[lovecraft]

I kept hearing the 3 Stooges theme while reading this....weird.

[driftdiver]

This is funny

[MineralMan]

[beltfed308]

In all fairness does anyone know how many range accidents happen each year? Some of the incidents cited do sound nutty at best.

[Atlas Sneezed]

I wonder how their entrance IQ test scores have changed in recent generations.

(Just kidding, since we know that it is impermissible to measure intelligence of job applicants.)

[Teflonic]

Reminds me of thevideo of the marine being shot multiple times.

Link

Personally I feel police should not be putting a bead on a suspect that has no visible weapon. Keep the pistol aimed at the ground.

[opinionator]

How many times was a suspect on the receiving end of one of these accidental firings?

[Smokin' Joe]

..."I am the only one in this room professional enough to be carrying a Glock .40" (DEA agent shortly before shooting self re-holstering the firearm).

[ozzymandus]

Are they still carrying Glocks? If they're not going to train their cops in safe gun handling, they'd better pick a weapon with a positive safety, or carry an empty chamber.

[stm]

There is no such thing as an "accidental discharge". A much more appropriate (though much less politically correct) is a NEGLIGENT discharge. The US Army stopped using the "accidental discharge" term a long time ago. Negligence in one form or another always precedes this kind or occurrence

[Beagle8U]

If the officers didn't have these guns the accidents wouldn't have happened. They should be disarmed like the London Bobbies, stop these senseless shootings.

[CholeraJoe]

Glocks kill.

[BRITinUSA]

There is simply no excuse for this. There is also no such thing as an 'accidental discharge'; There is only a 'negligent discharge', with the emphasis on the word negligent.

[PAR35]

What did the ethnic origin of the parrot have to do with the subject of the story?

his African gray parrot

More racism from the mainstream media.

Just applying liberal reasoning to the liberals.

[agere_contra]

Yet another officer admitted that he accidentally fired his gun because he was startled by a woman holding a teddy bear.

Ok, that really makes these LEOs look bad.

[308MBR]

The problem is "Glockitis" and keeping the Barney Finger on the trigger.

I shoot all the time, and the ONLY accidental discharge I ever had was with a Glock.

I pack a 1911. If the hammer isn't cocked, you don't have to worry at all.