Gun Safety Instructor Shoots Student

[Jimzz]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/12/gun-safety-shooting_n_3745989.html



Good thing we have experts like this "training" others on how to use guns properly.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Piemonte tells the newspaper it appears Dunlap didn't know the gun was loaded. Dunlap hasn't responded to requests for comment.

cmon, you clear it ALWAYS before you handle it.

 

[Broheim]

always treat a gun as if it's loaded. Even if you know it's not, keep the safety on, your finger off the trigger and the business-end pointed away from other people. when you are handed/pick up a firearm you always inspect it, is the safety on? are there rounds in the mag? is there a round in the chamber? I repeat ALWAYS INSPECT THE WEAPON.

 

[thirdeye]

Well I suppose if nothing else, the instructor did a good job of demonstrating why you should always treat every gun as loaded.

 

[dank69]

He just wanted to demonstrate how to render first aid to a shooting victim.

 

[rudeguy]

what the....

If Darwinism were real, that bullet would have turned out and shot the instructor instead.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Aside from clearing the weapon, you shouldn't even have your finger on the trigger unless you intend on firing the weapon. My index finger is always extended down the side of the trigger guard unless I'm ready to shoot. Common sense goes a long way with that stuff.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Aside from clearing the weapon, you shouldn't even have your finger on the trigger unless you intend on firing the weapon. My index finger is always extended down the side of the trigger guard unless I'm ready to shoot. Common sense goes a long way with that stuff.

And always act as if its loaded.

 

[MontyAC]

Guess he's an ex-instructor now.

 

[Genx87]

He wanted to demostrate what happens when you dont treat a gun as loaded. That will teach em!

 

[JBT]

There is another one out there where the instructor shoots him self in the leg.

 

[PowerYoga]

73 years old.

getting to the point where he can't remember where his keys are either.

 

[Kadarin]

Fail

 

[DrPizza]

The victim was hit by a ricochet. That means there are too many unknowns before we pass judgment. Probably the instructors fault, but the information we have doesn't state that it was the instructor's gun that was brought to the side while loaded. For all we know, he could have been handling someone's gun in the class, and in the process of checking to see if it was loaded while keeping it pointed away from people, it accidentally discharged.

But, I'm going to go with the instructor is at fault.

 

[Phanuel]

Aside from clearing the weapon, you shouldn't even have your finger on the trigger unless you intend on firing the weapon. My index finger is always extended down the side of the trigger guard unless I'm ready to shoot. Common sense goes a long way with that stuff.

I try to keep my index finger along the side of the frame above the trigger guard. I don't want it covering that opening if I can help it.

 

[Jaskalas]

always treat a gun as if it's loaded.

Truth.

404, Gun Safety Instructor not found. He didn't even know the most basic principle.

 

[soulcougher73]

Some people just need to "live and learn" in order to learn

 

[mkrohn]

He was showing you that guns don't kill people... Stupidity does

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

It's a lot more annoying to hear about when they hurt someone else >.<

 

[shortylickens]

"didn't know the gun was loaded. "

Is translation for "not a real gun instructor".

 

[Paladin3]

The article says it was a .38, so most likely a revolver. Revolvers are extremely hard to accidentally fire if the hammer is down. It would take either a deliberate long pull of the double action trigger or a deliberate cocking of the hammer to fire in single action mode. Firing that gun wasn't an "accident", he was dry firing it and hadn't confirmed that it was empty.

The ricochet was off of a desk and into the students arm, so the gun was pointed in the direction of the students seating area, not in a safe direction.

At 73 years of age, the instructor has probably demonstrated how a revolver works hundreds or thousands of times. He got complacent and didn't follow all the safety precautions he was trying to teach.

I feel for him a bit. This is what happens when you make a career out of handing something as potentially deadly as a firearm. Most of us only risk a chewing out if we screw up at work. The penalty for failure in this instance was a bullet to a students arm and the end of a career.

The instructor is lucky he isn't in jail, especially with our current culture of demanding someone be held criminally responsible for every "accident."

 

[shortylickens]

Could have been a 38 super.
But probably not.

 

[Lithium381]

geeez and the anti-gunners want to force people to go through instruction!

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

cmon, you clear it ALWAYS before you handle it.

He cleared it!

By pulling the trigger.

 

[SKORPI0]

He should be retired. :\