Gun Store Employee Shoot's Customer.

Hook686 · Nov 21, 2012

g.i. joe wrote:

Hard to tell exactly what happened, but... Ive seen it too many times, a person removes the magazine, racks the slide a few times, points the pistol away and presses the trigger... without doing a chamber check or following the 4 laws. They magically thing racking the slide is a fool proof way of unloading. Shame, their incompetence can cause so much suffering or death.

Yup I watched as a active county SWAT officer with perhaps 25 years of LEO experience racked his pistol after his 3 gun turn and it discharged. Fortunately it was pointed at the ground (lawn) and no one experienced anything other than sudden shock. I guess old timers can get careless with common behavior.

PlayboyPenguin · Nov 21, 2012

I bet it was a Glock. :s0131:

Boomerang · Nov 21, 2012

mjbskwim said:
Sure it is

IF THE MAGAZINE IS OUT.

Usually.

What if the extractor is broken?

PlayboyPenguin · Nov 21, 2012

titsonritz said:
Bet it was an idoit with a Glock

Isn't that redundant?

ZigZagZeke · Nov 21, 2012

RVTECH said:
Why was the gun even loaded inside the shop?

THIS!!!!

Misterbill · Nov 21, 2012

Idiot Does something REALLY stupid, resulting in loss of FFL and stock: Film at 11.

I've been handling guns for over 30 years and NEVER ONCE had a negligent discharge.

Rule #1 on the NRA list: ALWAYS POINT THE GUN IN A SAFE DIRECTION.

Meaning, IF the gun goes off (because you screwed up) no one will be injured.

If that was not crystal clear to the employees and safety practices were not stringently trained and practiced among employees, SHAME ON THE FFL.

If they WERE, then the FFL should be fine in the inevitable civil suit that follows.

99.9% of all gun accidents are the result of either ignorant meets gun, or educated is too lazy to follow basic rules safety. In 2012 there is ZERO excuse for ignorance. It's because you were too stupid, ignorant or lazy to even look at a youtube.

RVTECH · Nov 22, 2012

After reading all the posts the reality is it comes down to basic gun handling safety at all times - regardless of the excuse, cause or reason. A good wake up call for all of us.

RBid · Nov 22, 2012

Regarding why a weapon would be loaded in a gun store:

Most of us carry.

The comments about basic firearm safety are correct. I'd like to add that racking a slide a million times doesn't tell you as much as looking at and feeling the chamber.

RVTECH · Nov 22, 2012

Most of us carry.

Yes we do and mostly holstered and secured. My original question of why was the gun was loaded anyway was more from the position of the shooting not being a result of safe carry but as complete negligence or something worse - such as a round somehow being placed in a gun by a psycho individual in the hopes of it not being discovered and then something like this happening. This happened many years ago in a shop in Redmond, OR and the round was discovered in the rifle when it was safely being cleared before any 'accident'.