Who shot themselves?

[onebadfx4]

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.

[StagLefty]

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

[Jer]

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

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.

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.

[Tinelement]

Ouchie!

Like how the news put it, "when the weapon discharged".
Like it did it it's self.

[glenncal1]

.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.

[aahorn]

i wonder if he's an instructor? i'd sign my wife up....

[alxone]

i wonder if he's an instructor? i'd sign my wife up....

wow

[Chad4000]

i wonder if he's an instructor? i'd sign my wife up....

LOL...

sorry.. thats a little funny at least lol

[Jer]

i wonder if he's an instructor? i'd sign my wife up....

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.

[Fromk]

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.

And then I see this!? Who's allowing a stage where you holster a hot gun? It's friggin chaos out there!