Posted on 05/13/2005 1:34:56 PM PDT by kingattax
ANDERSON, S.C. May 12, 2005 — A gunshot was fired into the floor in an Anderson County middle school after a student accidentally pulled the trigger of a deputy's holstered gun.
The gun fired Wednesday morning after a student grabbed it as the deputy told them how hard it was to take a gun from an officer's holster, Sheriff David Crenshaw said.
The student's finger apparently was small enough to get inside the holster and pull the trigger, the sheriff said.
The bullet fired into the floor, and debris cut and scratched two students. But no one was seriously injured, school officials said.
The sheriff's office has begun an internal investigation and the officer involved is on administrative leave, said Crenshaw, who would not identify the deputy or say whether he would be paid while on leave.
"The officer there today had a major lapse in judgment," Crenshaw said Wednesday. "He was just trying to be nice to the kids and made a faulty decision. It was an accident. The good Lord blessed us that nobody got hurt."
Information from: The Greenville News, http://www.greenvillenews.com
Again? Why don’t the schools bring in an NRA safety instructor?
I love that show.
When the officer stated how hard it was to do, the student saw it as a challenge. It’s not an uncommon reaction from a kid.
Typical leap frog the conversation, to my comments. I was responding to your reply in #2. Don't change the effin' question. Got an answer?
I am speechless.
And the liberals only trust "trained police officers" with guns...LOL
Treader, THAT was the joke--
Have a great day--really...
lol... dang, now I will have to put out a "search to find"- on my sense of humor. Thanks for the good laugh & dose of humility, ktvaughn! ;^)
I can just imagine Ted Nugent's reaction upon hearing this story.....
*shudder*
You cannot make anything idiot-proof, because idiots are so ingenious
We had a couple of deputy sheriffs come out to the range about 2 mos back and place soda cans on the TOP of the backdrop berm and blast away :(
They put a couple of rounds into a truck back behind the berm.
Trained idiots
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