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I remember the scariest event I ever had at the range involved a female constable from a neighboring county I was teaching the Texas CHL class to back in 1998; She was the only student I had that morning, and had brought her late husbands' Colt gold cup to qualify with, claiming that this weapon was going to be her future duty gun. I had advised against it, because it was obvious to me the gun had been set up for bullseye shooting, the trigger broke probably around 2lbs and was not suitable at all for carry or duty work.
Anyway, I instructed her to holster the pistol while I went down range to staple up a target for her to begin the qualifier; just after I landed the first staple in the target, I heard a loud BOOM behind me, and noticed the dirt fly exactly right between my planted feet. After dropping everything (including the stuff in my pants!) I turned to see this woman with the gold cup in hand, pointing at the ground towards me, a mortified look on her face.
I walked over to her calmly and took the gun away and unloaded it, and asked her what the &&^%$# she was doing. She explained that she thought when I went down range it was time for her to load the pistol, which she did and when the slide closed, the gun went off. I asked her where her trigger finger was when this happened, to which she replied "well on the trigger of course".......
Needless to say, I flunked her and returned her money on the spot.....Then I went to wally world to get some new jeans.
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"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined". - Patrick Henry
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