Deputy's Gun Fires DURING Gun Safety Class In School

[matcom]

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ANDERSON, S.C. -- A gunshot was fired into the floor in an Anderson County middle school after a student accidentally pulled the trigger of a deputy's holstered gun.

The gun fired Wednesday morning after a student grabbed it as the deputy told them how hard it was to take a gun from an officer's holster, Sheriff David Crenshaw said.

The student's finger apparently was small enough to get inside the holster and pull the trigger, the sheriff said.

The bullet fired into the floor, and debris cut and scratched two students. But no one was seriously injured, school officials said.

The sheriff's office has begun an internal investigation and the officer involved is on administrative leave, said Crenshaw, who would not identify the deputy or say whether he would be paid while on leave.

"The officer there today had a major lapse in judgment," Crenshaw said Wednesday. "He was just trying to be nice to the kids and made a faulty decision. It was an accident. The good Lord blessed us that nobody got hurt."

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/05/12/gun_safety_class_in_sc_ends_with_a_bang_1115933631/

[billbuckhead]

1. "Gun safety is an oxymoron" with almost 100,000 Americans shot every year

This isn't the first time these gun safety deals in school have ended with a gun going off.

[Mizmoon]

2. That poor deputy

even if he manages to keep his job, he'll never live this one down at the station. :)

[Bronco69]

4. He won't need to

He was "blessed by the good lord". Actually, I wasn't aware that the "good lord" was a gun nut.

[matcom]

5. the good lord just wanted to scare the kiddies

but watch out for the good lord next time

[demnan]

3. Not Florida?

oh never mind :P

[DoctorMyEyes]

6. This seems to happen fairly regularly

That someone teaching "gun safety" to schoolchildren either accidentally shoots it off in the classroom, or accidentally leaves their loaded firearm in the bathroom.

I dont' have any little ones now, but if I did they'd damn sure be skipping "gun safety day".

on edit: here's a video of a DEA agent shooting himself in the leg while doing a classroom demonstation.
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