How, exactly does a holstered weapon (pointed down) fire accidentally (trigger protected to prevent accidents or bad guys) and hit a woman in the lung who is hugging the officer from behind? Unless she was hugging his knees and reached up for his waist, this just seems so incredibly unlikely.
Maybe it was in one of those “Miami Vice” shoulder holsters, where the muzzle is pointed to the rear of the wearer.
Shoulder holster under his left arm, when she hugged him it rotated slightly.
Off duty guy probably went to push it back up or similar and poof?
/ end obvious speculation.
Premature ejaculation?
Went off at the slightest touch.....
Betting the weapon was “streamlined” to an unsafe extent.
Cops aren’t supposed to do that, and most have policies against lightening the trigger pull.
In January at my concealed carry class, the instuctor went over the various holster options. I’ve owned a shoulder holster like this officer has, for years. I was surprised when my instructor pointed out a few drawbacks of this type of holster. One was you are always pointing the end of the barrel somewhere that is not directly into the ground, it is pointed at a somewhat higher angle than that. As your body moves around, the pointing also moves in a sweeping manner behind you. He mentioned the remote possibility of an accidental discharge while holstered.
This poor woman must have been a lot shorter than the officer. Hard to say how the accidental discharge took place, but that’s why it’s called accidental.
I like my shoulder holster. The drawbacks of a purse-carry are too great, I’d never do that (yes I am a woman). I like how the shoulder holster keeps the weapon very close to the body.
Can’t believe I didn’t think of a shoulder holster...
Hugs are better than slugs.................
Only police should have guns because ...
Probably one of them there safe action Glocks. Only way for a gun to go off is to pull the trigger. Poor lady.
Sounds bogus. How does a pistol fire unless it is cocked?
I use nothing but revolvers.
I woudn’t have an automatic for anything.
Revolvers are tried and true.They don’t go off without help and they don’t jam.
True, they don’t have as many bullets, but I don’t plan on being around much after firing 6 rounds anyway.
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This sounds bogus.A Boston blog written by an AP Science writer
about something that happened in Detroit.I'm guessing the the off duty officer modified his
Jackass rig by removing the trigger guard cover.
Thats it,,, no more hugs for cops...
If it was a waist worn holster,,, body position will be explained by the phenomenon known as “freak dancing”.
Here’s what I have read from multiple, conflicting sources out of the Detroit press:
1. The weapon was a S&W M&P .40, department-issue.
The DPD claims that their weapons “don’t have a safety,” and the M&P’s 1911-style slide safety is optional. I’ll get to that in a sec.
The M&P .40 reporting is backed up by S&W press releases about the DPD contract in 2009. So if we are, in fact, talking about a department-issued pistol, it was a M&P in .40 S&W.
Without the optional slide safety, the M&P has a trigger safety like a Glock and internal safety blocks to prevent discharge upon being dropped.
2. I have seen consistent reporting that the pistol was in a waistband holster, under the cop’s shirt.
3. I have seen three conflicting reports in the Detroit press as to how the woman was hugging the LEO: From behind, in front and around his knees.
I think it is pretty obvious that it would take an extraordinary sequence of events for the deceased to have been shot in the heart and lung from a waistband-carried rig if she were hugging the LEO from the front or the back, unless he was 7’ tall and she was a very short person.
There’s something else going on here, the DPD isn’t reporting it.
As for the “our pistols don’t have a safety” line from the DPD press interview: This is going to bite them badly in court, should a lawyer want to make hay. S&W offered an additional manual safety on the pistol and DPD didn’t avail themselves of this option? Hoooooo.
The ‘cop’ was having a party, at his own house, and was DANCING WITH HIS WIFE when some strange woman came up and grabbed him by the ass.
I bet the wife’s fingerprints are on the trigger.
