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S.F. police officer's gun fires round after being struck by fleeing vehicle
San Jose Mercury News ^
| 03/29/2014 05:47:35 PM PDT
| Bay City News
Posted on 03/30/2014 9:07:29 PM PDT by walkerk
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posted on
03/30/2014 9:07:29 PM PDT
by
walkerk
To: walkerk
Someone had their finger on the trigger.
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posted on
03/30/2014 9:12:36 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: walkerk
Sped away, causing the GUN of the officer to go off, all by itself, and whaddya know —they recover the van later, and discover that the round fired struck the SKY? No. The street? No:
It struck the FLEEING VAN.
A likely story.
Hey I believe in cops protecting themselves, but just you try shooting at a FLEEING perp in San Fransicko, and pull out a story like THIS one as a defense.
Think SFPD would let you off?
NOT IN A MILLION YEARS.
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posted on
03/30/2014 9:18:40 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: walkerk
Guns don’t just “go off”. They don’t wake up one morning and decide that today is the day they’re going to assert themselves.
A modern firearm in good repair as a rule isn’t going to fire unless someone or something pulls the trigger. Watch out for brush or loose-clothing getting caught inside the trigger-guard and more importantly: keep your booger-hook off the bang-switch.
A more accurate headline would be: “San Francisco police officer accidentally fires his weapon.”
The basic rules of firearms safety are there for a reason.
With a nod to the late Col.(ret) Cooper:
1. All guns are always loaded. Period.
2. Never let the muzzle cover anything you don’t wish to destroy.
3. Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target.
4. Be sure of your target and what is beyond it.
To: walkerk
Gun a lot smarter than cop and self shot at fleeing vehicle!
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posted on
03/30/2014 9:23:31 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: jameslalor
I keep most of my firearms locked in a safe just so they don’t go on a shooting spree by themselves.
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posted on
03/30/2014 9:24:41 PM PDT
by
umgud
To: gaijin
I'm inclined to think he wasn't aiming at the vehicle, because that's what he hit:)
/s (but just barely)
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posted on
03/30/2014 9:25:16 PM PDT
by
Ken H
(What happens on the internet, stays on the internet.)
To: walkerk
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posted on
03/30/2014 10:22:31 PM PDT
by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afghanistan and Iraq))
To: walkerk
" but a car door remained open and the force of the vehicle accelerating caused it to fly open, hitting the officer and causing the officer's weapon to discharge, the spokesman said. "Is the cop's last name "Pelosi"?
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posted on
03/30/2014 10:27:55 PM PDT
by
matthew fuller
(No, I don't miss GWB- I miss Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld.)
To: walkerk
First off, open car doors fly SHUT when you speed off. I haven’t seen suicide doors on a car in a very long time (unless you buy one of those overpriced luxury euro jobs). Second: someone had their finger inside that trigger guard or it wouldn’t have “accidentally” gone off maliciously when it was .. EHEM... struck by the car door. Lastly, holstered pistols point down, not towards cars that are speeding away.
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posted on
03/30/2014 10:29:14 PM PDT
by
FunkyZero
(... I've got a Grand Piano to prop up my mortal remains)
To: walkerk
Must’ve been one of them cheap derringers or a Saturday Night Special
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posted on
03/30/2014 11:10:37 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: PeaceBeWithYou
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posted on
03/30/2014 11:11:50 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: walkerk
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posted on
03/31/2014 12:17:45 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: PeaceBeWithYou
Haha. My first thought too.
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posted on
03/31/2014 2:02:10 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
(Comprehensive Immigration Reform is just another name for Comprehensive Capitulation)
To: walkerk
That’s an absurd title illustrating the ignorance of the typical “journalist” these days.
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posted on
03/31/2014 2:35:53 AM PDT
by
grimalkin
(We are a nation under God. If we ever forget this, we are a nation gone under. -Ronald Reagan)
To: umgud
I keep most of my firearms locked in a safe just so they dont go on a shooting spree by themselves.Doesn't help. I have the same arrangement and they fire, all by themselves, in the safe. You can hear the rounds ricocheting in there. It's kind of like listening to microwave popcorn sometimes.
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posted on
03/31/2014 2:41:23 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
To: FunkyZero
I'm not saying you're wrong necessarily - the whole story is full of holes - but the mazda RX8 notably comes with suicide back passenger doors.
Nice car, too.
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posted on
03/31/2014 3:37:46 AM PDT
by
arderkrag
(An Unreconstructed Georgian, STANDING WITH RAND.)
To: jameslalor
keep your booger-hook off the bang-switchyou dear sir, win colorful phrase of the year. I bow in deference
To: Lazamataz
You’ve taught them bad habits. Years of hearing “I’d hit it” have conditioned them for premature operation.
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posted on
03/31/2014 3:39:25 AM PDT
by
arderkrag
(An Unreconstructed Georgian, STANDING WITH RAND.)
To: walkerk
You have to admit, it’s a much better story to blame the inanimate gun and the evil fleeing vehicle than it is to admit that the officer was about to pop a cap in that ignorant perp.
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posted on
03/31/2014 4:43:54 AM PDT
by
Steamburg
(Other people's money is the only language a politician respects)
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