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Pa. police chief fatally shoots himself cleaning gun
Pa. police chief fatally shoots himself cleaning gunSad story, several days old. Quite a big deal locally, because he was well-liked and much admired.
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Pa. police chief fatally shoots himself cleaning gun (Original Post)
Orrex
Sep 2015
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Aristus
(66,393 posts)1. I guess he won't do that again.
Don't they train these idiots to handle guns properly?
Orrex
(63,216 posts)2. I'm not much of a gun guy, but if I know one thing about guns...
It's "make sure it's empty before cleaning it."
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)3. Gun Guys believe they don't make mistakes.
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)4. Generally, "gun cleaning accident"
is how cops write up cop suicides, so the family gets the insurance.
Orrex
(63,216 posts)5. Yeah, I've heard that.
Sad but understandable.