Deputy's gun fired accidentally outside York Comprehensive High
Source: Heraldonline.com
YORK A school resource officer's weapon was accidentally fired into a sidewalk outside York Comprehensive High School this morning, the York County Sheriff's Office said.
Three other people were nearby, but no one was injured.
The deputy involved was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation, the sheriff's office said, and another school resource officer was assigned to the school. The sheriff's office has scheduled a press conference at 2:30 p.m. today to release more information.
It's the second reported accidental discharge of a York County deputy's weapon in just more than a year.
Read more: http://www.heraldonline.com/2013/08/26/5148349/deputys-gun-fired-accidentally.html
Socal31
(2,484 posts)Although there may be some exception I didn't see, in which case, I apologize.
denverbill
(11,489 posts)A trained gun owner once again carelessly mishandles their weapon. It should be of interest to anyone in any state which is considering arming teachers or janitors, or loosening laws on concealed carry.
FLyellowdog
(4,276 posts)FLyellowdog
(4,276 posts)I just can't believe how prevalent this is. Isn't there a way to make gun triggers less sensitive? Seems like changes need to be made in the area of safety features.
If gun owners can't control their guns, who will?
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)At least the weapon was pointed in a somewhat safe direction, though why it was unholstered will be interesting.
AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)It's not that the trigger was too sensitive, but that the sergeant was less so.
FLyellowdog
(4,276 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Not like the old west with the quick draw holster, etc.:
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)bluedigger
(17,077 posts)There are more than one York Counties.
dothemath
(345 posts)but not a single one references some obvious truths. First, a gun is NEVER ACCIDENTALLY fired. When a gun is fired, it is on purpose or through ignorance or stupidity. Defining a gun discharge as an accident is ridiculous. If you have a gun and it goes off, you are responsible, period. If responsibility is assigned for an event, it can not, by definition, be an accident. Or maybe the cop watched too much TV as a kid and that caused him to fire his gun on school grounds.
Remember the cop who was demonstrating gun safety in a classroom of kids and "accidentally" fired his gun, and then had the balls to tell the students not to do what he did. The las time I looked, it was still on YouTube.
Socal31
(2,484 posts)Even if you make a monumental screw up and think you are dry firing, as long as rule #1 is ingrained in you (don't point it at anything you don't intend to shoot), the worst thing that will happen to you is extreme embarrassment, or self-injury. Self injury is not fun, but it sure beats injuring someone else.
ileus
(15,396 posts)loli phabay
(5,580 posts)AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)The advantage of having no safeties to remember is offset by the risk of unnecessary shootings.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)The glock is a very safe weapon, but you cant mitigate for operator error. Having to rack the weapon every time you take it out of the holster would be a very unsafe practice especially in times of high stress.
A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)I was always taught to assume a gun is loaded, always! What ever happened to that rule?
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)Carry, it takes to long to draw and slide and more chance of incorrect feed when you are stressed.
A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)even have your gun loaded. Go to the link and read rule three. Seems you know better than the NRA. It seems Andy taught Barney the right way to handle a gun.
If being stressed confuses you about when and how to operate your gun, perhaps you should reconsider carrying a gun at all. Were a stressful situation happen to arise, perhaps you wouldn't remember to aim before shooting, or even what your actual target should be.
AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)Israeli Method and also used by U.S. Army military police, seems to be safe and sufficient.
The Glocks are known for being reliable. Safe with one round in the chamber?, not so much. There have been too many accidents with Glocks for the absence of an external safety to be disregarded when someone decides to use a C1 carry. When a person carrys one round in the chamber and will not keep their finger off the trigger, that is a potential accident just waiting to happen.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)This, the reaction time when you have to work the slide slows way down and as i said with stress you may not rack the weapon properly ending in a jam. Nope as long as you keep your weapon in the holster until you need it then its perfectly safe.
AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)loli phabay
(5,580 posts)Also i know that when you are stressed its not so easy to rack the slide. Real life is seldom what the manual says. Try racking the slide with a flashlight in you off hand, or any of another hundred things that can interfere with the rack method.
Ford_Prefect
(7,817 posts)As in when is is NOT a good idea to pull the trigger to test whether there is a round in the chamber?