Thats gonna leave a mark!!
OUCH
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Thats gonna leave a mark!!
OUCH
Shoulder holster...
I'm glad he wasn't seriously hurt and will recover.
Jim, I'm assuming this guy wasn't trying to scarf up your range brass, you were no where near this incident, and have alibi witnesses lined up around the corner to testify on your behalf [ROFL1]
Ouch! Son-of-a.....
I guess I should be used to it by now but I hate the way the media words these things to allways make it sound as if the weapon mysteriously "discharged" or "went off" as if with no input from its owner.
Darwin in action !
That's because that's what they think and believe, and what they want everyone else to think and believe. Guns are dangerous, guns kill.Quote:
Originally Posted by stevelkinevil
A revolver? Gotta keep dem fingers off de trigger until ready to fire and make sure the hammer is NOT cocked while attempting to holster the revolver.
Between that and hitting the gas pedal instead of the brake pedal makes it looks like us "older" mature folks should not screw around with anything mechanical anymore.[Tooth]
Funny thing is the "Cleaning Accidents" and most other Accidental Discharges can be prevented by one simple thing, KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF OF THE TRIGGER! Glad he is ok but its just another black eye on the shooting community.
LOL Bob beat me by what 30 seconds if that...[Beer]
That sucks. I have ALWAYS been taught to treat every weapon as if it is loaded and keep your finger out of the trigger guard. Guess this old timer didnt get that memo.
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Originally Posted by Mazin
I hate these news stories for the simple reason, the uninforms...those whovoted obummer, are the
ones who read this and honestly think ill on the firearm community and then actually
think that firearms can magically go bang with out a pull of the trigger and that
unloaded firearms kill people the same way, without any physical force applied ot the trigger.
Glad he is ok and will survive, but if he wouldnt have ahd his booger hooker
on the trigger, he wouldnt be in the predicament he is in. [Bang][Bang][Bang][Bang][Bang]
Scofield says Harrison was attempting to put a .357-cailber revolver into a shoulder holster when the weapon discharged.
Apparently it was the weapon's fault and not his [ROFL1]
.357 Revolver, there are really only 2 possibilities:
1. The revolver was cocked when he attempted to holster and something hit the trigger like his finger or outside possibility an edge of the holster. You don't carry revolvers "cocked and locked" 'cause there aint no lock.
2. Finger on the trigger while attempting to holster and maybe the act of pushing into the holster made his finger pull the trigger. Where I grew up you only put your finger on the trigger when you want the gun to go boom.
You get careless with a gun you get hurt or dead.
Ouchie!
Like how the news put it, "when the weapon discharged".
Like it did it it's self.
i wonder if he's an instructor? i'd sign my wife up.... [ROFL1]
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Originally Posted by aahorn
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Originally Posted by aahorn
LOL...
sorry.. thats a little funny at least lol
Good, I'm not the only one who saw this. Pisses me off when the media shifts blame away from the person directly responsible by clever choice in wording.Quote:
Originally Posted by StagLefty
I try to avoid the nightly news as much as possible but managed to catch part of it the other night when they were talking about some lady who plowed her SUV into another car killing a family of five. The way they worded it it made it sound like the lady wasn't even in the SUV at the time:
"Jane Doe, who's SUV killed a family of 5, is visibly shaken by the incident'
Really?!? She's fucking alive and 5 innocent people aren't as a DIRECT result of her actions and you make it sound like SHE is the victim and that mean old SUV wiped that family out on it's own. The way the media chooses to present the 'facts' makes me want to punch baby kittens. [Bang]
You laugh but I watched a guy ND a .45 into his own leg a couple years ago in a 3-gun competition re-holstering during a transition. The guy happened to be an NRA certified instructor, local LEO w/SWAT designation, range owner, competition RO and all around bad ass who had been shooting and competing many years. The point is, no matter how much experience you have you're still 'playing' with a deadly weapon and a moment of carelessness can cost someone their life... regardless of how experienced you are.Quote:
Originally Posted by aahorn
I hope the range wasn't knowingly letting him draw from a shoulder holster. Those things make me all kinds of nervous.
And then I see this!? Who's allowing a stage where you holster a hot gun? It's friggin chaos out there!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jer
Yeah, I don't attend those competitions any longer. I hear now they adhere to the normal 3-gun type rules where firearms are tabled before proceeding. The crazy part is I was up after him and was standing about 5' back and to the right of him as he competed trying to see how he ran the course and it all took place right in front of me. He tried to blame a faulty serpa holster but I saw his booger picker inside the trigger guard when he attempted to cram it all into the holster. He did it. Not the holster. So after attending to his wounds and seeing him off to the hospital in one of the police cruisers that happened to be attending it was my turn to compete. I ran the course like a boss but after I had some time to think I decided I didn't want to be within range of anything those folks put on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fromk
NICE[ROFL3]Quote:
Originally Posted by aahorn