Winner of The Barney Fife Award!........
Posted on 05/05/2008 11:12:33 AM PDT by RDTF
Edited on 05/05/2008 11:15:04 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
RIVERDALE, Utah — The police chief in Riverdale accidentally shot himself in an ankle while demonstrating how to dislodge a jammed handgun.
Chief Dave Hansen was taken to McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden for surgery.
The 54-year-old chief accidentally fired a gun during a training exercise inside a conference room at Riverdale police headquarters.
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ROTFLMAO ... atta boy, Chief Wiggums.
He just gave himself a gimp for life.....In the ankle?
Winner of The Barney Fife Award!........
Shot in the ankle? Put him down!
He was demonstrating this procedure? Was everyone taking notes?
Next we'll hear all the patrol officers have ankle wounds.
Cops would be much safer if they did not have guns.
Two words: Snap Caps.
All together now, the first and third rules of handgun safety are...
Of course, only professionals such as the military and police should be trusted with guns.
Let me also be the first to ask if it was a Glock?
LOL cops
Probably demonstrating one handed clearance technique. I teach the same in my classes...but with the aforementioned snap caps.
Went to rack the slide on his boot heel with his finger inside the trigger guard on the way back... bang.
“The police chief in Riverdale . . . “
Archie treated for shock
Betty gave mouth-to-mouth
Veronica became jealous
Jughead kept eating hamburgers - too lazy to even appear alarmed.
This gentleman unintentionally just presented the most effective piece of instruction in his career. Seeing the abrupt effects of unsafe firearms handling is something that tends to stick with a person.
Certainly this Chief was familiar with, and even taught the tenet that you never point a firearm at anything you don’t intend to shoot. Therefore it seems reasonable to assume that the Chief intended to shoot himself in the ankle. He needs to be psychoanalyzed for his self-destructive gestures and possibly barred from owning firearms altogether.
Rep. Neil Hansen, D-Ogden, said he regularly goes target practicing with his brother and described him as safety-conscious.
"I've never seen him do anything reckless," Neil Hansen told the Standard-Examiner of Ogden.
It only requires you to get cocky or careless once for serious or even fatal results to occur.
Fortunately, injuries weren't life threatening, and he likely taught his men a lesson in gun safety they won't forget soon.
At least that gun ain't jammed no more.
damn.. he was the only one professional enough !!!
And Liberals say only the police should have guns.
They have FAR more negligent discharges than citizens do who shoot much more often than they do.
first, he should be put in the local psych hospital for a mandatory 72 hour hold for this attempted suicide, then he should be charged with, unlawful discharge of a firearm, negligent use of a firearm, wreckless endangerment, attempted assault with a deadly weapon. I think 10-15 years in State Prison should be appropriate. If it were you or I thats what would happen.
Eyeamok
You mean the one where you keep firing until the slide locks back? ;)
Guess it turned into a first aid lesson.
A prime example of why assault weapons should be banned.
I guess he’ll be transferred to the rubber gun squad..
“Alright ladies and gentlemen, this is the proper technique for gaining a permanent disability claim.”
Yeah, of course
Always keep the gun pointed in a safe directionAlways keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot
Always keep the gun unloaded until ready to use
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