Police Officer Teaching "Gun Safety" Shoots Desk

[Kirk Freeman]

Shreveport, LA: police officer teaching gun safety to interns cranks off round into desk. Interns go to lunch.

My money is that he: ditched the mag, caught the round, and then threw the loose round back into the breech and fired the unloaded gun into the desk. Nothing says safety like shooting guns inside one's office. Talk about a Desk Pop.

"The female intern said Hines "did something" to the gun but she was unsure what"

https://www.shreveporttimes.com/sto...-while-teaching-gun-safety-interns/725502002/

 

[Hatin Since 87]

Job opening for a gun safety instructor if anyone’s interested.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Was it a Glock Fotay?

 

[printcraft]

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Was it a Glock Fotay?

When you read the article later you shall discover that yes, yes it was a Glock Fortay.

 

[Thor]

Familiarity...

 

[hpclayto]

Dear Chief, what had happened was....

 

[Vigilant]

Desk Pop! Nothing to see here.

 

[Benp]

Nothing says "making a weapon safe" better than pulling the trigger!
I think a better excuse would have been "This is why you DON'T do a desk pop!"

Maybe he took the round out of the chamber before he ejected the magazine. That's the only way that you are going to do both things and still be able to fire the weapon, unless you go ahead and put the round back into the chamber manually.

 

[Benp]

The best way to handle a ND or AD is to reholster your firearm and raise both of your hands and walk away - letting people know that you are done and everything is fine. We're cool. We're cool.

 

[Chewie]

just needed someplace to store the loose round so he wouldn't lose it. The chamber was empty and available soooo......

 

[KellyinAvon]

When you read the article later you shall discover that yes, yes it was a Glock Fortay.

Sluggish network and lunch almost over. Public Information Interns gained valuable experience

 

[Benp]

He next lesson was going to be "Now this is what you DON'T want to do!" That lesson was going to kill!

 

[rhino]

Shreveport, LA: police officer teaching gun safety to interns cranks off round into desk. Interns go to lunch.

My money is that he: ditched the mag, caught the round, and then threw the loose round back into the breech and fired the unloaded gun into the desk. Nothing says safety like shooting guns inside one's office. Talk about a Desk Pop.

"The female intern said Hines "did something" to the gun but she was unsure what"

https://www.shreveporttimes.com/sto...-while-teaching-gun-safety-interns/725502002/

I'm betting he racked the round in the chamber into his hand or onto the floor before he removed the magazine.

 

[churchmouse]

I'm betting he racked the round in the chamber into his hand or onto the floor before he removed the magazine.

That is what I was thinking as well.

 

[KellyinAvon]

That is what I was thinking as well.

Me three. Funny how that works, racking the slide with a loaded magazine ejects the round from the chamber, and loads another round in the chamber. It's like the gun was designed to do this. If only there was a way, a way to make sure the chamber is empty and there is no magazine in the weapon. Perhaps locking the slide to the rear and visually observing the chamber and mag well. As Yogi Berra said, you can see a lot just by observing.

 

[Bennettjh]

I'm betting he racked the round in the chamber into his hand or onto the floor before he removed the magazine.

That would be my vote.

 

[singlesix]

I grew up in Shreveport ...

 

[KellyinAvon]

I grew up in Shreveport ...

I was TDY at Barksdale AFB several times over the years. HUMID!!

 

[NyleRN]

Good grief, isn't this like at least the 3rd maybe 4th instance of a "resource officer" or armed trainer in the past 6 months that's discharged a weapon in a classroom of people/students? It's no freaking wonder why people are against these knuckleheads having weapons in the school "to protect our kids". Sad part is most people think since police officers or resource officers can't handle firearms appropriately then non LEO folks must really be poor handlers of guns.