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Police officer practicing 'quick draw skills' shoots gun in airport
upi ^ | Dec. 25, 2015 | Ed Adamczyk

Posted on 12/26/2015 7:27:39 AM PST by JoeProBono

DES MOINES, Iowa,- A Des Moines, Iowa, police officer accidentally fired his gun while practicing his quick draw skills in an airport office, a police report says.

Officer Brady Pratt, 23, was in a Des Moines International Airport office Wednesday afternoon and drew his weapon to practice "his quick draw skills" and "unknowingly had his finger on the trigger and discharged a round into the ceiling tile," the report states.

The bullet struck the ceiling, traveled through a wall and into a ceiling tile in an unoccupied adjacent hallway. No one was injured, but another police officer was present to witness the accidental shot. Pratt notified a supervisor.

"Discipline is always a possibility when [police officers] are negligent. The level will be determined by the circumstances. There will be a very thorough review," said Sgt. Paul Parizek, Des Moines Police Department spokesman.


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To: JoeProBono

Practicing quick draw with a loaded weapon is a dangerous thing to do even at the range.

What a dumbass.

Remember.......Only police should carry guns/s


41 posted on 12/26/2015 3:10:07 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: Bulwyf

Actually, most fighters in the old west were shot in the back.

There were only one or two “real” duels.


42 posted on 12/26/2015 3:11:03 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: Red in Blue PA

That is true, everything else was Hollywooded up.

I still like Louis L’Amour novels though heh.


43 posted on 12/26/2015 3:20:48 PM PST by Bulwyf
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To: JoeProBono

No donuts for you!


44 posted on 12/26/2015 4:51:03 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: MileHi; Slings and Arrows; Daffynition
So he was practicing hitting aerial targets?

"This looks like bat country!"



45 posted on 12/26/2015 8:23:10 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The goal of Socialism is Communism. Marx and Lenin were in agreement on this.)
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To: a fool in paradise; JoeProBono
Imagine, it's 1955 ...this incident wouldn't make a mention.


46 posted on 12/28/2015 12:21:19 AM PST by Daffynition (*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
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To: JoeProBono

You can be fastest draw on the planet- but if the first one goes in the dirt or in the clouds, you may not live to make another shot.
Not the person in the .gif- but Barney fife in the artcile


47 posted on 12/28/2015 12:36:42 AM PST by Nailbiter
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To: Daffynition


48 posted on 12/28/2015 6:02:19 AM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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