Posted on 03/17/2018 1:18:41 PM PDT by marktwain
It happened on 15 September, 2017. An Illinois Judge, Patrick O'Shea, 67, accidentally fired a short barreled Smith & Wesson five-shot in his apartment in Wheaton, Illinois. The bullet went through a mirror, the wall, and into the next apartment. No one was hit, and there was little property damage. He checked to see if anyone was in the apartment. There was not. He may have thought “No harm, no foul”, and proceeded to attempt to lie his way out of the problem. Big mistake. It changed his life. From dailyherald.com:
On Sept. 24, the neighbors told police they found what appeared to be a spent bullet on their living room floor. They turned over the bullet to police, along with photographs they had taken of their damaged wall.
Police reports say O'Shea gave property managers at least three excuses for the hole, including that he accidentally put a screwdriver through the wall while hanging a mirror and that his son accidentally caused the hole while using a pneumatic nail gun.
Ekl previously called the shooting an “accidental discharge of a gun” that O'Shea believed to be unloaded.
As a condition of his bond, O'Shea was ordered to turn in all his weapons, ammunition, FOID card and concealed carry permit to Wheaton police.
I have a strong suspicion that this was a dry fire accident. They happen to people who take carrying a firearm seriously, and while rare, happen often enough to take precautions so they do not happen to you. The common situation goes something like this:
(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...
A judge lie? Surprise, surprise.
whatever happened to the old adage “never point a gun at anything you are not willing to destroy”? Sorry - but irresponsibility is irresponsibility. He had better get on his knees and thank God Almighty that nobody was home next door to get injured or killed!f
The way I see it - he earned his infamy and financial cost. It’s stuff like his actions (accidental or not) that lead to ever-more restrictions on the rest of us.
I think dry firing a gun in an apartment is not something somebody should do.
Part of my reasoning is that I had a .45 pistol go off one day inside my Suburban driving down a street in Galveston, Texas.
A couple facts are: 1. to this day we have no idea what happened 2. no one was hurt
We can only speculate that it was a bad primer maybe or some jolt occurred triggering the firing pin. Whatever, just sitting in its normal spot between my driver seat and the console it went off with no one having touched it. Thankfully, it was pointed downward.
For 25 years since, I NEVER keep a round in the chamber unless I am actually about to shoot it.
It’s hard to have a dry fire incident with a revolver. Either he wasn’t paying attention or he was drunk. I guess he could have just hated his wallpaper...
The better question is: Why is an Illinois judge — who is surely bringing down north of 100K — living in an apartment with paper-thin walls?
Standing in Front of Mirror,
“You Talking to Me!?!”
Travis Bickle
No, the better question is, WHY would the judge try to lie his way out of it - where did he think the bullet went. And, he's worried about the hole - how does he explain the bullet found? Srewdriver; pneumatic drill - how stupid could he be?!
I had a dry fire accident with my Ruger Security Six .357.
158gr Federal hollow points.
Went through the wall, ricocheted off the street out front and lodged in the neighbors tree across the street.
It totally freaked me out, even made me a little gun shy.
Gratefully, nobody was hurt and property damage was limited to my stucco on the outside.
WOW! My ears are still ringing and it was a few years back.
Reminds me of my x-brohter-in-law from 48 years ago when he was piddling around with my .38, I placed out after someone tried to break in several days before.
He cocked it, then when he tried to lower the hammer his thumb slipped. BANG! He shot a chest of drawers.
My big problem with this story is that the judge didn’t step up to the plate and come clean. Because of that, all we can do is speculate how it happened.
“Why is an Illinois judge — who is surely bringing down north of 100K — living in an apartment with paper-thin walls?”
Two reasons I can think of.
One is that property in Wheaton proper is very expensive. Although there is no reason he couldn’t have bought in Downers Grove, Bloomingdale, or someplace else in DuPage County.
Two is in the form of a question: What do you call the lawyer who graduated last in Law School? Answer: Your Honor.
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COVERUP BS story originated from progvert in rag parading “progressive” perverted causes.
Maybe just me, but don’t practice dry-firing in an apartment. Go to a range to practice.
Everyone knows about assuming that a gun is loaded but to take it one step further...
Never Ever have Ammunition in the same room you are cleaning a gun.
“Dry fire accidents, while rare, tend to happen to those who are proficient in firearms use.”
If it is loaded it is not a dry fire ...
Not a dry fire accident - negligent discharge. Dry fire training involves an unloaded weapon or one with inert “snap caps” in it. Obviously the judge failed to properly set up his weapon for that training.
One should not underestimate the power of a .357.
“Never Ever have Ammunition in the same room you are cleaning a gun.”
That’s my new rule.
Drunk again.
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