An off-duty FBI agent accidentally fired his gun, striking another patron in the leg, at a Denver nightclub while he was dancing early Saturday, police said.
It seems from the video that the gun fell out and went off when he picked it up to put it back in his holster. He was trying to a backflip for the crowd.
He's kinda old to do backflips so it wasn't perfect but it was pretty good for a big man. Usually big guys have problems wrapping their height and mass fast enough to do any kind of backflip.
but others here tell me the pistol is considered unloaded unless it has a shell in the chamber at all times.
They're correct. It's a paperweight. But it's safe.
You'll have plenty of time to "load" it if it is for self-defense in the home, given that all you have to do is pull the slide and release it. Who knows, the sound of you doing that may scare the intruder away.
They're correct. It's a paperweight. But it's safe.
A classic video to show why all these people keep telling us not to carry without a round in the chamber. This storeowner got himself and his son killed while trying to just get a round into the chamber.
This storeowner got himself and his son killed while trying to just get a round into the chamber.
I read another story where the bad guy was dragging the woman along by one arm. She got her weapon out but was unable to operate the slide to put one in the chamber.
At some point, I'll probably weaken and reconsider my habit of not keeping a bullet in the chamber in my bedroom gun.
Some years back, my niece dropped by with her very busy and very snoopy toddlers. They got into everything, every closet, every drawer, etc. Regular pint-sized terrorists.
After that, I worried about having a bullet in the chamber in that situation. Some kids aren't trained to never touch the guns. Anyway, hers weren't AFAIK.
At some point, I'll probably weaken and reconsider my habit of not keeping a bullet in the chamber in my bedroom gun.
One word,"revolver".
Never any question of "is it loaded or not?",and the DA trigger pull on the typical revolver is stout enough you aren't going to fire it accidentially.
BTW,for those of you unfamiliar with revolvers,it is possible for a good gunsmith to do a action job on it that makes the DA trigger pull "smooth as butta",but still require enough trigger pressure to fire that that is no danger of having an accidental discharge. No,it's not cheap,but chances are you will only have it done to the revolver you carry,and the knowledge that you don't have to walk around and face a potential bad guy with a cocked revolver with the hair trigger they have is worth the money.
My Rossi is DAO,and I have shot running snakes in the head with it,and I don't care how tough you think you are,a single 200 grain 44 caliber hollowpoint in your head will give a a LONG time-out. Remember,when getting a action job,the keyword is "SMOOTH",not "light". Do it right and you WILL have to modify the hammer spring to keep from penetrating primers,but that's when you know that everything is working perfectly.
