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Secret service officer shoots two agents at White House
Sydney Morning Herald ^
| April 18, 2007
| Reuters
Posted on 04/18/2007 2:37:12 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
The shooter was a loner with a troubled past.
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posted on
04/18/2007 2:45:41 AM PDT
by
Rudder
To: Rudder
I wonder how much more we’ll learn about this.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
No matter how hard we try and train, AD’s do happen, even among people at this level. That’s why we hammer procedure into a new shooters head until they are sick of it.
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posted on
04/18/2007 2:49:46 AM PDT
by
Uriah_lost
("build bridges where you can - but draw lines where you must." -Fred D Thompson)
To: Uriah_lost
I’m wondering, did he shoot more than once?
One gets hit in the face.
One gets hit in the leg.
What in the world?
To: Uriah_lost
“It appears that at approximately 2.10pm (0410 AEST) there was an accidental discharge of a service issued weapon,
So we can now say “Guns kill people, not people kill people”?
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posted on
04/18/2007 2:53:33 AM PDT
by
Recon Dad
(Marine Spec Ops Dad)
To: Uriah_lost
No matter how hard we try and train, ADs do happen, even among people at this level. My instructor drummed into me that there are almost no "Accidental Discharges". The vast majority are "Negligent Discharges". The only exception being a mechanical failure that caused the gun to fire without it being touched (which I've never heard of happening)
For a NG to occur with people injured, the gun owner had to have violated a safety rule
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posted on
04/18/2007 2:57:52 AM PDT
by
SauronOfMordor
(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymLJz3N8ayI">Open Season</a> rocks)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
I’m thinking this was less of an “accidental discharge”, and more of a “negligent discharge”. And likely also a CLM.
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posted on
04/18/2007 2:58:15 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
To: SauronOfMordor
You beat me to it.
AD is used far too frequently.
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posted on
04/18/2007 2:59:28 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Sounds suspiciously like two shots unless they were demostrating a Lewinsky. Were they goofing off instead of attending to duties? Why was the gun out in the first place? At least one person there needs a pink slip.
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posted on
04/18/2007 3:00:21 AM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: SauronOfMordor
They should all be demoted to meter maid duty.
To: FreedomPoster
Bureaucrats prefer it being said that one of their people had an “accident” rather than was “negligent” (the bureaucrat’s “n-word”), because negligence reflects on the hierarchy
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posted on
04/18/2007 3:02:17 AM PDT
by
SauronOfMordor
(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymLJz3N8ayI">Open Season</a> rocks)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
It’s time to make the Secret Service and the White House a ‘gun-free zone’ . For the children.
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posted on
04/18/2007 3:03:35 AM PDT
by
Carl LaFong
( Enough Is Too Much !)
To: SauronOfMordor
I like that term, Negligent Discharge. It really is more correct. Although I have seen some that could be classified as truly accidental but it took some pretty screwed up circumstances. You would be amazed at what I’ve seen happen with really highly trained and aware individuals.
Then their was the Sheriff’s Deputy that was so fat that he got his weapon hung up on the steering wheel of his car while trying to exit quickly and got a nice leg wound to take home. I never heard how he tells the story but I doubt it’s the way the rest of us do!
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posted on
04/18/2007 3:04:48 AM PDT
by
Uriah_lost
("build bridges where you can - but draw lines where you must." -Fred D Thompson)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
there was an accidental discharge of a service issued weaponGlock?
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posted on
04/18/2007 3:07:50 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts-)
To: mylife
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posted on
04/18/2007 3:15:57 AM PDT
by
Cagey
To: Cagey
IMHO this is a doofy saftey
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posted on
04/18/2007 3:17:59 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts-)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
BARNEY FIFE: U.S. SECRET SERVICE
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posted on
04/18/2007 3:24:02 AM PDT
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule-H.L. Menken)
To: mylife
Glock is not the only one.
The best safety is still the brain.
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posted on
04/18/2007 3:24:26 AM PDT
by
Cagey
To: Cagey
The best safety is still the brain.Absolutley
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posted on
04/18/2007 3:26:52 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts-)
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