Gun safety presenter shoots self accidentally while teaching kids

[RamboLiberal]

Too good to bury down in Justice forum. I'm a shooter and think they need to send him to gun safety class. Well at least he wasn't pointing it at someone else. Ooops.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/05/01/dea.shooting.ap/index.html

A federal drug agent shot himself in the leg during a gun safety presentation to children in what police describe as an accident. His bosses, however, are still investigating the incident.

The Drug Enforcement Administration agent, whose name was not released, was speaking April 9 to about 50 adults and students organized by the Orlando Minority Youth Golf Association, witnesses and police said.

He drew his .40-caliber duty weapon and removed the magazine, according to the police report. He then pulled back the slide and asked an audience member to look inside the gun and confirm it wasn't loaded.

Witnesses said when the agent released the slide, one shot fired into the top of his left thigh. The gun was pointed at the floor.

[TN al]

1. Guns don't shoot people...

...idiots do.

[stellanoir]

11. "Rayguns don't kill Zorbonians. . .

Zorbonians kill Zorbonians." great far side cartoon n/t

[leesa]

12. My first thought exactly. How many times do we have to read this

same headline played out in a different local.

[SuffragetteSal]

2. why did he have bullets in the gun?

and around children...that should be the first rule of safety...wonder who his teacher was?

[DAGDA56]

4. Barney Fife? nt

[RamboLiberal]

6. Exactly right - any gun safety class I've ever been to

They use a dummy gun or a gun that's had the firing pin removed. And NO LIVE AMMO even near.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

3. "Sorry about that, Chief"

[CatWoman]

13. LOL!!!

[bigbillhaywood]

5. Too funny. n/t

[hexola]

7. ooops...

[StClone]

8. These kids were just learning about

Friendly fire.

If they learn abut things designed to kill they might as well learn about accidents.

[PfcHammer]

9. Natural selection.

[Paranoid_Portlander]

10. The gun is now unloaded.

Another poster made that remark on a duplicate thread, but it is worth repeating.