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About LinkBacksGREEN, Ohio -- A firearms instructor accidentally shot himself in the thigh during a training session at the Summit County Sheriff's Office training facility Tuesday.
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GREEN, Ohio -- A firearms instructor accidentally shot himself in the thigh during a training session at the Summit County Sheriff's Office training facility Tuesday.
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Doesn't matter who you are or what you do, never forget the cardinal rules while handling a firearm...
The history of cops and leg shots suggests to me that it was a Glock.
The story said he shot himself while UN-hostering - this cop gets extra points for originality. Details should prove interesting.
Smitty
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and I wouldn't doubt it if they said it was in a serpa... It's really more of a training issue even if that was the case, but there does seem to be a trend... I wonder if/when they'll post details...Originally Posted by gasmitty
-The Mist (2007)"My God David, We're a Civilized society."
"Sure, As long as the machines are workin' and you can call 911. But you take those things away, you throw people in the dark, and you scare the **** out of them; no more rules...You'll see how primitive they can get."
You're reading my mind...
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Who trains the trainer?
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Training? You know I'm going to go off a little bit about training and the trainers here no matter what sort of training was involved.
Had a plant wide safety coordinator sponsor a training class on the use of fire extinguishers a few years ago. To start the fires, he brought out diesel fuel and matches. For the next 15 minutes we watched as he attempted to light the diesel fuel in the fire-box with matches. More diesel......strike, strike, strike. Another box of matches....more diesel. I'd have been totally fed up by now if it weren't for me getting paid by the hour to take "training". If I was paying him for training, I'd have lit him on fire and asked for volunteers to put him out. Sometimes the trainers are the ones to look out for. They don't always know what they should even though they are portrayed as the top gun on the job. It all lies with taking responsibility, and being as smart as a human should be at this point in time. Reasons the government feels the need to step in and take control is because people are irresponsible and a risk to themselves as well as others. Personally.....I'm tired of idgets solidifying the case against us.
No instructor "accidentally" shoots himself. Negligence is the word, and I seldom feel any sympathy for an individual's negligence although I do feel the rest of us pay for the act. Simple enough....now that the responsibility of the individual (well trained human) isn't accepted.....we'll blame an inanimate object such as a pistol in an attempt to make an excuse as to why a tragedy occurred. While it won't dawn on us for days that the tragedy should have occurred, and the individual involved learned something that obviously proper training couldn't provide. Glock? It's a tool just like all the rest of them. I'm personally sick of idgets that take us all down a notch when they screw up. When they heal from their personally inflicted injuries.....they should be rode out of town. Yeah....we all make mistakes right? I don't want to hear any more of that garbage either. A personal mistake is acceptable if it doesn't affect anyone else. A pro shooting himself affects everyone who carries a gun on or off the job and every civilian asking for leniency with the federal government to continue with their given rights. How do I really feel? Sick and tired of idgets screwing things up for the rest of us. You want to blame Glock? Go right ahead.....forget everything you know to be true. There is no excuse.
idget.
An Arkansas word if there ever was one. I thought I was the only one that used it.
My wife asked me what it was once. I told her that it was a idiot with a passion, or a passionate idiot.
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I haven't heard the word 'idget' since I was a kid growing up in Michigan back in the 60's and 70's.
Brings back memories.
BTW, idget is the perfect word for this hapless instructor.
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Hotguns, you owe me a new key board!! I will never get the Mtn Dew off this one!idget.
An Arkansas word if there ever was one. I thought I was the only one that used it.
My wife asked me what it was once. I told her that it was a idiot with a passion, or a passionate idiot.
I thought I was the only person left using that phrase.
Don't do things you don't want to explain to the Paramedics!
Stupidity should be painful.
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Hotguns, you owe me a new key board!! I will never get the Mtn Dew off this one!idget.
An Arkansas word if there ever was one. I thought I was the only one that used it.
My wife asked me what it was once. I told her that it was a idiot with a passion, or a passionate idiot.
I thought I was the only person left using that phrase.
Don't do things you don't want to explain to the Paramedics!
Stupidity should be painful.
Yeah HotGuns, the poor guys enter key is stuck now.Hotguns, you owe me a new key board!! I will never get the Mtn Dew off this one!
I thought I was the only person left using that phrase.
I don't have much good to say about the "agency" involved, so I'll just leave it at that.
"Just blame Sixto"
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...The officer was taken to a hospital by the Green Fire Department. His condition is unknown.
Not true, it was determined that his condition was...STUPID!
"That I cannot do."
"Give this to, uh, Clemenza. I want reliable people, people who aren't going to be carried away. After all we're not murderers in spite of what this undertaker thinks."
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Hey RamRod,Well said!!!
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Dang, I'm thinkin' that's gonna leave a mark!
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