"He also notes that he is no longer "permitted or able to give educational motivational speeches and presentations."
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0411061foot1.html (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0411061foot1.html)
Well I guess some good did come of it. He's also no longer able to go undercover. hahahhahaa
I felt so sorry for that guy that I made myself watch the video twice. What a freaking maroon.
Didn't another (white) cop do about the same thing under similar circumstances awhile back? (I thought I'd seen this one before, but don't remember the dude being black.)
dill-rod cop: "Fitty cent, too-short.... They all carry this glock .40......
class: "ooooooh!"
dill-rod: But I'm the only one that I know of in this room qualified to handle this glock .40
glock: Bang!
rod: Don't try this at home, kids.
me: LOL
And the guy thinks the tape has hurt his career? Maybe he's right. Dumb fuck was stoopid enough to ask for an assult rifle after capping himself in the foot, and Jr. dumb-ass was ready to hand him that weapon, too.
I think the best way to utilize nincompoop #1 would be to make him give educational speeches while using the video and his healed wounds as the main attraction. But no more guns in that cowboys, hands, please.......
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I heard the firing pin broke. I still don't know why a round was chambered, but still. A friend of mine was in a shooting competition years ago. He emptied his clip, discharged it, put a new one in and pulled the slider. Upon letting the slider go, BAM!, a round went off due to the firing pin having a hairline fracture. This is what may have happened.
quote syd: I heard the firing pin broke. I still don't know why a round was chambered, but still. A friend of mine was in a shooting competition years ago. He emptied his clip, discharged it, put a new one in and pulled the slider. Upon letting the slider go, BAM!, a round went off due to the firing pin having a hairline fracture. This is what may have happened.
I watched the video clip. The gun didn't go off when he chambered that shell. The gun went off as he was attempting to holster the weapon.
The bottom line is that the officer was not handling an empty gun. It was loaded. And he was giving instructions on safe gun handling proceedures to kids when he shot himself in the foot. The condition of the firing pin matters not one whit. (a gun must be loaded to fire.) And I would expect any person who regularly handles guns to know that.
Your friends gun went off because he failed to empty the weapon. The rest is excuses, imo. A firing pin with a hair-line fracture that malfunctions in an empty gun poses no threat to anyones safety.
And I'm glad dudes supervisors agreed with me.
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My friends gun wasn't empty. As he chambered a round, the slide moving forward caused the firing pin to break.
Gun Safety? He shouldn't have even brought the gun into a classroom.
I thought it interesting on his complaint - it appears his only qualifications to be a DEA agent was he played football for Flordia State and then professionally for Flordia teams. I guess that would about as good as playing for the Dallas Cowboys.
I wonder what all his old football buddies think of him now that they know he was the narc?
I think the smartest comment was from some kid 'ya can hear shouting "put it down!" whenever the assistant started showing off the rifle...... :roll: --------- These are our proffesional protectors eh :P :lol: -- sal