Posted on 04/21/2005 1:18:26 PM PDT by TC Rider
SAN ANTONIO - This is one story they'll be telling around the San Antonio Police Department for a long time. An off-duty officer was at a San Antonio auto auction house yesterday when nature called, a police spokesman said.
Officer Craig Clancy strolled to the appropriate facility and was lowering his trousers when his pistol fell from his waistband. When Clancy fumbled for the falling firearm, it went off, twice.
One of the bullets nicked a bit of floor tile into the leg of a man who was washing his hands nearby. That man was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Police internal affairs is investigating.
Was it a Glock fotie? That only cops and DEA agents are professional enough to handle?
or while your looking here your peing on your shoes
he'll be the butt of all jokes.
Same for a 92FS, as long as the safety is in de-cock
That's my hero.
First you say it...
"Police internal affairs is investigating."
These've gotta be the bravest cops in history.
...and the second bullet?
Can you immagine the look on the faces of everyone when the other cops barge into the restroom with 'guns' drawn?
Heh ... can't blame this one on a lady policeman.
Brings new meaning to "Firing one off"
LOL
There is a firing pin block that must be deactivated by a pull of the trigger. If the trigger pull has not deactivated the firing pin block, even an impact to a hammer in the down position will not cause the firing pin to strike the primer of cartridge held in the chamber. Look closely at a 92FS when you dry fire it and you'll notice a small rectangular extension that protrudes from the top of the slide, behind the breechface. That is your firing pin block being disengaged.
Regards,
Raven6
It also brings a new meaning to the phrase "pot shot".
Am I the first one to make a shooting the sh!t comment?
NEW: Officer's gun fires when it falls in restroomWeb Posted: 04/20/2005 03:11 PM CDT
An off-duty police officers weapon accidentally discharged twice when it fell from the officers waistband as he was using the bathroom at an auto auction house, police said.
The bullets fired from Officer Craig Clancys gun didnt hurt anyone, but a round did chip off a minute fragment from the flooring that pierced the leg of a man washing his hands.
The incident occurred at about 11 a.m. today at the San Antonio Auto Auction, 2042 Ackerman Road.
San Antonio police Sgt. Gabe Trevino, the departments spokesman, said it wasnt immediately known why Clancy was at the auction house, but that he wasnt working.
The gun fell from Clancys waistband and went off when he tried to keep it from falling to the ground, Trevino said.
The man hit by the chipped flooring was taken to Southeast Baptist Hospital to be checked out.
The departments shooting team is investigating.
That's what TC said, let it fall, it will be safe. But don't grab for it, or you may pull the trigger and fire the Glock.
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