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Today's cop-on-cop shooting...

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:45 pm
by ELB
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-b ... ?track=rss" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Summary: Two Florida Highway Patrol firearms instructors, a supervisor and a trooper, are inspecting firearms at a police facility. Supervisor launches a round and hits trooper in the butt.

Non-life threatening wound. Bet it does not improve their working relationship, though.

Re: Today's cop-on-cop shooting...

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:59 pm
by baldeagle
{{{sigh}}}

Re: Today's cop-on-cop shooting...

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:20 pm
by hirundo82
Wow, talk about multiple rules violations. I think that Rules 1, 2, and 3 would all have to be broken for that to occur--assuming a gun isn't loaded (all too common during weapons inspections), letting the muzzle cover something you aren't willing to destroy (obviously violated unless it was an "accident" rather than an accident), keep your finger off the trigger until you're ready to fire (unless this was an extremely rare occurence of mechanical failure). The 4th rule of course is know your target and what is beyond.

If you violate one of the rules (we're all fallible) the others usually make sure it isn't a serious incident. If two or more are broken, bad things are likely to happen.

Re: Today's cop-on-cop shooting...

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:44 pm
by sugar land dave
....muttering to self...... :rules:

Re: Today's cop-on-cop shooting...

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:27 pm
by PostShooter
I lived in Florida for 12 years. If anything strange, stupid happens in the world, there's a FLA connection.

And if it happens in FL, it's even freakier. If that's even a word.

Re: Today's cop-on-cop shooting...

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:47 pm
by MoJo
Florida - - - - the State that puts "duh" in the USA!

Re: Today's cop-on-cop shooting...

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:59 pm
by flintknapper
Headline:
FHP firearms instructor accidentally shot during gun inspection
Wait a minute!

Shouldn't the headline read something more like:

FHP firearms instructor shot...due to negligence on the part of Insert Name.

"Accident" :roll:

Re: Today's cop-on-cop shooting...

Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:31 am
by rbrecount
These people should certainly know better. An instructor? Take his guns away for a month and sic the trooper on him.

There will have to be some heavy discipline over this stupidity.

Re: Today's cop-on-cop shooting...

Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:56 am
by esxmarkc
I'm sorry but I got halfway through the article and the page separator had a link right in the middle of it:

"Watch this now. Cross-dressers fight at taco shop"

I mean how can you possibly pass on that link. I mean a link like that practically clicks itself.

Re: Today's cop-on-cop shooting...

Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:59 am
by anygunanywhere
esxmarkc wrote: I mean how can you possibly pass on that link.
I can pass on that link quite easily.

Anygunanywhere

Re: Today's cop-on-cop shooting...

Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 2:59 pm
by hirundo82
PostShooter wrote:I lived in Florida for 12 years. If anything strange, stupid happens in the world, there's a FLA connection.

And if it happens in FL, it's even freakier. If that's even a word.
They do tend to lead the nation in pro-gun legislation though--first modern shall-issue law, first parking lot storage law, etc.

Re: Today's cop-on-cop shooting...

Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:02 pm
by PostShooter
hirundo82 wrote:
PostShooter wrote:I lived in Florida for 12 years. If anything strange, stupid happens in the world, there's a FLA connection.

And if it happens in FL, it's even freakier. If that's even a word.
They do tend to lead the nation in pro-gun legislation though--first modern shall-issue law, first parking lot storage law, etc.
I'm with you on that Hirundo. Very pro-gun. They just always seem to be in the middle of the craziness there, sometimes.