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.
I'll probably weaken and reconsider my habit of not keeping a bullet in the chamber in my bedroom gun.
Glocks don’t accidentally discharge on their own. If you follow the four basic firearm safety rules at all times, you’ll have no problems keeping the mag stuffed and “one up”.
If you follow the four basic firearm safety rules at all times,
This guy was a trained FBI agent with who knows how many hours of periodic classroom and range safety training. Yet he carried unholstered in the small of his back -- two big no-no's. Three, if it was a Glock.
Yet he didn't follow the rules. Match the gun to the person.
This guy was a trained FBI agent with who knows how many hours of periodic classroom and range safety training. Yet he carried unholstered in the small of his back -- two big no-no's. Three, if it was a Glock.
It was an odd choice really. And that isn't the small of the back. It's a gun jammed in your asscrack.
Ew. That's gross.
It's a shame he didn't shoot himself instead of some poor bystander.
And just walking away like nothing had happened after he had just discharged the gun and had no idea if someone was injured by it? The FBI should fire him for that alone. Complete recklessness with a firearm.
He really should have been arrested IMO. Reckless endangerment charges, maybe more depending on CO statutes.
He’d had been charged if he worked for my old department or the current place I work out of.
Did you two notice how he tucked his ass-gun back into his butt-crack?
He was wearing no belt which contributed to him dropping the gun to start with because his pants slid down low on his hips when he flipped.
Then when he tried to put the gun back in, he only put it into his waistband down to (but not including) the trigger guard! Two-thirds of the gun and most of its weight was just floating loose above his waistband. And his shirt was untucked. He's lucky he didn't drop it again as he walked away. With an untucked shirt, it would drop on the floor again unless he was fast enough to catch it. Gee, Sherlock, no need to hide the gun now after you already shot somebody.
And did you notice that no one has given out his name yet? What, are the FBI some protected class or something? Anyone else in America (including regular cops or soldiers) would have their names splashed all over the internet. But this guy? Apparently the FBI are too special to get named.
I just looked again. Is there some kind of mini-holster there on the waistband? It looks like something is there but I can't tell if it is a cellphone holder or mini-holster or something else. Whatever it is, it is doesn't look big enough to hold that gun securely. I think it might be just a cellphone case.
Maybe your eyes are better than mine or you know more about back-holsters.
#62. To: misterwhite, GrandIsland, Liberator (#57)
At BearingArms, they had an update. The dancing fool has finally been ID'd:
The attorney for the man shot at a Denver bar over the weekend by a dancing FBI agent says the injury to his client’s leg is much worse than first reported.
Attorney Frank Azar says the gunshot hit a main artery and his client could have bled to death. The owners of Mile High Spirits and Distillery say it was one of their quick-thinking security guards who took off his belt and applied a tourniquet to the victim’s leg.
However, witnesses dispute the claim that it was a bar security guard who applied the tourniquet. A witness told Denver7’s Lance Hernandez that he used his belt to apply the tourniquet, and he is not employed, nor is he affiliated with the bar in any capacity.
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There is now a chorus of growing outrage among the public as the agent waits to see if he will face charges in the case. The agent’s name is Chase Bishop, 29. He was visiting Denver, but works out of Washington D.C.
Some experts say after reviewing the videos several times, the case rises to the level of felony assault. Denver police say they are waiting on laboratory tests to determine whether Bishop will face charges.
“The main thing I’m concerned about is that he’s being given incredibly special treatment because he’s an FBI agent,” said attorney and legal expert David Lane. “Had that been ‘Joe Citizen’ in that bar doing exactly the same thing, the cops would have been there in a heartbeat. They would have slapped the cuffs on him and he would have been in jail on a fairly high bond. Because anybody acting that ridiculously stupid should be in jail on a high bond.”
Given his privileged treatment in this case, I have to wonder what senior bureaucrats at the Bureau or elsewhere in government he might be related to.
I'd like to see the videos of his little dance routine redone with the soundtrack to Abba's Dancing Queen. : )
Some experts say after reviewing the videos several times, the case rises to the level of felony assault.
It fits more into a section dealing with reckless endangerment. Hopefully they have a section that dictates it’s a felony to commit a reckless act that produces serious physical injury... regardless of intent.
I will say however, the lack of intent should be factored into sentencing, cop or no cop.
I will say however, the lack of intent should be factored into sentencing, cop or no cop.
I would agree. What fires me up is the idea that some reckless shooting like this, especially by a trained and trusted government official, would not be prosecuted the same way if it was any other civilian, or a PD cop, or a deputy or a politician.
The FBI is not above the law. Watching how they keep trying to cover their own tracks, it is apparent that top FBI leadership does not consider itself as under the laws like everyone else. They consider themselves to be immune to the laws of this country. It's arrogant beyond belief.
It's not pleasant to realize that the FBI has sunk so low as a result of nearly a decade of community organizing and Lefty leadership. We can't be too surprised really.
What fires me up is the idea that some reckless shooting like this, especially by a trained and trusted government official
In my retirement job, I actually have opportunity to work with more of the feds (mostly FBI and ATF) than I ever did in my NYS job. In fact, it was a retired ATF agent that interviewed me for my current job... and he’s since resigned. The Feds do a good job at what they do... but most wouldn’t make it in the state and local department level, handling all kinds of calls with the local dysfunctional natives.
#70. To: GrandIsland, Liberator, sneakypete (#69)(Edited)
In fact, it was a retired ATF agent that interviewed me for my current job... and he’s since resigned.
Something very significant has happened with BATFE in the last 10 years or so, something no one seems to write about.
They allowed bump stocks, they allowed the "arm braces" on certain weapons (Sig's MPX/MCX and others), they're apparently allowing the unrifled Franklin Armory not-an-SBR to be classified as a "firearm" and not an SBR rifle, etc. They are still too slow at processing permits for restricted firearms like full-autos, SBRs and suppressors but that is just as likely to be bureaucratic sloth as any actual opposition to issuing the permits. And they still charge the same fee for full-auto permits as they did back in the Thirties. They seem to issue these various permits willy-nilly but it takes 6-12 months to get the permits.
10 years ago, we would have thought that Wayne LaPierre had instituted a hostile takeover of the BATFE if they had done these things.
You don't even see the regular BATFE bashing by the gun sites and they used to be jampacked with BATFE-hate posts.
Some of this undoubtedly started under Bush but most of it happened under 0bama (the greatest firearms salesman in the history of America). There has been a real sea change, mostly unnoticed, in BATFE and how it treats the public and how it is perceived by gunowners.
Anyway, it is something no one seems to write about but it is remarkable. A little shocking even. Hell's bells, hardly anyone even mentions BATFE any more other than bitching about how long it takes to get a suppressor or SBR permit.
