Posted on 08/06/2024 6:02:11 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
A man accidentally shot and killed himself when he slipped while taking his trash to an apartment dumpster. The man in his 50s or 60s was carrying his gun and trash at about 6 a.m. Tuesday, according to a preliminary San Antonio police report. The gun discharged when the man slipped in a wet area.
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I’m familiar with this area. It’s not really the area where one feels compelled to arm oneself simply to take out the trash.
But oh well.
According to police, a man in his 50s or 60s was walking to a nearby dumpster while carrying both his trash and a gun. That’s when, police say, the man slipped in a wet area and somehow the gun went off, wounding him the chest
Police said the man, however, continued to walk down the hill to the dumpster where he was later found. He was taken by ambulance to an area hospital, where he later died.
SAPD said investigators found a gun near the trash bags.
What’s wrong with an ankle holster? Was it a .44 magnum? Like the condoms I wear?
Something tells me there's more to this story.
Probably gun violence
We must ban dumpsters....,....,
Any bears or coyotes there?
Reminds of the guy that died because he fell down the stairs while holding a bowie knife and accidentally stabbed himself in the back 25 times.
The article made it sound like he was actually carrying the gun and the trash. If he had his finger anywhere near the trigger, I could see that happening when he slipped.
He could have also dropped the gun and tried to catch it. I was taught to let it fall, no matter how expensive it is; nothing is worth risking one’s life.
Either way, a quality holster would have prevented this outcome.
If your neighborhood is so dangerous you have to be armed to take out the trash, it’s time to find a new neighborhood.
It’s like the old saying, a dropped knife has no handle.
There is a weapons trainer whose first instruction is to clear your pistol, hold it at arm’s length and drop it. He says to get used to it and NOT try to catch it.
So true!
Arkancide?
Something tells me there’s more to this story.
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accidentally stabbed himself in the back 25 times.
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Well sure. He fell down 25 steps.
“I could see that happening when he slipped.”
^
Me too. I agree.
I actually had someone say that they did not follow that advice, and they dropped an expensive weapon and went to catch it.
He was staring down the barrel when he caught it and would have pulled the trigger if the safety weren’t on.
That’s scary stuff.
Paging Plaxico Burress. Paging Plaxico Burress.
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