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Gun goes off in car at Utah border; two BYU-Idaho students hurt
Ogden Standard-Examiner ^ | April 3, 2010 | Carlos Mayorga

Posted on 04/10/2010 4:20:17 PM PDT by Colofornian

PORTAGE -- Two college students heading to Salt Lake City were hurt when a gun discharged inside their vehicle near the Utah-Idaho border.

Four male students from Brigham Young University-Idaho were traveling south on Interstate 15 to attend the LDS General Conference in Salt Lake City, authorities say.

Around noon, in the front passenger seat, a man identified as Sterling Glines, 24, of Arizona, was examining his .40-caliber Glock.

The vehicle had just crossed the border into Utah, and Glines reportedly was explaining how the gun wouldn't fire if the slide was pushed back when the weapon discharged a single shot.

The bullet went through Glines' left hand and hit the forearm of the driver, identified as Ben Baugh, 23, of American Fork. The bullet also struck the driver's side door just below the window.

One of the men called 911.

Glines and Baugh were taken to Bear River Valley Hospital in Tremonton. The injuries aren't believed to be life-threatening, said Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Lee Perry.

Authorities say Glines has a concealed weapons permit issued by Arizona. The other two men in the car, a 21-year-old man from Pocatello, Idaho, and a 23-year-old man from Tooele, were not hurt.

UHP is investigating.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; US: Idaho; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: banglist; byu; generalconference; inman; lds; mormon; negligentdischarge
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To: Red in Blue PA; Recon Dad; All
RD>I carry a .40 Glock and the only way it goes off is a finger on a trigger.

Technically, not true.

I have read at least one account of a person reholstering his Glock and a shirt getting caught in the trigger, making the gun discharge. Could never happen with my Kimber as it has a thumb safety AND a grip safety.

If you believe that story,
there are folks who have a bridge to sell you.

What is more likely is; he inserted his gun
into his holster with his finger on the trigger


81 posted on 04/11/2010 7:27:20 AM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: Elsie

The MAGNET. I forgot the MAGNET. That’s what went wrong!

Many freepers have had similar accidents: No, Mr. government man, I don’t have any firearms. Lost ‘em all in a boating/fishing accident...


82 posted on 04/11/2010 8:29:00 AM PDT by piytar (Ammo is hard to find! Bought some lately? Please share where at www.ammo-finder.com)
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To: Colofornian
One of the men called 911.

Operator: "911, what is the nature of your emergency?"

Driver: "I need an ambulance. I just beat the living shit out a passenger in my car."

83 posted on 04/11/2010 9:43:49 AM PDT by gundog (Outrage is anger taken by surprise. Nothing these people do surprises me anymore.)
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To: driftdiver

Don’t believe the internet hype.


84 posted on 04/11/2010 1:44:15 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (NRA /Patron - TSRA- IDPA)
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To: Recon Dad

I have to admit, I wouldn’t want to trust my life to a .9MM either. :)


85 posted on 04/11/2010 1:47:35 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (NRA /Patron - TSRA- IDPA)
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To: Shooter 2.5

Hype? Oh you mean the 45 isn’t a good caliber to put people down?


86 posted on 04/11/2010 1:50:42 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver

Shot placement is more important than caliber. If someone is going to practice more with a 9MM than a .45, it makes more sense for that person to buy the 9.


87 posted on 04/11/2010 2:05:48 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (NRA /Patron - TSRA- IDPA)
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To: Shooter 2.5

‘Shot placement is more important than caliber”

Sure it does. Very very few people have good shot placement in a firefight. Range time helps but unless you’ve been under fire recently then you have little chance of good shot placement.


88 posted on 04/11/2010 2:44:11 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: UriÂ’el-2012

The story I recall was hat of an officer in a bathroom stall getting everything together. Why is it implausible that of the millions of times officers who carry Glocks are in the bathroom that this scenrio would not play out at least once?????


89 posted on 04/11/2010 2:49:45 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Thinking of using 911 for protection? Google "Brittany Zimmerman")
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To: Dan Nunn

The amazing thing to me is the fact that CA madates magazine disconnects and other supuerfluous and silly things, yet allows the Glock to be sold without a safety.

I am not a fan of Glocks.....they are reliable and tught as hell, but I want a safety unless I am in a warzone.


90 posted on 04/11/2010 2:54:07 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Thinking of using 911 for protection? Google "Brittany Zimmerman")
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To: Red in Blue PA

tught=tough

Wow.....that was a really bad spelling!


91 posted on 04/11/2010 2:54:41 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Thinking of using 911 for protection? Google "Brittany Zimmerman")
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To: Red in Blue PA

Glocks are not carried in condition 0. At best, you could relate it to a 1/2 cock position as the striker still needs to be pulled 1/2 way back in order to fire the glock.


92 posted on 04/11/2010 5:10:22 PM PDT by Dayman (My 1919a4 is named Charlotte. When I light her up she has the voice of an angel.)
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To: Dayman

If it is not Condition 1, it is Condition Zero.


93 posted on 04/11/2010 6:14:48 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Thinking of using 911 for protection? Google "Brittany Zimmerman")
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To: Red in Blue PA

Your knowledge of glock pistols is very limited. Equating a striker fired pistol to a 1911 by applying 1911 terminology to it as though they are mechanically similar is very telling.

Absent a mechanical defect it is impossible to fire a glock pistol without pulling the trigger, regardless of amount or direction of force applied anywhere else on the pistol.


94 posted on 04/12/2010 7:44:38 PM PDT by Dayman (My 1919a4 is named Charlotte. When I light her up she has the voice of an angel.)
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To: Dayman
Absent a mechanical defect it is impossible to fire a glock pistol without pulling the trigger

And where did I say otherwise? The shirt example? Is that impossible?
95 posted on 04/12/2010 7:49:55 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Thinking of using 911 for protection? Google "Brittany Zimmerman")
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