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Des Moines County Sheriff shoots himself in the hand
KWQC TV ^
| 12/17/2015
| Jennifer Janda
Posted on 12/17/2015 9:47:50 AM PST by iowamark
Burlington, Iowa - Des Moines County Sheriff Mike Johnstone accidentally shot himself in the hand.
On Wednesday, December 16th, Sheriff Johnstone suffered a gunshot wound to his left hand while cleaning his personally-owned handgun at his home.
Sheriff Johnstone was taken to Great River Medical Center Emergency Room for treatment of his non-life threatening injury. He will be transferred to another medical facility where he can be treated by a surgeon who specializes in hand injuries.
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I shouldn't laugh. I hope that he will be ok. Yes, Sheriff Johnstone is a Democrat.
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posted on
12/17/2015 9:47:50 AM PST
by
iowamark
To: iowamark
I will never understand this. Clear the weapon before you fiddle with it.
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posted on
12/17/2015 9:49:01 AM PST
by
lacrew
To: iowamark
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posted on
12/17/2015 9:49:08 AM PST
by
iowamark
(I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
To: iowamark
Right...I clean my gun with bullets in it ALL THE TIME!!!
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posted on
12/17/2015 9:50:46 AM PST
by
Paul46360
To: lacrew
Law enforcement are supposed to be professionals.Unacceptable.
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posted on
12/17/2015 9:50:50 AM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: lacrew
I have always wondered if people just say they were cleaning the gun because they are to embarrassed to say that they were playing with the gun?
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posted on
12/17/2015 9:51:10 AM PST
by
defconw
(Fight all error, and do it with good humor, patience, kindness and love. -St. John Cantius)
To: iowamark
I predict he’ll lost the next election.
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posted on
12/17/2015 9:52:29 AM PST
by
HomerBohn
(Liberals and slinkies: they're good for nothing, but you smile as you shove them down the stairs.)
To: iowamark
I find that ‘it went off while I was cleaning it’ is usually code for ‘I was doing something stupid, I knew better, and I’d rather not talk about it’.
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posted on
12/17/2015 9:53:11 AM PST
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: iowamark
I wonder if he knew what that little hook was for.
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posted on
12/17/2015 9:55:24 AM PST
by
SkyDancer
("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
To: iowamark
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posted on
12/17/2015 9:55:28 AM PST
by
datura
(Proud Infidel)
To: iowamark
So he was stupid enough to clean a loaded gun.
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posted on
12/17/2015 9:55:53 AM PST
by
IC Ken
To: lacrew
“...will never understand this...”
You and me both.
How in the Hell do you NOT check and clear a firearm before attempting any cleaning/maintenance on it??? Treat every gun as if it’s always loaded. First damn thing you learn.
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posted on
12/17/2015 9:56:56 AM PST
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: Riley
Most likely a Glock and forgot to take the one out of the chamber then pull the trigger trying to take the slide off.
To: iowamark
this is why you put the bullets somewhere AWAY from any gun you’re messing with
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posted on
12/17/2015 9:58:32 AM PST
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: iowamark
Democrats should never handle guns. They are not toys or taxpayer wallets.
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posted on
12/17/2015 9:58:49 AM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Have you unpacked from your white privilege guilt trip yet?)
To: defconw
I have always wondered if people just say they were cleaning the gun because they are to embarrassed to say that they were playing with the gun? LOL. Actually a good question.
Every year goes by I get more safety conscious, not less. I make sure a gun is clear when I finish shooting, before I clean it, when I put it into the safe and when I take it out of my safe. Then, before I holster it, I make sure it is loaded and chambered.
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posted on
12/17/2015 9:59:03 AM PST
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
To: datura
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posted on
12/17/2015 9:59:46 AM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Have you unpacked from your white privilege guilt trip yet?)
To: datura; Bride Of Old Sarge
Oh, THAT’S funny!
Here, honey, laugh it up...
To: riverrunner
Still, no excuse for it.
Dump mag.
Work the slide.
Check chamber.
Show clear.
I carried a G19 all day long (now a G17). I get your point, but you clearly know to do this; you’d think a “highly trained professional” would know it as well.
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posted on
12/17/2015 10:01:54 AM PST
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: Riley
It’s up there with when cheating on spouse ‘It just happened’
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posted on
12/17/2015 10:02:15 AM PST
by
Beowulf9
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