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Accidental discharge. Surprising that it happened in a gun store?

Maybe not so surprising, so watch your ass when you shop here.

D'oh!

Yoikes!

Who takes a loaded gun in a gun store?

The customer voted for Obama?

Was the customer wearing an Obama button?

Seriously, that is an unforgivable mistake on the part of the employee, who needs to find another line of work.

Added: Ah, MtnMan, we are thinking alike!

Clearing barrels full of sand are a good thing.

There was an incident a while ago at a local gunshop/indoor range around here. A police officer was at the counter, disassembling his Glock. It was loaded. Glock owners are of course familiar with the fact that, stupidly, in order to take apart a Glock you must dry fire it.

So this cop had pulled out the mag but forgot to rack the slide to make sure the chamber was clear. Pulled the trigger and BAM! Put a hole in a gun safe on the wall. Turns out that 9mm has some really good penetration after all.

Dick Cheney works in a gun store?

Wurble wrote:There was an incident a while ago at a local gunshop/indoor range around here. A police officer was at the counter, disassembling his Glock. It was loaded. Glock owners are of course familiar with the fact that, stupidly, in order to take apart a Glock you must dry fire it.

So this cop had pulled out the mag but forgot to rack the slide to make sure the chamber was clear. Pulled the trigger and BAM! Put a hole in a gun safe on the wall. Turns out that 9mm has some really good penetration after all.

Why does this not surprise me.

Same thing here in my little town. A few years back we had a small gun shop. Customer brought in a .22 rifle for repairs and while looking at it the store owner managed to gut shoot the customer. He lived but the gun shop went out of business shortly after.

With few exceptions, I've not been impressed with the quality of ownership or staff in many gun shops I've visited. Get a "Why are you bothering us?" attitude on entry and after I ask a question get an "I'm the expert" attitude...

Based on my own assessment of them folks behind the counter I've yet to take my own weapon into a shop. Just seems too risky....

Collector1337 wrote: Why does this not surprise me.

Which, that a Glock user had an accidental discharge, or that a 9 mm will penetrate a thin layer of mild steel?

Buck13 wrote:

Collector1337 wrote: Why does this not surprise me.

Which, that a Glock user had an accidental discharge, or that a 9 mm will penetrate a thin layer of mild steel?

Ha. People and their cases of Glock leg...

Buck13 wrote:

Collector1337 wrote: Why does this not surprise me.

Which, that a Glock user had an accidental discharge, or that a 9 mm will penetrate a thin layer of mild steel?

Neither.

I was talking about the cop. I hope anti-gun idiots see it and realize the very people they think should be the only ones allowed to have firearms are no better than anyone else.

Racking the slide is a totally standard operation to clear and for safety. A cop should be aware that he's carrying with one in the chamber, because duh, you're a cop and should always have one in the chamber.

I guess it's just absentmindedness, which we are all human and make mistakes, but it can be a pretty big mistake to make.

Anytime anyone ever hands me a gun I cycle the action or open the chamber. Not just for safety, but how do you take a proper look at a firearm you've never handled before without it? Doesn't everyone do that? Isn't that what everyone was taught in proper gun safety? or when looking at guns at gun shows and stores?

There isn't that much to do when looking at a gun. Work the action. Shoulder or test grip. Look down the sights. Take mag in and out (if it has one). Toggle the safety. Check bore maybe if you're actually considering buying. Maybe dry fire to test the trigger out, lastly of course.

I have a Glock, I pull the slide before I dry fire. You're mind must be elsewhere if you forget to do that. Hopefully it's not a fatal mistake.

Worse case scenario, always practice muzzle control and even if there's a ND everyone lives. Your ears just hurt.