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kairos12

(12,851 posts) Wed Jan 23, 2013, 12:46 AM Jan 2013

No Way To Carry a Weapon

This story might halt the rush to gun stores, or maybe start a rush on holsters.

No way to get your rocks off.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/22/trinidad-and-tobago-security-guard-accidentally-shoots-off-his-penis/

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No Way To Carry a Weapon (Original Post) kairos12 Jan 2013 OP

sadly not a unique story. TDale313 Jan 2013 #1

It is not unusual for a person who is carrying an illegal handgun to not use a holster. .... spin Jan 2013 #2

TDale313

(7,820 posts)

1. sadly not a unique story.

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 12:52 AM

Jan 2013

Cue the jokes, followed by the comments about the insensitivity of said jokes. Seriously, why on earth would anyone carry a gun that way? Smh.

spin

(17,493 posts)

2. It is not unusual for a person who is carrying an illegal handgun to not use a holster. ....

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 01:25 AM

Jan 2013

The criminal logic is that if you are chased by the police and ditch your handgun, you don't want them to find an empty holster on your person.

While some honest people forgo a holster most use one. It only makes good sense as long as the holster is designed for your handgun.

A good holster is a fine safety device but a fool may be able to defeat it and shoot himself if he fondles his handgun while in the holster or pulls the trigger while removing the weapon from the holster.

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