How do you holster a weapon in a classroom environment?
STEP 1. Safety goes ON
STEP 2. Double Check it is unloaded
STEP 3. POINT IT AWAY FROM YOUR BODY BUT NOT AT CLASS
STEP 4. Ensure it is unloaded again
STEP 5. HOLSTER WEAPON ALREADY!
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Not sure how old this is but its random news
According to MSNBC.com in New Bedford Mass a firearms instructor accidentally didn't follow my steps above! What a fool. Instead of following my steps, he actually skipped them and decided to shoot his pants...on purpose? yea lets just say it was on purpose so he can do it again...
What is funny is that after firing the gun at his pants, he actually had the balls to pick up another weapon (not sure what it was but it was an automatic) and the class told his assistant to "PUT IT DOWN!"
This reminds of the old saying- “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.”
What is just wrong is that the students actually paid for this training. I would of picked up the gun and finished the job…lol. No I wouldn’t do that but I would be visualizing it in my head for amusement…
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24723959/#storyContinued
Does this guy deserve to be in the force after this? or do accidents just happen, let me know.
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Oh the irony. wow umm i think that was a mistake....i'm not sure, he should probably go back in to training.
Yeah... someone is getting fired over that.
And not just the instructor. SOMEONE was responsible for putting a loaded weapon up there.
The instructor is in the can for not having cleared the weapon before picking it up. The assitant is likely in the can also for not having cleared the weapon before putting it on the table.
Yea I agree with lancekates . Might as well let me do it! lol
I've kicked around the idea of getting the NRA certification to teach their firearms classes, but I don't have a place to teach yet, so it'd be a waste of time, at the moment.
I've taken a basic firearms safety course as a part of hunter's education in Minnesota, and I've taken a CLEET certified concealed carry safety course in Oklahoma.
In the NRA, I've qualified as a Marksman with an air rifle, but I've never had the chance to try and qualify with regular rifles or handguns.
When I was in high school I dated this guy. His uncle had taught a weapon safety class and he had agreed to help with it one year. His uncle shot him in the leg in the middle of the class. Needless to say, his uncle didn't teach the classes anymore and he never agreed to help again.
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yeah talk about completely ridiculous! Someone better lose their job over that, and those students should rethink where and from who they get their training. Did he purposely not follow the precautions or did he just not know? I think I would've visualized finishing the job too. Way to go gun instructor!!
When my uncle was a teenager, he was playing around with our little bow and arrow sets--they were the bendy fiberglass kind, not compound bows, but they used real arrows-- and he somehow managed to shoot himself in the wrist. I think he pulled back too far and the arrow jumped to the other side of the bow, where he was holding it. I love reminding him of that. He tries to convince me that I couldn't possibly be remembering it accurately, as I was only 6 at the time, but I know better...
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Well I am glad I did not see this psot till now. I just got back from having to qualify with the M-16 (riffle) and the instructor always followed all the rules except for the never point it at any one. There were like thirty of us in the class and we all had at least one weapon aimed at us the whole time. Luckily we verified they w were clear every three and a half seconds or so it seemed.
During one training session not invovling a gun but an autoinjector.... It was suppose to be an empty 'for taining purose only' type thig, but it wasnot. During the demo the instructor got a needle full of atropine, he had the balls to keep instructing and inject himself with the second thing like he was suppose to. He left in an ambulance a few minutes later sweating and jittering. Who says we can not leran something new every day
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He accidentally injected atropine? Yeesh, that is scary. We have to give Alo atropine drops in his eye for dilation one drop two days a week and the instructions they give us are insane. Don't get it on your skin, don't give him more than one drop, wash with soap and water for 20 minutes after giving the drops, etc.
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