135gr .40 Hydra Shock *Graphic* Accidental Discharge

That's nothing, take a look at my thumb. Got caught on a chair :eek:

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That's got to be rough! Loss of 25% overall use is lucky in my opinion. Had it been tipped down he could of got it in the femoral artery. Fortunately, no one else was hurt.

Regards,
 
Lets do a quick review of the rules he failed to follow.

1. Loaded gun
2. Safety disengaged(or being disengaged)
3. Pointed at someone( in this case himself)
4. FINGER ON TRIGGER

Not to mention that he failed to clear his firearm properly. handling firearms for 13 years professionally? Makes me wonder what he was taught in regards to clearing your firearm. In any case, an excellent reminder of what NOT to do. SHould be used in the CFSC/CRFSC courses in my opinion, maybe it would drive the point home a little better.

CF
 
cannonfodder said:
Lets do a quick review of the rules he failed to follow.

1. Loaded gun
2. Safety disengaged(or being disengaged)
3. Pointed at someone( in this case himself)
4. FINGER ON TRIGGER

Not to mention that he failed to clear his firearm properly. handling firearms for 13 years professionally? Makes me wonder what he was taught in regards to clearing your firearm. In any case, an excellent reminder of what NOT to do. SHould be used in the CFSC/CRFSC courses in my opinion, maybe it would drive the point home a little better.

CF
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Not to sidetrack the discussion but the first two are not safety failures. There's no point in carrying an unloaded gun (I'm assuming that gun was the guy's CCW piece) and not all guns come equipped with external safeties.
 
Capp 325,
I understand, an unloaded firearm is of little use as a PDW. However the guys tory indicated that he was determining whether or not he needed to clean his gun. So if you need to disassemble it decide whether or not to clean it than you should be clearing it first! he failed to do that. The Sigma series do indeed have safeties, they're similar to the Glock safety that is located in the trigger. I guess you could say he didn't consciously manipulate the safety in addition to firing it. He still put his finger on the trigger and discharged his gun a direction and at(into in this case) a target that was not determined by him to be one in which he wanted to shoot. No foul here on the guns behalf. Strictly operator error.

CF

P.S. Why do people call ND's AD's? Maybe it makes them feel better about doing something stupid like shooting yourself.

P.S.S. Prairie medic, how the hell did you get your thumb caught in a chair?????
 
P.S.S. Prairie medic, how the hell did you get your thumb caught in a chair?????
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I've never accidently shot myself, but just last week caught
my right thumb on the top of my armrest, and bottom
of desk. Crunch. btw, meatheads like this make us
look horrible. No friggin way anyone here should ad,
unless it's cleaning it in the shower.

--PM
 
PrairieMedic said:
I've never accidently shot myself, but just last week caught
my right thumb on the top of my armrest, and bottom
of desk. Crunch.--PM
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When did you do that? I thought I heard some high pitch girly screaming the other night...
 
cannonfodder said:
Capp 325,
I understand, an unloaded firearm is of little use as a PDW. However the guys tory indicated that he was determining whether or not he needed to clean his gun. So if you need to disassemble it decide whether or not to clean it than you should be clearing it first! he failed to do that. The Sigma series do indeed have safeties, they're similar to the Glock safety that is located in the trigger. I guess you could say he didn't consciously manipulate the safety in addition to firing it. He still put his finger on the trigger and discharged his gun a direction and at(into in this case) a target that was not determined by him to be one in which he wanted to shoot. No foul here on the guns behalf. Strictly operator error.
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I realize that, of course. All I was trying to point out is that carrying a loaded gun is not unsafe in itself. And by the way, while I agree that shooting yourself is a pretty dumb thing to do, it's no more dumb than

a) cutting yourself with a knife
b) getting injured while using power tools
c) getting injured in a motorcycle/ATV/skiing accident

A gun is just like any other tool. Inattentiveness and improper use will result in an accident. Follow proper safety procedures but please don't perpetuate the anti myth that guns are somehow inherently dangerous, imbued with evil power, etc (and I don't mean you specifically).
 
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I can't make out your pic too well, PM. Is that foreign material, bruising, infection, or what?

Pretty gruesome pic of that guy's hand. Effective reminder.

On an aside, I love how I can stomach looking at stuff like that now, when I know I couldn't have before my first aid training. Different way of thinking about the injury makes all the difference.
 
It's 12 stitches, and dried blood. Depth was to the bone, in a triangle,
ripped pattern. I did however ask for my sidearm.

--PM
 
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