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Accidental Discharge - Twice
tr fox
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No! Not me. I didn't do it so quit laughing.
Few days ago there was a news article in the local newspaper, the K.C. "Red" Star. Seems there was a woman who had just entered a downtown K.C. government building. I can't remember for sure, but I think it was the outer lobby of the police station before you get to the security check-point. Anyway, story said the woman plooped her handbag on the floor and a shot was heard. Woman's boyfriend hollars out "Was that your gun?". Boyfriend grabs purse and runs out the door. As he is running out gun goes off again. Guess the woman followed him out the door because the news article said the police were unable to locate them.
Geez, what kind of cheap gun would act like that? Even a Jennings won't accidently fire like that as far as I know.
Such incidents tend to make us careful CCW holders look dangerous and to a degree give evidence to those store owners who post the "no guns" signs outside their door. But I will give credit to the anti-gun newspaper. The story went on to say that some older, obselete guns can go off accidently but that the more modern guns are much safer.
Just an interesting story for anyone interested.
Few days ago there was a news article in the local newspaper, the K.C. "Red" Star. Seems there was a woman who had just entered a downtown K.C. government building. I can't remember for sure, but I think it was the outer lobby of the police station before you get to the security check-point. Anyway, story said the woman plooped her handbag on the floor and a shot was heard. Woman's boyfriend hollars out "Was that your gun?". Boyfriend grabs purse and runs out the door. As he is running out gun goes off again. Guess the woman followed him out the door because the news article said the police were unable to locate them.
Geez, what kind of cheap gun would act like that? Even a Jennings won't accidently fire like that as far as I know.
Such incidents tend to make us careful CCW holders look dangerous and to a degree give evidence to those store owners who post the "no guns" signs outside their door. But I will give credit to the anti-gun newspaper. The story went on to say that some older, obselete guns can go off accidently but that the more modern guns are much safer.
Just an interesting story for anyone interested.
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i can't think of any gun hat would self cycle inside a purse
I was thinking the same thing. But I can't think of any revolvers that have such a light and short trigger pull that it would go off twice in a purse. Go off once maybe, if some idiot had left the hammer cocked, but I can't see any revolver going off twice in a purse.
Or maybe the boyfriend reached into the purse as he was running out the door and caused the second shot.
Anyone think of an autoloader inside a big purse?
i did not specify ether, but any semi auto will not cycle in a purse, i see guys all the time letting the slide just rub on a bianchi barricade resulting in a ftf, i've seen a piece of cardboard cause a ftf
a revolver can cycle with someone pulling the trigger, but a semi auto cannot, next time your at the range try it with just a rag over the gun
Cheap derringers will do that.
You know, that could be it. Two shot derringer in the purse with the hammer down on firing pin on a live round. With safety off (or not even having a safety) slamming the handbag on the floor could cause the hammer to be hit and thereby drive it into the firing pin and into the primer causing a discharge. And then the derringer would be ready to fire round two. Although the hammer would have to be hit once again and that part is hard to believe anyone would be that stupid and careless. But I bet it was a derringer.
No wait. Wouldn't the derringer hammer actually have to be cocked to ready the derring to fire round two? I'm going to check my cheap .32 auto derringer and find out. Will need to borrow wife's handbag though. I'll wait until she is napping and sneak it our of the bedroom
I'd have to throw the B.S. flag on this one. Even if it's true, how would we know it wasn't staged?
Well, as far as it happening or not, it was in the major, city-wide newspaper. Not that everything they print is the truth, but if they want to maintain their credibility, surely they would get such a simple, easy to check story as this one right. I assume you can access the webpage of the Kansas City Star and read the story for yourself. It appeared a couple of days ago.
In regards to it being staged, it did happen in a government building and I believe it was the police station. Why would anyone be dumb enough to stage a trick like that with the very real risk of getting arrested?
I'd have to throw the B.S. flag on this one. Even if it's true, how would we know it wasn't staged?
You know, I have had time to think about what you suggested. Man, if the people who hate the idea of citizens carrying guns ever though about this they could sure make us careful gun owners look bad. Think about it. The anti-gun people stage a fake gun (blank gun, etc) that supposely goes off accidently in a woman's purse in some building. If that happened often enough, there would be those "no gun signs" in most all building. Such "accidents" might even start a strong movement to resind all CCW laws.
And if the "accidental discharge" was staged right (I.E. no real gun or ammo used) if the perps were caught, I imagine it would be a very minor criminal charge.
Man, that is worrisome.
quote:Originally posted by jimdeere
I'd have to throw the B.S. flag on this one. Even if it's true, how would we know it wasn't staged?
Well, as far as it happening or not, it was in the major, city-wide newspaper. Not that everything they print is the truth, but if they want to maintain their credibility, surely they would get such a simple, easy to check story as this one right. I assume you can access the webpage of the Kansas City Star and read the story for yourself. It appeared a couple of days ago.
In regards to it being staged, it did happen in a government building and I believe it was the police station. Why would anyone be dumb enough to stage a trick like that with the very real risk of getting arrested?
better yet what dumb*** brings a gun into a police station
JM
Nah! You guys probably don't stay up late enough to catch the late night ads mixed in with the ads for the 1-900-numbers.
There's an ad for a gadget you attach to your gun and it fires the gun with a remote, like your car key remote.[:D][}:)]
They never located where the second bullet hit, the one where the boyfriend grabbed the handbag and while running out the door gun went off again.