I am a hardcore pro gun nut, but I just cringe everytime I see a Glock, reguardless if its loaded or not.
On the positive side, it FORCES you not to rely on a safety. For experienced shooters, it FORCES the competent shooter to practice proper gun safety.
This guy was an idiot. Pray for the child and discharge this person from the force immediately. Negligent discharges are bad enough, this is inexcusable.
Here's the proof it was not a Glock...
Child wounded by officer's gunshot in show-and-tell
By Barbara Boyer
and Thomas J. Gibbons Jr.
INQUIRER STAFF WRITERS
A 10-year-old boy was grazed in the head by a bullet during a show-and-tell presentation by an off-duty police officer at a Germantown charter school today.
The boy, identified as James Reeves, was in good condition this afternoon, after being rushed to Temple University Hospital from the Imani Education Circle School in the 5600 block of Greene Street in Germantown.
Authorities said he received a graze wound to his right cheek about 2:45 p.m.
Philadelphia Police Lt. Sue Slawson said the incident remained under investigation. The officer, Vanessa Carter-Morange, was off-duty and participating in a show-and-tell presentation at the school where her son is enrolled.
Glocks do not go off when dropped.
A Glock is no more or less dangerous than any other pistol by itself. The owner just has to follow a few simple safe gun handling procedures, like........you can fill in the blank here. I carried my glock in the field doing ranch work where it was exposed to every kind of abuse imaginable and never once did it accidentally discharge or malfunction. It has had about 3000-5000 rounds put through it since 1994 and still works just fine.