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Originally Posted by EarlsflyinCobra

767, thanks for the answer, I figured she was was speaking the truth, she's one of the ones around here that seems to have a grasp on her job.


Sorry, folks the Meat for President and other comments were placed in the post by a devious co-worker while I was away from the keyboard. I had typed the above response and was going to add a little more when I returned, only to find I had been visited by the prankster.



As a 30+ year LEO I have had first hand knowledge and experince with accidental discharges. As previously stated in another post the defective weapon is a rare cause, it is usually operator error. I had one in my early days as an LEO, scaired the POOP out of me and I got a day off w/o pay. Luckily, all I kilt was some tree branches. Mine was caused by a "HOT DOG" officer leaving the safety off and putting an extra round in the shotgun, then "ME NOT" properly checking the weapon at the start of my shift. Halfway through the shift I was chasing a suspect through the woods, in the rain (yuck), and fell in a 3 foot deep hole. When I hit bottom, since I had my finger on the trigger, and had not checked and found the safety off and the round in the chamber, it went off, clearing a swath of tree branches. The "HOT DOG" also got a day off w/o pay as he had been warned before about this practice. The only upside was the suspect hit the dirt and stayed put....LOL.......I could site several instances I know of that were caused by the dischargee not following directions or IGNORING warnings.

I was wondering when some LE guys would weigh in on this issue.