Plumber Shoots Self While Putting Gun Back in Holster

paramedic70002 · November 20th, 2006, 08:35 AM

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/f...&storyid=69460

Plumber Shoots Self While Putting Gun Back in Holster

SOUTH DAYTONA, FL (AP) -- A painful accident for one Titusville plumber. Police say Kenneth Eugene Morey was installing a hot water heater Friday afternoon in South Daytona when he had trouble reaching some of the pipes. A colleague advised him to remove the gun from the holster on his back.

Trouble is, when Morey later returned to pistol, it fired into his thigh. Fifty-seven-year-old Morey was taken to Halifax Medical Center and listed in satisfactory condition.

Old Chief · November 20th, 2006, 10:21 AM

This should be rule number 5. Keep your trigger finger off the trigger when manuvering the pistol into your holster.

P95Carry · November 20th, 2006, 10:29 AM

Just guessing - Glock or 1911 with safety off. Reholstering can easily disengage grip safeties.

One thing I notice with my OWB - the way it sits and with the cant it has - a round would go into ground just behind me.

sisco · November 20th, 2006, 10:40 AM

One of my co-workers did something similar a few weeks ago.
He was shooting a 45 cal Glock and while re-holstering shot himself in the leg and foot.
According to the story he told he was putting it back in the holster and the thumbreak flap got stuck in the trigger guard. He felt some resistance but jammed the gun down without checking first and it went off.
That's his story and he's sticking to it.
230 grain hollowpoint (remanufactured ammo) skimmed down his right thigh, entered his calf then exited upside down and hit his foot breaking some bones in the foot. the foot was barely penetrated.

ccw9mm · November 20th, 2006, 10:48 AM

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A colleague advised him to remove the gun from the holster on his back.

Maybe he should re-read the instruction booklet on how to use that slick, new back holster. Of course, perhaps he'd have blown off his shoulder with the other unit, or his ...

rstickle · November 20th, 2006, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by paramedic70002

when Morey later returned to pistol, it fired into his thigh.

The word "Glock" comes immediately to mind!

Tangle · November 20th, 2006, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by rstickle

The word "Glock" comes immediately to mind!

The first thing I thought!

I do carry Glocks and think they're a wonderful gun, but one does have to be extra careful with them since they have that wonderfully consistent, short, light trigger pull - especially when holstering.

This could happen with ANY gun; it's just that it's easier with a Glock.

I might as well make everybody mad - I seem to hear of more of these kinds of accidents with Glocks and 1911s than any other gun.

QKShooter · November 20th, 2006, 12:54 PM

The article does not say it was a Small Of Back holster...only that the holster was "on his back" so to not jump to conclusions and be fair - he could have been carrying at 4: ~ 4:30 ~ 5: ~ or 5:30 O'Clock.
All of those carry locations would be almost equally as troublesome laying on back "belly up" and trying to do plumbing repair.

I tend to think that he was NOT carrying SOB since most SOB holsters that I've seen do not have retention straps.
He MAY have still been carrying a Glock in one of those RECALLED holsters when numerous NDs were the fault of a "Too Narrow" retention strap that seemed to find it's way into more that one trigger guard during reholstering. That was not a Small Of Back holster.
Without more information I guess we'll never know. And I'm sure that the plumber is not talking about it unless he is busy "running his mouth" and blaming the gun right now.

goawayfarm · November 20th, 2006, 01:46 PM

"holster on his back"......He really shouldn't use it to hide plumber's crack.........

raevan · November 20th, 2006, 03:21 PM

Intresting how they word it in the article that when he returned to pistol, it fired in his thigh . as if the pistol fired all by itself.

November 20th, 2006, 08:35 AM	#1
paramedic70002 Distinguished Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Franklin, VA Posts: 1,844	Plumber Shoots Self While Putting Gun Back in Holster http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/f...&storyid=69460 Plumber Shoots Self While Putting Gun Back in Holster SOUTH DAYTONA, FL (AP) -- A painful accident for one Titusville plumber. Police say Kenneth Eugene Morey was installing a hot water heater Friday afternoon in South Daytona when he had trouble reaching some of the pipes. A colleague advised him to remove the gun from the holster on his back. Trouble is, when Morey later returned to pistol, it fired into his thigh. Fifty-seven-year-old Morey was taken to Halifax Medical Center and listed in satisfactory condition. __________________ Guns Save Lives. Paramedics Save Lives. But... Paramedics With Guns Scare People!

November 20th, 2006, 10:21 AM	#2
Old Chief VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southwest Tennessee Posts: 3,357	This should be rule number 5. Keep your trigger finger off the trigger when manuvering the pistol into your holster. __________________ One should never confuse good fortune with good training. In God we trust.

November 20th, 2006, 10:29 AM	#3
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,400	Just guessing - Glock or 1911 with safety off. Reholstering can easily disengage grip safeties. One thing I notice with my OWB - the way it sits and with the cant it has - a round would go into ground just behind me. __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

November 20th, 2006, 10:40 AM	#4
sisco Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Kansas, GCK Posts: 592	One of my co-workers did something similar a few weeks ago. He was shooting a 45 cal Glock and while re-holstering shot himself in the leg and foot. According to the story he told he was putting it back in the holster and the thumbreak flap got stuck in the trigger guard. He felt some resistance but jammed the gun down without checking first and it went off. That's his story and he's sticking to it. 230 grain hollowpoint (remanufactured ammo) skimmed down his right thigh, entered his calf then exited upside down and hit his foot breaking some bones in the foot. the foot was barely penetrated. __________________ I'm a child of the 60's, but I got over it.

November 20th, 2006, 01:46 PM	#9
goawayfarm VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Fork Union, Virginia Posts: 2,028	"holster on his back"......He really shouldn't use it to hide plumber's crack......... __________________ Quemadmoeum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est. "If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. If I have a gun, what do I have to be paranoid about?" -Clint Smith "An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." -Jeff Cooper

November 20th, 2006, 12:54 PM	#8
QKShooter Assistant Administrator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Off Of The X Posts: 20,459	The article does not say it was a Small Of Back holster...only that the holster was "on his back" so to not jump to conclusions and be fair - he could have been carrying at 4: ~ 4:30 ~ 5: ~ or 5:30 O'Clock. All of those carry locations would be almost equally as troublesome laying on back "belly up" and trying to do plumbing repair. I tend to think that he was NOT carrying SOB since most SOB holsters that I've seen do not have retention straps. He MAY have still been carrying a Glock in one of those RECALLED holsters when numerous NDs were the fault of a "Too Narrow" retention strap that seemed to find it's way into more that one trigger guard during reholstering. That was not a Small Of Back holster. Without more information I guess we'll never know. And I'm sure that the plumber is not talking about it unless he is busy "running his mouth" and blaming the gun right now.

November 20th, 2006, 03:21 PM	#10
raevan VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: washington Posts: 4,312	Intresting how they word it in the article that when he returned to pistol, it fired in his thigh . as if the pistol fired all by itself.

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