Security scare at Kentucky Capitol after lawmaker accidentally fired her pistol

Daily Mail ^ | 1/8/14 | Meghan Keneally

[Teflonic]

A state representative in Kentucky caused a security scare when she accidentally fired her gun while cleaning it in her office at the state legislature.

But Leslie Combs has brushed off the accident, claiming that it comes with the territory of gun ownership.

'I'm a gun owner. It happens,' she said today after news of yesterday's accident broke.

The Democratic representative was cleaning her semi-automatic handgun inside her office when it accidentally fired and a bully ricocheted, hitting a bookshelf.

Local station WHAS 11 reports that a colleague, representative Jeff Greer, was also in the room at the time of the accident but neither of them were injured.

'I was purposely disarming it to put it up because I didn’t like it and I didn’t want to use it any more,' she said.

'I had had it in my purse I carry usually, and I thought "I’m going to put that sucker away."'

State police Sgt. Jason Palmer told The Courier Journal that the single bullet was fired at 2.30pm on Tuesday and was reported to police two hours later.

The investigation has been concluded and they found no suspicious evidence to suggest that it was anything beyond an accident, nor did they find any fragments outside of the office.

[Teflonic]

I don't know where to begin with this one. Democrat is clearly negligent with her firearm yet gets a pass? Then makes loopy leftist comments about it when she could have killed someone? Sigh...

[cripplecreek]

But Leslie Combs has brushed off the accident, claiming that it comes with the territory of gun ownership.

I realize that it can happen but I've never accidentally fired a gun.

[al baby]

I’m a gun owner. It happens,’

Never ever happens in my home !!!!!!!!!

[FlingWingFlyer]

Someone needs to tell her that you should never clean a loaded weapon.

[Hot Tabasco]

'I was purposely disarming it to put it up because I didn’t like it and I didn’t want to use it any more,'

That certainly don't make any sense......but then again

[Paladin2]

Isn’t a firearm difficult to clean with one in the chamber?

[stanne]

‘Lawmaker’ is a democrat. Every time

[GeronL]

And it’s a Democrat. If this were a Republican I would expect shrill headlines all over the web calling for prison and removal from the state house.

[Pollster1]

I’ve never had an accidental/negligent discharge. I know it can happen, but while cleaning??? It’s not even a revolver that had to be emptied one chamber at a time; it’s a semi-auto. I cannot imagine how this happened to anyone smarter than the average garden vegetable . . . never mind; it was a democrat, as I should have guessed.

[cripplecreek]

She was cleaning a round from the chamber.

[right way right]

“Comes with the territory”?
Retard.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Democrats shouldn’t be allowed to possess firarms.

[GeronL]

I agree!

[right way right]

Wanted: More “dumb” control.
We must campaign for more dumb control.

[cripplecreek]

Its pretty much always pilot error and this idiot pilot wants to blame the gun.

[liberalh8ter]

I always clean my guns at work....

[West Texas Chuck]

False Flag?

If she had been a Re-pube-ican CNN would be running 24x7 coverage of the bullet hole.

[fini]

That is why liberals think only law enforcement officers and the military should have firearms. HaHa!

[Paladin2]

Emotional thinkers should be banned from firearm ownership and usage.

[Red_Devil 232]

"when it accidentally fired and a bully ricocheted, hitting a bookshelf." Was the bully a member of SEIU and why did the bully hit the bookshelf?