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Jesus fucking Christ, how hard is it to check a firearm to make sure it ain't loaded?? It's like the first thing they teach you in a basic firearms course.
Or, and hear me out, always treat a firearm as if it was loaded. Which would mean don't dry fire it in a residence. You know, basic firearm safety.
Of course cops are supposed to know basic firearm safety so treating it as intentional would be the logical thing to do.
Dry fire in a residence is fine. You have to do it a lot if you're working on anything. Heck, on a Glock, you have to do it to remove the slide. And it's part of a regular function check.
BUT, you only do it after removing the magazine, operating the action, inspecting the chamber, and pointing it in the safest direction you can (basement wall, ground outside, etc.). Certainly not at your buddy. This is pure negligence.
That's the second thing they teach you.
Maybe they're lying?
You think?
Cops fucking lying?!!
Oh I thought it was unloaded.
Bull farking shit! You always treat a gun as if it is loaded!
Bull shit. It’ll turn out that he was shagging the other guys wife
The second thing is "always point the muzzle in a safe direction, do not point it at anything you do not wish to destroy".
I'm guessing alcohol was also involved, and though not handling firearms intoxicated is not one of the primary rules of firearms safety, it might as well be.
That's how you tell if a gun is loaded, you point it at someone and pulled a trigger, I'm pretty sure that's the approved method.
In theory you could check in advance but that seems like a lot of work. Excuse me while I attempt to disarm this bomb by kicking it.
You should not even be pointing an unloaded gun at someone let alone "dry" firing it.
If law enforcement can’t properly handle a firearm, we shouldn’t hand them out to every moron who applies.
If you banned morons from serving in the police force they're going to be short staffed. I'm sure that some police officers have brains in the same way that I'm sure that aliens exist, I just don't think they've ever visited earth.
They’re not trained in any kind of firearm safety, don’t be silly.
I’m assuming Roy is white and Mr Hernandez isn’t?
Well his middle name is Brown. /s
Ohhhhhh Virginia I read that as Vagina at first!
this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2023
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