IdiotA man who walked onto the campus of an Arlington elementary school Thursday morning was injured when a gun he was wearing was accidentally discharged, police say.
NBC 5 has learned a man was walking toward the front office at Duff Elementary when he went to adjust his pants and hit the trigger on a gun tucked into his waistband.
The shot injured the man's leg and foot, police said. The man was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. No other injuries were reported.
Arlington police said they do not believe the man had any malicious intent and that he was there to pick up a child.
The school was placed on a brief lockdown that was later lifted. The Arlington Independent School District said no threats were made to the school, and all students and staff remained safe during the lockdown.
Texas Sky Ranger flew over the school early Thursday afternoon and it appeared students were playing outside and dismissing normally. Thursday is the last day of the school year in the Arlington ISD and elementary schools were dismissed at 12:10 p.m.
Federal law requires states designate school property as gun free zones, making it a state crime to carry a firearm onto school property. Police told NBC 5 Thursday afternoon that criminal charges are pending. The investigation into the shooting is active and ongoing.
Re: Man Carries Gun Onto Arlington Elementary Campus, Accidentally Shoots Self in the Foot
2I wonder if it was a Glock? Lucky it didn't hit any vital parts.
Also to clarify this was in Arlington, Texas.
Also to clarify this was in Arlington, Texas.
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3A handgun stuck in a waistband fully qualifies the individual for a Darwin Award.
To be vintage it must be older than me!
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Re: Man Carries Gun Onto Arlington Elementary Campus, Accidentally Shoots Self in the Foot
4Stuck in the waist band gets you singing soprano, for sure. Carrying cocked and locked striker fired pistols is like riding a bicycle with no seat, just the seat post and you've been up on your toes for forty minutes...
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5Forty, you say?
Colorful imagery, as always.
Colorful imagery, as always.
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Re: Man Carries Gun Onto Arlington Elementary Campus, Accidentally Shoots Self in the Foot
6Imagine the wound cavity going down through your leg and into your foot. Ouch
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Re: Man Carries Gun Onto Arlington Elementary Campus, Accidentally Shoots Self in the Foot
7A hard lesson learned, there.
And big bills from Doc's and Courts.
Duh.
SR
And big bills from Doc's and Courts.
Duh.
SR
Send him to the big house, not the white house.
Re: Man Carries Gun Onto Arlington Elementary Campus, Accidentally Shoots Self in the Foot
8It happened in Arlington, TX, I initially thought it was Arlington, VA.
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/man-c ... f/2978774/The shot injured White's leg, police said. No other injuries were reported and the man's injuries were not considered life-threatening. White was treated and released from the hospital Thursday afternoon.
Arlington police said they do not believe the man had any malicious intent and that he was there to pick up a child. However, because it is illegal to bring a gun onto school property, White was arrested after being released from the hospital and was charged with unlawful carrying of a weapon in prohibited places.
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9I'm hopeful this dumb ass is in the market for a IWB holster that covers trigger
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Re: Man Carries Gun Onto Arlington Elementary Campus, Accidentally Shoots Self in the Foot
10Well it looks like that he won’t be carrying any guns anymore. since that is a felony.
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." ~ Louis Brandeis,
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11Why must it be a Glock? Any striker, gee, when ya pull the trigger, it goes off, what a surprise. Unless it's a Sig, and then it goes off if ya drop it.TrueTexan wrote: Thu May 26, 2022 3:39 pm I wonder if it was a Glock? Lucky it didn't hit any vital parts.
Also to clarify this was in Arlington, Texas.
BTW-I have been carrying, with a good, cover the trigger holster, Glocks for years as has many, many, many others without it 'just going off'. WITH one in the chanmber. Those who whine about that don't understand how 'most' strikers' work.
And in texass..what a surprise. Wonder, is it a felony to carry on public school grounds in texass? See right above, it is.