Gun Safety (must see)


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Here's the article about it.

BTW I got it from another forum, so don't associate me with the website the video came from. crazy.gif

April 30, 2004, 10:27 AM EDT

ORLANDO -- The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating an incident in which one of its agents giving a presentation to Orlando-area children on gun safety shot himself in the thigh.

Orlando police investigators have ruled the April 9 shooting at The Callahan Center, 101 N. Parramore Ave., accidental, police Lt. Curley Bowman said Thursday night.

But DEA special agent Joe Kilmer said Thursday night that an internal investigation led by officials at the agency's headquarters in Washington was still ongoing. Kilmer would not release the name of the agent involved. After the agent was treated at Orlando Regional Medical Center for a gunshot wound to his left thigh, he returned to work, Kilmer said.

Vivian Farmer, 52, was in a classroom at The Callahan Center with her 13-year-old nephew when the agent began his presentation about 7 p.m. Roughly 50 adults and children were present, and it was "standing room only," Farmer said Thursday night.

The presentation was part of a class called "The Game of Life, The Game of Golf," according to a police report. It was held by the Orlando Minority Youth Golf Association, which aims to introduce minority children to the sport. The agent was speaking to the youths about making good life choices and included a presentation on gun safety, according to the report.

During the speech, the agent drew his .40-caliber duty weapon and removed the magazine, the report said. He then pulled back the slide and asked a man in the audience to look inside the weapon to make sure it was not loaded, the report said.

"The person nodded that it didn't have ammunition," Farmer recounted. "The gun was never pointed at anyone."

Witnesses told police that the agent kept his gun pointed toward the floor and when he released the slide, the weapon fired one shot into the top of his thigh.

"The kids screamed and started to cry," Farmer recounted. "My first thought was that it was part of his presentation. I thought it was a blank and he was trying to make a point about how easy it is to fire, to get the kids' attention. But then I looked at the agent's face and he looked surprised. Then there was a quick grimace on his face of sudden pain.

"I thought, 'This isn't a joke. This is real.' "

Farmer said most people rushed out while an ambulance and police were arriving.

"Everyone was pretty shaken up," Farmer said. "But the point of gun safety hit home. Unfortunately, the agent had to get shot. But after seeing that, my nephew doesn't want to have anything to do with guns.

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Bet he has a serious reprimand!

1. Clearly he didn't look to see the round was out of the chamber.

2. Obviously it wasn't pointed at the floor, it was pointed at his thigh.

3. No way should he have been using his duty pistol. Here at least that is a big no-no, he should have had another weapon, that was neverloaded, and preferably with the firing pin removed.

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He failed it even before that, by not checking his weapons before even entering the school grounds.

He also failed the gun test as soon as he asked another person to check the chamber to see if it was loaded.

That was his responsibility and his alone.

What a complete Moron. crazy.gif

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He failed it even before that, by not checking his weapons before even entering the school grounds.

He also failed the gun test as soon as he asked another person to check the chamber to see if it was loaded.

That was his responsibility and his alone.

What a complete Moron. crazy.gif

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Got to disagree, well sort of...

Yes, he should definitely check the chamber himself, but he should also have asked another responsible adult (I assume the teacher would qualify) to check it too. Also, if anyone hands you a weapon, even if they've just checked it, the very first thing you should do is always check it yourself too.

Minor point I guess, but I thought I'd get my .02 worth in. grin.gif

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but he should also have asked another responsible adult (I assume the teacher would qualify) to check it too.

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I disagree strongly crazy.gif ... I would never let someone (just because they are an adult and seem responsible) check to see if the gun was loaded, unless I had first checked it myself .....why ???....because, I would be assuming that the person I was handing it to, even knows what the gun's chamber is ...LOL.

It was his responsibilty and his alone, especially in a class-room full of potentially gun ignorant people. crazy.gif

He should have checked it before going to the school and again as soon as he pulled it out of his holster, then maybe asked the teacher to walk over to him, to varify the chamber was empty, by pointing to it's location himself. shocked.gif

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#1) A gun should ALWAYS be treated as if it were LOADED!

#2) Always point the weapon in a safe direction!

#3) He should lose his badge & the right to carry a gun!

#4) Never put you finger on the trigger until your ready to discharge the weapon!

That could have been someone's child he shot!

GUN SAFETY IS NO ACCIDENT!!

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Good God, I thought that maybe it was something they staged with a blank, to shock people, and show them how easy it is to make a mistake, even if you are trained with the gun. Apparently not. What a fool.

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"I made a mistake. See, that's how accidents happen."

What a moron!!!

I don't blame the kids for getting a little "on edge" when the lady holds up the rifle even though he states, "Don't worry. It's a unloaded weapon".

yeah, right. Just like the handgun????

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That guy is very fortunate that he only shot himself in the hip and not a kid!!! mad.gif

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