All guns are always loaded
Police said a Michigan concealed weapons teacher accidentally shot a student in the face during a demonstration.
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The teacher told investigators he thought the gun was loaded with plastic bullets.
Thankfully, injuries are non life threatening.
May 8th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Here. Let me shoot you in the face with a rubber bullet.
May 8th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
“plastic bullets”–snap caps/action proving dummies?
May 8th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
I hope the guy loses his teaching certification…
May 8th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
That’s a rule 1 and a rule 2 violation. In this case, the rule 2 violation is the more egregious.
May 8th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again:
“YOU ARE OUT OF CLUB FOREVER!”
May 8th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Well, it’s probably not his fault. I don’t remember “Don’t shoot your students in the face” being among the four rules. Heck, the closest contender to being the “Fifth Rule” is “Don’t catch a dropped gun.” If anyone deserves blame here it’s the late Jeff Cooper.
May 8th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Doh! There’s nothing like a Negligent Discharge to wake your a** up! I was tired and distracted when it happened to me. But I aimed at the wall on purpose (Rule 2 observed) and only killed a bit of wood in the paneling.
Jeff Cooper’s Four Rules of Gun Safety, here:
http://www.tincher.to/flyer.pdf
May 8th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
The student got hit by a ricochet, off a table.
Not as funny as the guy who got hit by a 50cal ricochet off a steel plate at about 100 yards, as seen on YouTube, since this time a serious injury occurred.
In my CHL class, the instructor started his rules discussion by taking a revolver, demonstrating it was empty by opening the cylinder and walking around to each of us so we could personally inspect it, then closing the cylinder and pointing it at us, one at a time, while saying, “All guns are always loaded. Treat them as such.”
Then he asked us why we all flinched when he pointed the gun at us, since we “knew” personally from our own inspection that it was unloaded. I refrained from replying, “Because you are acting like a jackass.” Only because I wanted my CHL.
May 8th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
“…the shooting is being treated as accidental…”
But, of course.
May 8th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Unfortunately, this will probably be grabbed by the idiots in Detroit for more anti-gun measures. Sometimes I wish we would have let Canada/Britain keep Detroit. The rest of the state is awesome.