Officer's Gun Falls From Pants, Shoots Man In Other Bathroom Stall

[Pert_UK]

"A police spokesman said an off-duty officer was at a San Antonio auto auction house Wednesday when nature called.

Officer Craig Clancy strolled to the appropriate facility and was lowering his trousers when his pistol fell from his waistband. When Clancy fumbled for the falling firearm, it went off -- twice.

One of the bullets nicked a bit of floor tile into the leg of a man who was washing his hands nearby. That man was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment."

http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/4401487/detail.html

Yeah right......it went off twice as he fumbled to catch the falling firearm....

I smell something fishy, and I'm not talking about the contents of Baldrick's apple crumble!

[Botany]

1. it went off -- twice. LOL

No for must guns .... especially police models you have to squeeze the trigger ......
for the firing pin to strike the cap in the middle of the bullet ........

BTW the real # of dumb people is something much closer to 48,000,000

[_RKBA_Dem]

2. very interesting

What kind of a POS gun goes off when dropped? That aside, if you have a pistol in your waistband it is better to use the barn door approach to pissing or get a better holster and stop playing with your dingy with both hands. It is so easy to prevent stupid accidents with quality equipment.

[rocktivity]

3. Doesn't sound right to me either

Since we don't know if he had intended to piss, let's give him the benefit of the doubt as far as lowering his trousers. But if the gun was simply stuck in his waistband as opposed to being in a holster, it was negligent of him not to remove it first.

What doesn't sound right is how the gun went off. It it fired as a result of striking the floor, that's intelligible. But why would it go off as the cop "fumbled for the falling firearm" unless his finger was on the trigger?

At any rate, this shouldn't have happened--a slightly different bullet trajectory could have proved to be fatal to the innocent bystander. This policeman definitely needs a refresher course in gun safety.

:crazy:
rocknation

On edit: Welcome to DU, RKBA_Dem! :hi:

[Romulus]

4. must have grabbed for it on the way down

I understand that you must NOT grab for a loaded falling handgun for just this reason. Fingeres wind up in strange places that way.

(Pretty much) all modern handguns have drop-safety engineering to prevent firing if dropped. (But you take your chances with Bryco, Jennings, Lorcin, etc)

[benEzra]

7. Not knowing the kind of gun used...

it may have been a perfectly drop-safe firearm, and the dropped-it-and-it-fired-twice story was a cover for even stupider behavior, like reholstering the firearm with one's finger on the trigger, discharging it, and attempting to reholster AGAIN without correcting the problem. I read of one police officer who shot himself twice in the leg that way (got flustered when it fired the first time, and sought to reholster quickly so he could tend to his leg...)

[iverglas]

5. sigh, it seems I have to be the one to say it

What a pantload.

[TX-RAT]

6. Excellent response, and quick too.

[derby378]

8. So much for SILVEIRA V. LOCKYER

If these guys are the "well-regulated militia" the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals says they are, what hope is there for us civilians?

I'm betting on the 5th Circuit and US v. Emerson.

[johnnyDoc]

9. I could maybe see the gun going off once

if his finger hit the trigger as he was fumbling for it. But twice?