Friday, April 18, 2008

Take a class!!

N.J. officer accidentally shoots 6-year-old son
By Troy Graham and Suzette ParmleyThe Philadelphia Inquirer
DEPTFORD, N.J. — A 6-year-old Deptford boy was shot in the face yesterday after a firearm that his police officer father was cleaning accidently discharged.

http://www.policeone.com/officer-shootings/articles/1686302-N-J-officer-accidentally-shoots-6-year-old-son/

Ok let's try this Officer dumjerk:
ALWAYS POINT THE GUN IN A SAFE DIRECTION*
When cleaning make sure the firearm is unloaded
Have the action locked open So you can double check that gun is unloaded
Do not have any ammunition in the cleaning area

*A 6 year olds face is not a safe direction

2 comments:

Mike W. said...

you can add "keep your finger off the trigger." Unless you're cleaning a Glock there's no reason your finger should ever touch the trigger.

I'm always amazed at these "accidents" while cleaning a gun. You have to do several things terribly wrong in order for something bad to happen.

The Duck said...

Well a Glock does have to be De-cocked to take it down, so at some point the finger will be on the trigger, But if what I posted are followed there should be no problem