independent Police Complaints Commission will now examine how a 9mm Glock pistol came to have a live round ...
“A shot ran out and one of the class was shot in the stomach from fairly close range,”
(although I presume the shot rang out and not ran out)“A shot ran out and one of the class was shot in the stomach from fairly close range,”
Whilst the Telegraph goes with
telegraph said:
"While he was demonstrating the Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum, the gun used by Clint Eastwood in the Dirty Harry movies, it suddenly went off.
Civilian Mr Tilbury was blown off his chair and thrown half way across the room"
No doubt the Daily Mail has it as an A10 missile and the Sun a 10 megaton bomb, but the fundamentals at least are agreed on - that the officer was a mentalist.Civilian Mr Tilbury was blown off his chair and thrown half way across the room"
Edited by carmonk on Thursday 11th December 12:38
You NEVER NEVER point the gun at something you are not willing to destroy, regardless if the gun is on safe, with a round racked into the chamber or not, weather theres a magazine in there, weather the moving parts dont work. YOU NEVER DO IT. I have seen countless PMC's get booted out and returned without being paid for violating this rule.
Secondly, when you pick up a firearm from a desk, or recieve one from someone else, the FIRST THING YOU DO is point in a safe direction, and check to see its loaded.
If it was a glock (Standard issue police sidearm), then after checking its safe, you remove magazine (if it has one), depress the trigger and release the slide, so even if you do manage to get a round in there, you will have to cock it to fire it.
Moron.
Secondly, when you pick up a firearm from a desk, or recieve one from someone else, the FIRST THING YOU DO is point in a safe direction, and check to see its loaded.
If it was a glock (Standard issue police sidearm), then after checking its safe, you remove magazine (if it has one), depress the trigger and release the slide, so even if you do manage to get a round in there, you will have to cock it to fire it.
Moron.
At least in America they have the decency to shoot themselves...
http://www.videosift.com/video/DEA-Officer-Shoots-...
http://www.videosift.com/video/DEA-Officer-Shoots-...
carmonk said:
Whilst the Telegraph goes with
Quite clearly btelegraph said:
"While he was demonstrating the Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum, the gun used by Clint Eastwood in the Dirty Harry movies, it suddenly went off.
Civilian Mr Tilbury was blown off his chair and thrown half way across the room"
Civilian Mr Tilbury was blown off his chair and thrown half way across the room"
ks. Nobody gets blown across the room when shot by any gun.brum said:
carmonk said:
Whilst the Telegraph goes with
Quite clearly btelegraph said:
"While he was demonstrating the Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum, the gun used by Clint Eastwood in the Dirty Harry movies, it suddenly went off.
Civilian Mr Tilbury was blown off his chair and thrown half way across the room"
Civilian Mr Tilbury was blown off his chair and thrown half way across the room"
ks. Nobody gets blown across the room when shot by any gun.
Depends on the gun and the type of round....a 20 gauge shotgun would...so would a Dragunov....and some others with unusual ammo...but anything that did that would kill the person as the Hydrostatic shock would be too much to survive....
All the best Brett
brum said:
carmonk said:
Whilst the Telegraph goes with
Quite clearly btelegraph said:
"While he was demonstrating the Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum, the gun used by Clint Eastwood in the Dirty Harry movies, it suddenly went off.
Civilian Mr Tilbury was blown off his chair and thrown half way across the room"
Civilian Mr Tilbury was blown off his chair and thrown half way across the room"
ks. Nobody gets blown across the room when shot by any gun.Sheriff JWPepper said:
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