DEA Agent Shoots Self During Gun Safety Class

[CShine]

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A federal drug agent shot himself in the leg during a gun safety presentation to children and his bosses are investigating.

The Drug Enforcement Administration agent, whose name was not released, was giving a gun safety presentation to about 50 adults and students organized by the Orlando Minority Youth Golf Association, witnesses and police said.

He drew his .40-caliber duty weapon and removed the magazine, according to the police report. Then he pulled back the slide and asked someone in the audience to look inside the gun and confirm it wasn't loaded, the report said.

Witnesses said the gun was pointed at the floor and when he released the slide, one shot fired into the top of his left thigh.

http://www.local6.com/news/3254509/detail.html

[JayS]

1. I bet his students will take gun safety seriously from now on. :) n/t

n/t

[NMDemDist2]

2. we told Sheriff Taylor that sending Barney to the school was a bad idea

and especially giving him a bullet!

[Sequoia]

3. Maybe a relative of Barney Fife?

[MSgt213]

4. Well that didn't turn out too well.

[GregW]

5. Errr ... I don't think so.

Either he didn't pull the slide back far enough for the extractor to eject the unfired shell (and therefore couldn't have seen the round so that's a lie) ... or worse, racked the slide to empty the chamber, THEN dropped the mag ... leaving one in the spout.

[yellowcanine]

6. "Shit!....er....I meant to do that, see how dangerous a gun can be?"

Of course the NRA will say it wouldn't have happened to one of their instructors.

[BarbaRosa]

7. OK, it's unloaded now

[icymist]

8. Too bad nobody thought of getting a urine test...

We can see how he handles guns! We can only imagine how he handles drugs!

[0rganism]

9. He's lucky "someone from the audience" wasn't taking him up on his offer

If he blew off some unfortunate kid's head during the demonstration, he'd be meeting some of the people he's imprisoned face-to-face for a few years.

I always thought one of the first things a person learned about gun safety was to empty the chamber before supposing the gun to be empty. Guess it's back to school for him.