Ohio cop mistakenly shoots himself in thigh after giving his daughter a lesson in gun safety

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Cop shoots himself after gun-safety lesson
Ohio police chief injured following bid to teach daughter about firearms

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27963920/

updated 3:17 a.m. PT, Sat., Nov. 29, 2008

MONROE, Ohio - A top cop mistakenly shot himself in the thigh after giving his daughter a lesson in gun safety, police said.

Middletown police Chief Greg Schwarber, 54, was preparing to clean his Glock .45-caliber pistol on Friday and didn't realize the gun was still loaded, according to a police report.

Written by officers from neighboring Monroe, the report said the bullet entered Schwarber's leg just above the knee.

When officers arrived, they found the chief lying on the floor with a towel covering his leg. Schwarber was taken to a hospital for treatment.

[amdezurik]

1. you can't get cocky around those things

the perversity of the inanimate will bite you real quick

[aikoaiko]

2. Check, recheck, and triple check that chamber and point it in a safe direction

before pulling the trigger when preparing for disassembly.

[backscatter712]

11. Glocks in particular have this safety problem.

In that in order to disassemble the pistol, you HAVE to pull the trigger, because the gun won't disassemble with the striker cocked.

And there's only one way to know if it's safe to pull that trigger - pull back the slide and look in the chamber. You could have a round in the chamber even with the magazine removed, and yes, that round will fire if you pull the trigger.

[Pavulon]

12. own one, an rtfm issue

check chamber then drop striker to take down. human error

[backscatter712]

13. I own one too. Definitely gotta keep on your game safety-wise.

They're good guns, but I can see how this accident happened. The cop should have been paying more attention...

[Pavulon]

16. I undestand, but still have no holes that god

did not give me. You have to be pretty brazen to pull a trigger with a barrel pointed at something you want to keep.

[Ikonoklast]

3. ALWAYS ASSUME THE FIREARM IS LOADED

Rule #1 Of Firearm Safety.

Especially with semi-autos, where it is easy to have a round chambered even after the clip is removed.

And never, ever pull the trigger on a firearm unless pointed downrange, away from living targets.

I don't understand why he'd pull the trigger with the slide closed, I always clear a semi-auto by opening the slide, and he'd have to do that anyway to clean it.

I'm glad that he didn't accidentally shoot his daughter, and I hope he recovers.

[Schema Thing]

4. Ah yes, "the gun story you didn't hear about in the MSM last week" lol.

[JesterCS]

5. I live less than a mile from there

thank god it wasnt our police cheif though, at least he has brains.

[Nexus7]

6. Gun-nuttery rewarded

How old was that daughter? I looked at a few Google matches, and none of them mentioned the age of the daughter. The concept that gun-nuttery should be passed on from father to children is absurd. It's 2008, let's at least act like it isn't 1700 and there are natives out there to slaughter as determined by God and such other nonsense; and call this what it is - a fine example of poisonous gun-nuttery.

[boozepusher]

8. The guy was a police officer.

I think it's a good idea to teach your children about gun safety if there is going to be one in the house. Obviously this guy could use a safety class himself. The best thing to teach a child if they come across a gun is to Don't touch, leave the room, tell an adult.

[Ghost in the Machine]

20. This is one of the dumbest replies I've ever read here.. n/t

[boozepusher]

21. What's dumb about it?

If there is going to be a firearm in the house because of your occupation you should make sure any children in the house know not to play with it.

Edit. Sorry, I see you weren't replying to me. I'm still getting used to the format here.

[Ghost in the Machine]

23. Welcome to DU, boozepusher...

Yeah, the post I replied to was totally ignorant. *Everyone* should be taught gun safety, then we wouldn't have ignorant people running around spouting off like gun-grabbers. People who don't like guns are fine with me, but they cross the line when they dare to tell me, or others, what we can and/or cannot own.

I just got done a little while ago teaching my 15 year old son & 12 year old neighbor some more about gun safety. I used a Russian made SKS 7.62 x 39, complete with bayonette, to teach them. My son will be using it to hunt with tomorrow, but I will be right by his side, he won't be using it unsupervised for now.

Education is the key, *not* ignorant hyperbole and reactionary bullshit..


Peace,

Ghost

[boozepusher]

24. Thanks for the welcome

Good luck tomorrow. Some of my favorite memories of my father are of us hunting and shooting together.

[Nexus7]

26. Really, why should everyone be taught gun love?

Really, I mean, what's the bloody point?

Hunt? That's absurd, I live in a civilized place, we have great stores.

Protect my house? OK, occasionally useful. Not so far, but I suppose there could be a situation here and there. Far better to work for a better neighborhood and a strong police force.

Stand up for one's rights? Hahahahaha, where were the gun-nuts when habeas corpus was revoked?

Hay, you want to inculcate your impressionable kids into gun culture, be my guest. I've got no problem waiting for gun-nuttery to slowly die out as we finally take this country to the 21st century.

[Ghost in the Machine]

29. It's called 'gun safety', not 'gun love', but I don't expect *you* to know the difference...

Really, I mean, what's the bloody point?

So people don't do what this idiot did? :shrug:


Hunt? That's absurd, I live in a civilized place, we have great stores.

Who gives a fuck where *you* live? Do *you* speak for all Americans? I didn't think so. I live way out in the country in rural Tennessee. Hunting subsists many families here. Poor families that may otherwise not be able to afford to eat every day.


Protect my house? OK, occasionally useful. Not so far, but I suppose there could be a situation here and there. Far better to work for a better neighborhood and a strong police force.

A better neighborhood and strong police force?? See my above reply.. there's 12 homes in *my* neighborhood... and the police station is 15 miles away and staffs 4 officers... I'll depend on MYSELF for protection, thank you very much.


Stand up for one's rights? Hahahahaha, where were the gun-nuts when habeas corpus was revoked?

Are you suggesting/advocating armed revolution? The cognitive dissonance must have your head about to explode. I don't think it's permissible to advocate armed revolution on this board. Maybe a visit from Homeland Security is in order for you??


Hay, you want to inculcate your impressionable kids into gun culture, be my guest. I've got no problem waiting for gun-nuttery to slowly die out as we finally take this country to the 21st century.

Hay is what cows & horses eat around here. :-) I'll teach my children gun safety until I'm sure they have it down pat... then I'll teach them some more. Your constant use of the term "gun-nuttery" only showcases your ignorance and reactionary thoughts about the subject of guns and gun owners. I hope *you* aren't teaching *any* children *anything*... they'll grow up to be warped...


Peace,

Ghost

[Nexus7]

34. Oh, I didn't realize you lived in Bumfuck, TN

Yeah, way out there with the cuckoo types, huh? 15 miles from the nearest police station.

OK, well you love your guns, and raise your children up crooked. And I'll continue thinking you're a gun-nut. And your state will continue being red because of attitudes like yours, so who gives a flying rat's behind anyhow?

Oh, and the part about the revocation of habeas corpus? That is addressing gun-nuttery's premise that they need weapons for when the government becomes oppressive. Which it did, when basic rights were revoked, and, as expected, not a peep from gun-nuttery.

[Ghost in the Machine]

36. You're too ignorant to reply to again, thanks for playing... now go shove your head back up your ass

189 posts in 7 years, huh? maybe this is one of the times you should have chosen to remain quiet because you're on the losing end of this conversation. I wouldn't say much either if all I had was ignorance and reactionary bullshit....

[Nexus7]

25. Ah, another gut-nut fly-by n/t reply

Wouldn't have expected anything more from a gun-nut.

Kinda funny story about the moron who shot himself. Hopefully his daughter would catch on to the absurdity of gun-love.

[Ghost in the Machine]

28. It didn't deserve anything else... it is what it is...

Your total ignorance and reactionary hyperbole is another story, though...

Carry on...

[Edweird]

7. Lesson #1. Never do that. Never ever do that.

oops.

[gollygee]

9. I'll hand it to him - that was a VERY GOOD lesson

"Be more careful than I was!"

[LisaL]

14. Don't do as I do, do as I say.

:evilfrown:

[HughMoran]

10. Bad cop, no donut

:rofl:

[Incitatus]

15. I saw an article a while back where a cop shot himself in the foot while teachig a gun safety class.

[boozepusher]

17. Here is the famous video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhIJOVD8hwY

[Alcibiades]

18. That's a must see!

Never saw that before. Hysterical! His first mistake was when he borrowed Rick James' hair.

The second? When he invited the wrath of the Gods with his hubris!

"I'm the only one in this room professional enough that I know of that carries the Glock 40."

BAM!

"I'm all right-is everybody all right?"

No, you're not all right. You have a hole in your foot!

[depakid]

31. Crowd (as injured agent picks up assault rifle): "PUT IT DOWN!"

:rofl:

[Ghost in the Machine]

19. Only cops should have guns!! They're highly trained professionals!!

:sarcasm:


(I remember a few DU'ers saying this on a couple of threads)

[AnnieBW]

22. Gun safety fail

n/t

[ZombieHorde]

27. Well, she did recieve a lesson on the subject of gun safety.

It sounds like her father will be relatively fine, live and learn.

[kenny blankenship]

37. that there isn't any.

(which is the most valuable lesson of all.)

[Swamp Rat]

30. Desk job (and no firearms!) until retirement. n/t

[hootinholler]

32. Did someone deputize Plexico Burress?

What is this? Shoot yourself in the thigh week?

:shrug:

-Hoot

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

33. Now that's funny.

[Skittles]

35. fucking idiot