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Words Fail Me...
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:34 pm
by ELB
This happened in Northern Ireland. I believe "PSNI" is Police Service, Northern Ireland.
Beyond that, words fail me.
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Gun expert shot in hand sues PSNI
Mr Woods' lawyers claim the proper safety procedures were not in place
A police weapons specialist who shot himself in the hand is suing the PSNI.
Peter Woods, 50, was dismantling a gun at a police facility in February last year when the accident happened.
It is understood that he removed the magazine from a pistol, but a bullet in the chamber fired into his hand. He recovered from his injury.
Lawyers for Mr Woods claimed in the High Court that proper safety procedures were not in place, and ammunition may have been faulty.
Mr Woods, a civilian weapons maintenance specialist, was injured at the Seapark base in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, in February 2007.
His legal team is arguing that a proper risk assessment was not carried out and a second person should have been present to reduce the accident risk.
The case was adjourned until next week, when police witnesses are expected to appear before the court.
Re: Words Fail Me...
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:44 pm
by AEA
That "Expert" must have had the same training the DEA "Expert" had!
Re: Words Fail Me...
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:44 am
by CompVest
Re: Words Fail Me...
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:13 am
by DoubleJ
wonder if it was a Glock Foh-tay?
on the other side, that's why I really dig this new system the XDm's have, where you don't hafta pull the trigger to take the thing apart.
Re: Words Fail Me...
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:35 am
by smokindragon
Man people will sue over anything, this really takes the cake.
Come on!! to tear down a glock or xd you have to pull the trigger to release the slide, duh if there is a round in there it will fire.
Man
Re: Words Fail Me...
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:21 am
by ironsights
keep ya booga picka off da trigga.. gangsta!
Re: Words Fail Me...
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:05 am
by stevie_d_64
It happened here in Houston at the GRB (gunshow) a while back...If it could happen to this guy, it could happen to anyone...
And the guy here in Houston is a participant in this forum...
Re: Words Fail Me...
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:50 pm
by HankB
There really are only four rules of safety to follow . . . and as usual, injury resulted when more than one of these rules was violated; in this case, the "professional" appears to have violated the first three.
Working from memory, so the words probably aren't exactly as Cooper wrote them:
1. Every gun is always loaded. The officer didn't check, but assumed it was unloaded.
2. Don't point the muzzle at what you're unwilling to destroy. The officer pointed the gun at his hand.
3. Keep your finger off the trigger unless you're ready to shoot. Unless there was an actual mechanical defect, he must have pulled the trigger.
4. Be sure of your target, what's around, in front of, and behind it. Give him a pass on this one, since one presumes he wasn't trying to shoot anything at all.
If there's any fault of the department here, it's on the head of the manager or supervisor who promoted this nincompoop to the position of Police Weapons Specialist.
Re: Words Fail Me...
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:39 pm
by bryang
AEA wrote:That "Expert" must have had the same training the DEA "Expert" had!
That was great!
Re: Words Fail Me...
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:16 pm
by flb_78
bryang wrote:AEA wrote:That "Expert" must have had the same training the DEA "Expert" had!
That was great!
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