[E. Pluribus Unum]

How many dogs has he shot?

[Lurker]

” It was pure carelessness on my part.”

Finally someone admits it.

[driftdiver]

Ok he’s right about carelessness but he seems to have an irrational fear of firearms.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Barney Fife made it all the way to police chief?

[Ramius]

Doing it once is one thing... Twice means he didn’t learn the first time.

But he’s right about part of it: anyone who believes it could never happen to them is wrong.

[Chode]

third time's the charm...

[Uri’el-2012]

There is no such thing as an accidental discharge.

A negligent discharge is caused by either ignorance or carelessness.

The person can be considered ignorant, if they have not been trained.

They are careless, if they disregard their training.

Always keep the gun pointed in a safe direction

Always keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot

Always keep the gun unloaded until ready to use

[Doogle]

"...and he was on our side right?"

[ropin71]

[Doomonyou]

What’s he doing with a loaded gun in a gun store that looking to buy?

[x1stcav]

Nobody ‘accidentally’ shoots themselves or anybody else. There’s a whole lot of improper gun handling that goes on before the weapon ‘accidentally’ discharges.

This guy is a disgrace as a gun man.

14 1/2 months in the ‘Nam, in the field, and we never had an ‘accidental’ shooting. And this was with 50% of my platoons being draftees.

[kingu]

Actually, no, Mr. Police Chief, it can't happen to anyone. It takes a particular type of person to take a gun into their hands and not check to see if it was loaded, to not unload the gun before handling it in an unsafe manner, to place something in front of the muzzle that he or she does not intend to destroy and to place one’s finger on a trigger when pointing the gun at anything other than the intended target.

In fact, it takes a particular kind of hubris to ignore every one of those rules, shoot yourself like an idiot, then state it could happen to anyone to mitigate the monumental stupidity that you've displayed for the second time.

Oh, and if there is any sanity in the world, reasonable gun owners in the area will avoid a gunshop that has the carelessness to let a loaded firearm into the hands of a customer.

[TexasTransplant]

I have worked with THOUSANDS of neophytes ... kids that have never touched a weapon before in their lives, just a glance from me and they would check to see if they were indeed clear / empty.

Not even one accidental discharge! And in my 28 years combined again not even one accidental discharge in any Unit / Command that I have served.

TT

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[Rockpile]

This may put a hole in his election chances.

[Rockpile]

I see that the DM illustrated the Glock story with a Beretta picture.

[Starstruck]

His feet were barking.

[Mark17]

Police Chief David Counceller's 40-caliber Glock handgun accidentally discharged last Saturday

I see, did it accidentally pull it's own trigger? It happened twice? I would call that ignorance, stupidity, negligence and downright incompetence. He is perfect for the job. (Not)

[muir_redwoods]

Unless it was an indoor range I simply can’t remember seeing a loaded gun in a gun shop.

[xrmusn]

‘I need to pay more attention.
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DUH!!! could you call that an understatement?

Knock on whould{sic} BUT have been owning/handling weapons for 60 some years and don’t ever recall anything in my control firing unless I had my finger on the trigger.

Never had a SUV start or get in an accident by itself either.

Must not be living ‘right’.

The onliest time you hand a loaded hand gun to one is if she/he thinks it is a hair dryer.<: <: