Chicago: Man Dies After Pistol Discharges in Waistband

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  • cbhausen

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    Sounds like one in the pipe led to one in a pipe (as in the femoral artery, maybe...).

    Safe direction, always folks. At least he was "treating it like it was loaded" when it happened...
     
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    Most likely, he had convinced himself that holsters are unnecessary and thought it looked cooler without anyway.
    If holstered, he probably had a really crappy one, with an uncovered trigger, of course.
     

    Kirk Freeman

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    Thank you, Kirk, for another Public Safety Announcement advocating safe direction above all.

    Numby McNuts thought he was pointing it in a safe direction.

    I am advocate respect for the weapon, education, and training. I realize that is unpopular in certain quarters as discipline is seen as an attempt to take away fun, but I continue the fight.
     

    cbhausen

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    Numby McNuts thought he was pointing it in a safe direction.

    I am advocate respect for the weapon, education, and training. I realize that is unpopular in certain quarters as discipline is seen as an attempt to take away fun, but I continue the fight.

    +1 there, Kirk...

    The most fun day shooting means coming home without any extra holes in you (or worse). I've never thought any type of training of safe gun handling took any of the fun out of it. And I would run like hell from any training which breaks safe gun handling practices.
     

    IndyDave1776

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    This brings to mind one of those colorful characters I encountered while working for the Department of Correction. The inmate in question was a young individual with a bad habit of doing stupid things and getting caught. One of his exploits was carrying an el cheapo .22 auto concealed down the front of his pants resulting in an unintended discharge which scored a direct hit on Mr. Johnson. Somehow, I imagine that judicial penalties would have been superfluous under the circumstances.
     

    cbhausen

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    This brings to mind one of those colorful characters I encountered while working for the Department of Correction. The inmate in question was a young individual with a bad habit of doing stupid things and getting caught. One of his exploits was carrying an el cheapo .22 auto concealed down the front of his pants resulting in an unintended discharge which scored a direct hit on Mr. Johnson. Somehow, I imagine that judicial penalties would have been superfluous under the circumstances.

    Jennings 1 - Johnson 0? Binary Penal Code maybe?

    Okay, THAT was abstract...
     

    rhino

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    There is no way we can know what happened. Just because they found the gun inside his waistband doesn't mean it was just there and it discharged without human action. I find it far more plausible that he was sticking it into his waistband, had a finger on the trigger, and had a negligent discharge when he shoved it in there.
     

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    There is no way we can know what happened. Just because they found the gun inside his waistband doesn't mean it was just there and it discharged without human action. I find it far more plausible that he was sticking it into his waistband, had a finger on the trigger, and had a negligent discharge when he shoved it in there.
    I'm with Rhino on this. His scenario of what happened sounds much more likely than it just "went off" while he was driving. The chances of it going off without a finger, or something on the trigger are astronomically small. You need to be more intelligent than the machine you are operating or bad things can happen. :)

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    Kirk Freeman

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    I'm with Rhino on this. His scenario of what happened sounds much more likely than it just "went off" while he was driving. The chances of it going off without a finger, or something on the trigger are astronomically small. You need to be more intelligent than the machine you are operating or bad things can happen. :)


    That is certainly the way to bet, but we have had plenty of cases where guns discharge without fingers on triggers.
     
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