Posted on 10/17/2017 4:41:03 AM PDT by jalisco555
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A deputy accidentally shot himself Monday night inside an Onondaga County Justice Center locker room, deputies said.
Deputy Justin Brannock, 28, was taking his personal firearm out of its holster at 10:28 p.m. when the gun fired, said Sgt. Jon Seeber, an Onondaga County Justice Center. Brannock was in the employee locker room in an unsecured section of the jail, he said.
Seeber said Brannock was expected to be released from the hospital early this morning.
Initial police scanner reports indicated a bullet grazed the deputy's leg.
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If you are stupid enough to put your finger inside the trigger guard, when you aren’t on target... you should be wielding nothing more deadly than a mop.
My brother is in law enforcement and they have to wear holsters that can be detached from the belt (but no paddle holsters). They have a strict “no guns out of the holster in the office” policy for this very reason?
Not an accident. I believe the phrase is negligent discharge. Unless there is something mechanically wrong with the firearm, they don’t just fire on their own. They only fire when the person handling them operates them intentionally, or does something stupid and careless. Stupid and careless are not good qualities for anyone handling a firearm, particularly law enforcement who are supposed to be trained and conscientious.
One of my pet peeves is the use of the passive tense, which lazy writers often use to hide responsibility for the act. Here's the sentence using the active tense: "Deputy Justin Brannock, 28, was taking his personal firearm out of its holster at 10:28 p.m. when he fired the gun."
On a side note, I bet the gun was a Glock.
Barely missing his skaneateles.
Extra caution is always prudent no matter how experienced you think you are.
“Its not loaded” or “I thought it wasn’t loaded” has been uttered many times after similar instances with even worse results.
You are correct. I hate the term “accidental discharge”, which tends to imply there was no human fault involved.
This was quite clearly a negligent discharge.
Of course. This should never happen.
Shot himself in the Onondaga??
Extra caution is always prudent no matter how experienced you think you are.
“It’s not loaded” = famous last words...
Yep, that immediately came to my mind as well.
Cop......shot.....Glock. It is almost epidemic.
Jeff Cooper’s Rules of Gun Safety
RULE I: ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED
RULE II: NEVER LET THE MUZZLE COVER ANYTHING YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO DESTROY
RULE III: KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER UNTIL YOUR SIGHTS ARE ON THE TARGET
RULE IV: BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET
Other sources note the gun was personally owned (not a service issue). Likely a backup. How common are Glocks for backups?
Why are Glocks prone to negligent discharge? I own a Sig Sauer 9mm. and a S&W .357 but I've never owned or fired a Glock. I'm curious why people keep saying this.
My bet is that it was more the fault of the holster. I bet he was using a serpa retention holster. With this type of holster you have to push the release on the side of the holster as you pull the gun. It you continue pushing as the gun clears the holster the finger will go right into the trigger guard making it easy to accidentally pull the trigger and fire the gun. I imagine he was trained on how to properly use the holster but just screwed up.
It is because the Glock “safety” is embedded in the trigger mechanism itself. That means when holstering, if anything gets in the trigger guard, you can end up pulling the trigger. By anything, I mean not just your finger. It could be a fold of clothing or a drawstring from a wind-breaker. Hence if you don’t pay attention while holstering your Glock, you can get “Glock leg.
It is possible to do this with other pistols, but Glocks are ubiquitous now-a-days. It is possible, but more difficult to do this with a revolver due to a stronger (10-12 lbs) and longer trigger pull.
C.W.
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