Florida man discharges gun while teaching firearm safety

TampaBay.com ^ | 4/24/2018 | staff

[simpson96]

OCALA, Fla. (AP)

[rktman]

Odd. We call it NEGLIGENT discharge. Retraining for someone.

[Red Badger]

Safety......................ON...................

[gundog]

Ummm, I think a BB gun discharges when you pull the trigger, too.

[VanDeKoik]

“Florida man...”

Who honestly needs to read past that these days?

[Lurker]

“Who honestly needs to read past that these days?”

You owe me half a cup of coffee. LOL.

L

[DallasGal]

Good grief, I’m still a weapons novice and I know to keep my safety on, finger off the trigger and to ensure my weapon is cleared

[PapaBear3625]

Remember: remove magazine and empty the chamber before commencing any instructional lecture. It avoids embarrassment.

And even after unloading, remember that Jeff Cooper’s 4 Rules continue to apply. Fortunately, this guy had it pointing in a safe direction.

[DJ Taylor]

It’s happened before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FJYFcLwUVlg

[BobL]

Do people really need a LOADED GUN to teach gun safety?

[circlecity]

My thought exactly Bob. Unless they were on the range getting ready to fire, there’s absolutely no reason the gun should have been loaded. In fact, the first thing he should have done when bringing out the gun was to take out the mag and check the chamber.

[llevrok]

“And that, kids, is why you treat all guns as loaded. Instructors too....”

[circlecity]

LOL. I didn’t click the link but I’d bet anything its the video of that Fed agent who shoots himself in the foot while teaching gun safety to a grade school class. That one never gets old. “I’m the only one here trained to handle a weapon like this”.

[windsorknot]

Teaching gun safety

That he did, but not the way he had intended.

[NorthMountain]

Magazine: EMPTY

Chamber: Clear

Ammunition: Removed from the area.

[NorthMountain]

He was using his Sig Sauer 9 mm

You may have a hard time finding the "safety" on that weapon.

[DallasGal]

Don’t have a Sig so I can’t say. I have a Ruger

[NorthMountain]

“And that, kids, is why you treat all guns as loaded. Instructors too....”

If the instructor is loaded, he should wait a few hours and sober up before handling firearms.

;'}

[NorthMountain]

Most Sigs are DA/SA or DAO. The DA/SA models have a decocker. Neither has a “safety”. The Sig 1911s being one exception to that.

[DallasGal]

Now I have to go educate myself on what you just said :)