Posted on 02/10/2008 6:51:11 PM PST by Mr. Brightside
Police officer who wounded toddler was cleaning gun
11:34 AM EST, February 9, 2008
NEW YORK(AP) _ A police officer who wounded a toddler when he accidentally fired a shot through the floor of his Brooklyn apartment was cleaning his gun in dim lighting because his electricity had been turned off, according to his brother.
His brother told reporters Friday that the officer had set his gun down on a table, and then accidentally knocked it to the floor when he returned to the room.
The gun discharged, firing a bullet that passed into the apartment below and hit 1-year-old Jonathan Porcellini in the arm.
"Just a few more inches and I could have lost my son," said his father, Justin Porcellini. "This is a city employee, a cop. They are supposed to be safe. I want people to know that what happened was wrong."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...
I’ve cleaned guns easily 500 times and never found a round in the chamber. Am I just lucky?
Woops!
I honestly can't say that I've ever had the problem of finding a round in the chamber while cleaning a gun.
It was a preventable accident.
Would you feel the same about a drunk driver getting behind the wheel of a school bus?
What ijit cleans a loaded gun ????
This cop deserves a slap on the head. From his son. for the rest of his life.
I’m trying to believe the story, but I dunno... What type of gun did the officer have?
BTW, if the same thing happened to you and your gun, you would be arrested.
Something tells me there is more to this story than meets the eye.
But, in any case, I smell and eleventy billion lawsuit coming.
Smell Test = Failed
And if your gun accidentally went off and shot a police officer who lived in the apartment below, you would also be arrested.
The article states that the officer was "cleaning his gun in dim lighting because his electricity had been turned off".
Wouldn't it have been prudent for Officer Fife to have waited to undertake such a task until circumstances were more conducive to such an endeavor?
Take the mag out the gun, pull and lock the slide back. Presto, your weapon is safe.
Sad this happened in Brooklyn. I wonder what avenue it’s by.
Little doubt that, after the armorer examines the waepon, and the internal investigation is complete...the guy will get his walking papers. Tpoo much present and future liability for the city.,
Did you feel the need to state this twice? Because you did. And it really doesn’t matter if I would be arrested in the context of this discussion. Moot point.
Click the link to read the whole story.
The officer was cleaning his gun in the dark after having his electricity cut off for nonpayment of rent.
He walked out of the room, leaving the gun on the table. When he returned (in the dark) he reached for the gun and knocked it off the table, which discharged one round through the floor of his apartment.
Modern firearms, especially those widely used by PDs all over the place (Glocks) are not prone to discharge simply by being dropped, even if there is a round in the chamber. This guy is lying about something to cover his sorry behind. ).
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