Reply #21: Confusing story.

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I live in Orlando, and this story was pretty big news here.

I was perplexed by what happened, and even went so far as to try to simulate it with my own Glock 21 (not the shooting in the leg part, of course).

I don't understand how he could have ejected the magazine, pulled the slide back, and still had a round in the chamber. The only explanation I can come up with is that the chamber was so unbelievably filthy that the gunk held the round in. It seems to me that the officer was teaching these kids to "check" by only looking to ensure that there was no magazine in. But to clear a pistol, you must also look for daylight through the barrel to make sure there is nothing in there.

And if this is what happened, then this guy has no business teaching a gun safety course.

Also, it was remarkably irresponsible to use his service weapon as a demonstration. Glock and most other manufacturers make non-firing replicas for this exact purpose.




This guy's gun should have never left it's holster.