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Related: About this forumMan shoots himself in leg after leaving gun safety class
Officers responded to the area of South Congress Avenue and Neptune Drive where a man said he had accidentally shot himself. He was found sitting in the bed of his pickup with a gunshot wound to his right leg. He told police hed just left a firearms safety class and pulled over to inspect his new Glock 17 handgun. He said he removed the magazine and was manipulating the slide when the gun discharged. He was treated by fire-rescue at the scene, then taken to an area hospital.
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Man shoots himself in leg after leaving gun safety class (Original Post)
SecularMotion
Feb 2014
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rocktivity
(44,577 posts)1. He wasn't TEACHING that firearms safety class, by any chance?
If not, he needs a refresher course already!
rocktivity
Historic NY
(37,453 posts)2. So he pulls over and sits in the back of his pickup truck.......
stroking his Glock....nice.
Aparently he hasn't learned shit from shinola at the class.
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)3. I'm guessing he confused the slide with the trigger
You realize cops are more prone to stupidity with guns and the rest of us, do you? Why don't you post those.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)8. Yes, I often confuse the turn-bolt with the flip-up scope covers!
ileus
(15,396 posts)4. They don't call it glock leg for no reason...
Hope he recovers and learns to keep his booger hook off the trigger.
Stay safe and carry on.
zbdent
(35,392 posts)5. my standard answer these days ...
he meant to do that.
Because "guns don't kill people, people kill people" ...
ileus
(15,396 posts)6. No No...it's glocks shoot people.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)7. Well I admit that whenever I hear these reports of someone accidentally shooting themselves...
..... My first reaction is, "bet it was a Glock."
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)9. Or a demon-possessed Beretta!