Pot shot
As Utah becomes the most densely armed region in the world, it's always good to get a reminder about firearm safety.
An unidentified man (A name should go with stupidity like this.) blew away a commode in Centerville with his .40 cal. semi-auto pistol, wounding himself with porcelain shards and scaring the crap out of a woman in the toilet on the other side of the wall.
It was an accident, of course. He dropped his legally concealed pistol when he was pulling up his pants. Centerville Police Lt. Paul Child explained:
When the gun hit the floor, it went off, and the bullet struck the toilet, shattering it and sending sharp pieces of porcelain flying.Gun-rights loudmouths, including NRA spokesman Clark Aposhian, it is time to step up: If you believe what you say you do — find out who this knucklehead is and who his safety instructor was and get them both retrained. You've assured the citizenry that concealed guns make them safer — even in public restrooms.
4 Comments:
The man is lying. Guns don't go off when you drop them. Somehow his finger pulled that trigger and he is too embarressed to admit it. My guess is he pulled a "Plaxico Buress," ie he pulled it out of his pocket with his finger on the trigger. Not smart.
I'm sorry, but why should he have to be retrained if the gun really did fire when dropped?
If that's really the case, then it's a product liability case, as all the major manufacturers claim their guns are "drop-safe," i.e. they will NOT fire if dropped when a round is chambered. This gun was apparently a Kahr P40, which Kahr claims up and down is "drop-safe."
Kahr should be the one on the hook, not this poor guy.
"...wounding himself with porcelain shards and scaring the crap out of a woman in the toilet on the other side of the wall."
Ha ha! Scaring the crap out of her...regardless of whether the pun was intended, it gave me the best laugh of the day!
Thanks Glen!
Did you see what appeared to be a pattern of powder burns in the photo?
I think he pulled the trigger. I don't think the firearm discharged when it was dropped.
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