his life.

And there is this.... A self-described “stickler about safety,”

I guess we know what his judgment is worth.

At least that is something I was told on a different thread about a lady in Georgia.

He didn't visually inspect the chamber to see if a round was present?

HE ASSUMED IT WAS EMPTY????



Oy.

He's just lucky he only shot and wounded himself, and didn't kill anyone else.

You can't make this shit up no matter how hard you try.

"And how he did the right thing—saving his life—by pointing the gun toward the ground, not at his head or chest, as he cleaned it."

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/gun_control/

If I were in a gun safety class and found out that the instructor shot himself in the foot while certified as a gun safety instructor I would walk out and ask for my money back.

"I'm safe!" they exclaim.

"I've never accidentally discharged a firearm!" they boast.

"You don't have to worry about me!" they cry.



Yes, I do.

Everyone makes mistakes, EVERYONE.

I don't want to die for their first ever fuck-up.

How anyone rationalizes any thing "right" about shooting themselves in the foot is beyond me.

It did seem to be rather mocking in tone, but, what do I know?

A good writer will often convey much more by putting down exactly what someone says rather than trying to interpret it.

Very well couldn't have written, "Then the dumbass shot himself in the foot, because he's a bleeding moron", but we got the message anyway.


Brevity is indeed the soul of wit.

If this doesn't prove how ridiculous the NRA trained school guard idea is, I don't know what would.

...... something BAD always happens to Kenny!

Epic dumbass fails epically.

the only reason to ever pull a trigger should be to fire the gun.

Beyond that, so much fail I don't know where to begin. He needs to go back to class as a student before ever touching a gun again.

Also seems to me there should be a way to remove a shell from the chamber without having to cock it. That seems like a defect as well.

is the only way which will remove a round from an auto loader, which also cocks it. A person is supposed to look to make sure the round is gone on the rare chance the round does not eject.
I usually instruct people to do it 3 times to be sure- ridiculous redundancy pays off if it keeps you from shooting yourself or someone one time.

Most guns you do not need to pull the trigger at any point. For those that you must, it makes sense, to put the barrel on something like a thick phone book to at least slow the round if you missed seeing it those three times.

First thing I though of, how many beers, Dude?

I assume I don't need a sarcasm smiley for that one....

He needs to put his story up here..

If you go digging on the site there are some gruesome pics, be warned.

http://negligentdischarge.com/

He is lucky he didn't kill his downstairs neighbor.

From the NRA's own website:

The fundamental NRA rules for safe gun handling are:

1. ALWAYS keep the gun pointed in a safe direction.
This is the primary rule of gun safety. A safe direction means that the gun is pointed so that even if it were to go off it would not cause injury or damage. The key to this rule is to control where the muzzle or front end of the barrel is pointed at all times. Common sense dictates the safest direction, depending on different circumstances.

2. ALWAYS keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot.
When holding a gun, rest your finger on the trigger guard or along the side of the gun. Until you are actually ready to fire, do not touch the trigger.

http://training.nra.org/nra-gun-safety-rules.aspx

You'd think an NRA instructor would at least follow the simplest of gun safety rules????

in disbelief....or just plain disgust.

... making the world a safer place.

it will lock in place and you can visually inspect the weapon to ensure it is TRULY unloaded, then you THUMB the release to close the slide. Unless you get careless and pull the trigger because it is faster.
But he is the subject matter expert and already knew that...

somebody they would prefer didn't have a gun.