Idaho professor accidentally shoots himself in the foot in chemistry class

Reuters/Yahoo ^ | 9/3/2014 | Laura Zuckerman

[Rio]

An Idaho State University assistant professor with a concealed-carry gun permit shot himself in the foot with a semiautomatic handgun that accidentally discharged from inside his pocket in a chemistry classroom full of students, police said on Wednesday.

[tumblindice]

“don’t chamber the round”

Israel and I are are usually in Defcon 1 in public, but I/we agree with you, if there is any truth to “Israeli carry”.

The thought of some of the Yahoo’s rubbing shoulders in public, and carrying ‘cocked-and-locked’ 1911s and Glocks, (which are ‘half-cocked’ with a round chambered) gives me the willies.

I’m sure ‘Professor Corey’ here also assured his nervous wife, “Pish posh, dear. I’ve been carrying a round chambered (and no safety?) with absolutely no problems .... “.

OK, by this time all the part-time pistoleros and BR mirror gunslingers are itching to slap leather and argue that the fraction of a second they save in making their smoke-wagon bark could mean the difference between lying face down on Dodge’s dusty High Street with the gloating Dalton gang standing over them.

Hey, whatever their origin, bullets hurt. For you Johnny Ring is, at least consider getting a DA/SA: like Sig or CZ, rather than going around with only 5.5 pounds of trigger pressure standing between your trigger and femoral artery. Or more importantly, mine.

[tumblindice]

Johnny Ringos. (Or Doc Hollidays)

[rottndog]

Hottie student made Johnson do it.

Is that your gun shooting off, or are you just glad to see me?

[defconw]

I agree it depends on the gun. I also live in an open carry state, so you can strap them on and be Wyatt Earp, if you so desire.

I on the other hand, paid the 10 bucks to have the consealed carry license, because I don't want the confrontation. So I know I have it, if I truly need it.

Plus most everyone out here is armed. I am OK with that. If it's not on them, it's in their car/truck.

[School of Rational Thought]

I always carry with a round chambered and my firearm has no safety.

If and when I ever need to use it, it is likely I want to it to go bang as soon as I need it without having to manipulate it.

In a shooting situation certain things typically happen. Flee, fight or freeze. If one is in the two latter conditions, then the high adrenaline rush typically renders fine motor skills diminished.

And while the typical superhero is always calm in shooting situations most people are not and have to be prepared for it.

[defconw]

It's situational for me. At night or in a more urban area, I'll chamber it.

[Hawthorn]

"Is that a Glock in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?"

(attributed to Mae West)

[hal ogen]

No, it’s a shotgun.

[B4Ranch]

Article says it was a semi-automatic. That’s a wheel gun.

LOL