Early reports that a man in Whole Foods "dropped gun and shot himself"

[Kirk Freeman]

INGO: "Will Freeman bring up Steve Malloy?"

Freeman: "Remember the cop and gun writer Steve Malloy junk shot himself with a Colt 1903 in a garage in Arkansas, dropped gun."

 

[jagee]

INGO: "Will Freeman bring up his 870?"

Freeman: "...."

Have I told you guys about my 870 at Shootrite?

 

[ATM]

Why didn't believing it was loaded keep him safe?

He probably didn't believe hard enough.

 

[Expat]

So sitting in the bottom of a grocery bag with a bunch of stuff piled on top of it isn't the same as a good holster? [making note]

Now don't be leaping to any life altering conclusions here...

 

[Brad69]

So you take a pistol class and the instructor says “carry as you normally EDC”.

You then walk up to the line carrying a green nylon bag!

 

[croy]

Probably a sig 320.

 

[drillsgt]

With a lot of IMPD on here maybe we'll finally find out what make/model something was?

 

[Old Dog]

I have a Crown Royal velvet bag, anyone want to use it for a carry bag. I'm sure it's safe, it has handles.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

With a lot of IMPD on here maybe we'll finally find out what make/model something was?

I'm working race festivities, so I'm not in the office. I can try to find out, though.

 

[Dead Duck]

I'm working race festivities, so I'm not in the office. I can try to find out, though.

And find out if it was an Elf or the Tooth Fairy that dropped the green bag. Thank you.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

NAA .22

No indication that it happened any differently than what was reported.

You can Google NAA .22 drop safety and see he's not the first. In order to make it (mostly) drop safe, you need to make sure the hammer is resting in one of the safety notches between the chambers of the cylinder or carry with the chamber under the hammer empty. Even then, a very small amount of hammer movement unlocks the cylinder and it can rotate to the next live round.

 

[KG1]

NAA .22

No indication that it happened any differently than what was reported.

You can Google NAA .22 drop safety and see he's not the first. In order to make it (mostly) drop safe, you need to make sure the hammer is resting in one of the safety notches between the chambers of the cylinder or carry with the chamber under the hammer empty. Even then, a very small amount of hammer movement unlocks the cylinder and it can rotate to the next live round.

Yep. The little NAA's are not very carry friendly. No matter how you carry them.

 

[Expat]

NAA .22

Is that a Sig P320 variant?

 

[KellyinAvon]

NAA .22

No indication that it happened any differently than what was reported.

You can Google NAA .22 drop safety and see he's not the first. In order to make it (mostly) drop safe, you need to make sure the hammer is resting in one of the safety notches between the chambers of the cylinder or carry with the chamber under the hammer empty. Even then, a very small amount of hammer movement unlocks the cylinder and it can rotate to the next live round.

Thanks for the info BBI. If that was your ONLY (and I do mean ONLY) carry choice, hammer on empty chamber sounds like the best decision. Having 4 rounds of .22 LR or .22 Magnum is better than nothing (or a .25). As for the "green bag" carry, dude was 76, coulda been a fanny pack and the millennial writing the story has no concept of these things.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

As for the "green bag" carry, dude was 76, coulda been a fanny pack and the millennial writing the story has no concept of these things.

Reusable grocery bag. Gun was in the bag with the groceries he was going to purchase.

I don't know if he bought any sausages but if so this might be the first literal sausage sack holster.

 

[KG1]

Reusable grocery bag. Gun was in the bag with the groceries he was going to purchase.

I don't know if he bought any sausages but if so this might be the first literal sausage sack holster.

I would be a darn shame if he needed the firearm to defend himself and pulled a sausage out of the bag instead.

 

[Brad69]

Defending yourself with a “sausage” is called the Henry Weinstein maneuver!

 

[Route 45]

Defending yourself with a “sausage” is called the Henry Weinstein maneuver!

Assault with a friendly weapon.

 

[Brad69]

It brings a new meaning why you wanna get off the “X”

 

[G19X]

All guns can discharge upon dropping. You don't need fingers to make the gun go bang.

Have I told you guys about my 870 at Shootrite?

Tell me about a stock Glock going off from a drop. Unless something caught the trigger or someone modified it...no way.