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GRPC Offends Local Reporter: Do you like guns? I mean really like guns? Then throw your newspaper or computer to the floor, return your .357-caliber Sig Sauer pistol to its velvet-lined box -- or if you've got a concealed carry permit, bring it with you -- and rush over to the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in Burlingame, which this weekend is hosting "Saving Freedom," the 2010 Gun Rights Policy Conference. Have they left? OK, good. Now that the wackiest gun nuts are out of the room, let's peruse the agenda for the conference, sponsored by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and the Second Amendment Foundation. The 2010 conference is going to cover all the bases. Are you worried about gender imbalance in the world of firearms? Introduce yourself to Julianne Versnel, publisher of Women & Guns magazine, or check out "Diversity Among 'Pro-gunners,'" a panel discussion featuring Paxton Quigley, author of "Armed and Female." …
http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-county/ci_16167386?nclick_check=1
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Funds Sought for Wisconsin Open-Carry Lawsuit: Please donate to Wisconsin Carry, Inc's efforts in bringing suits against the City of Madison, Madison Police, Police Chief, and anyone else culpable (ICarry is making assumptions as to whom the defendants may be). This is for the 5 men arrested for open carrying, minding their own business. They were NOT staging anything or trying to get arrested. Some of these men are known to us personally, and we know their intentions were nothing more than to meet with one another, share a meal and conversation, and be able to exercise their fundamental right to bear arms. These open carry meet-ups are happening everywhere, and this one was no different… Wisconsin Carry, Inc. has tried to solve this diplomatically, but Madison Police Chief Noble Wray has simply declared all-out war by charging all 5 men with disorderly conduct, despite the Wisconsin Attorney General stating that open carry is not disorderly conduct and should not be prosecuted! …
http://www.ammoland.com/2010/09/24/gun-rights-lawsuit-to-madison-police-chief/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ammoland+%28AmmoLand.com%29
…Based on information gathered over the past several days here are the facts of the case: Our members had finished dinner and were outside preparing to leave when 8 Madison Police officers arrived and began to demand ID. Officers told the members that if they did not produce ID they would be arrested. 2 of the 5 declined to provide ID. Wisconsin law does NOT allow officers to demand ID from individuals who have done nothing wrong. Wisconsin law also specifically does not allow officers to arrest an individual who has done nothing wrong for merely refusing to show ID. 2 of our members were subsequently arrested and charged with obstructing. It was later learned that a 62 year old woman in the restaurant had called 911 and inquired as to whether it was legal for people to openly carry firearms. The caller indicated there was no disturbance but she was "worried". Madison Police responded, not by informing the caller that open-carry is legal, but rather sending 8 officers to respond to a peaceful situation… Madison Police DID recognize their error and rescinded the tickets for obstruction that were issued to 2 of our members. Madison Police admit in a press release those tickets were given in error. Madison Police then issued Disorderly Conduct citations to ALL 5 of our members. According to Madison Police, if ONE person is 'worried', even though there is no disturbance, your constitutional rights mean nothing. Wisconsin's Attorney General CLEARLY stated in a memo in April of 2009 that open-carry IS NOT disorderly conduct…
http://www.ammoland.com/2010/09/23/wisconsin-carry-fast-tracking-lawsuit-against-madison-police-department/
…I'm not disputing the men's right to openly carry firearms. I'm sure there's a fair argument to be made that the Second Amendment protects such behavior. And in any case, the state's top lawyer, attorney general J.B. Van Hollen, has already issued an advisory memo saying the state constitution sanctions it under many circumstances. Rather, Culver's seems like an odd choice for the armed diners. Any place advertising crinkle-cut fries and a frozen custard of the day does not seem amenable to the wearing of glocks, revolvers and Saturday night specials… So these gun lovers apparently like custard, and yes, crime can occur anywhere. But chances are remote that A) a crime will occur at a restaurant where a legal gun carrier just happens to be eating, and B) the crime will be of sufficient seriousness to risk actually firing a gun amid the diners… (I'm sure that those dining many years ago at the McDonald's in San Ysidro CA or the Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen TX also felt that the chances were remote that a crime would occur there. As John Farnam likes to quote from that old TV theme song, "when you least expect it, you're elected…")
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/chris_rickert/article_9db9e5d6-c838-11df-be29-001cc4c03286.html
Madison Richards and Samantha Noll, both 14 and high school freshmen, don't shy away from controversial subjects. They hit them head-on with a video camera in hand. This year they are turning their cameras toward the issue of the Second Amendment and the state's open carry law. "Everybody has a viewpoint," said Richards, a freshman at Horlick High School. "It's a relative issue to Racine and Wisconsin and the United States in general." It's an issue that has been in the spotlight recently, especially in Wisconsin after two men in Madison were arrested Saturday who were openly carrying firearms and then refused to provide identification when police questioned them. Members of gun rights organizations say police had no reason to suspect the men were felons and question them. This is all part of the issue the two local teens are targeting…
http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/article_37c6406a-c7cc-11df-b92e-001cc4c002e0.html
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F Troop Targets Dealers: U.S. law enforcement officials have devised an aggressive and potentially controversial new strategy to crack down on the illegal gun trade to Mexico by targeting cartel networks inside this country and "corrupt" U.S. firearms dealers, according to internal Justice Department documents obtained by NBC News… The new strategy was prepared in recent weeks by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)'s Office of Field Operations, in the wake of stinging criticism of current ATF efforts to stem the flow of weapons to the cartels by the Justice Department's inspector general… The principal thrust of the revised strategy directs that ATF agents focus on taking down the operations of high-level gun traffickers working for specific Mexican cartels rather than simply trying to arrest low-level "straw buyers," as they have often done in the past. It also calls on agents to use more sophisticated investigative methods, such as analyzing financial and telephone records, routinely used in terrorism and organized crime cases, and to work more closely with other federal agencies such as the Drug Enforcement Administration… (And what is the Mexican government doing to secure its own armories and southern and coastal borders?)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39345370/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
Click here to download the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' (and big fires, don't forget big fires) new and improved Project Gunrunner strategy, designed to stem the flow of illegal guns from the U.S. to Mexico. The document affirms one of our main themes on this story: the ATF's efforts are part of an enormous cluster-you-know-what: a farrago of federal, state, local and Mexican law enforcement agencies working disharmoniously to force cash-rich cartels to source their weapons away from the U.S. – Mexican border. Like THAT'S going to be a problem. Deep breath. Here we go . . .
http://thetruthaboutguns.com/2010/09/robert-farago/atfs-war-on-guns-revealed/
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Audio Recording Released in Controversial Washington Shooting: The Spokane County Sheriff's Office released recordings of radio traffic between Deputy Brian Hirzel and dispatchers the night of the fatal shooting at The Plant Farm in Spokane Valley… It appears deputies don't even know who the shooting victim is until Imogene Creach, Scott's wife, called 911 about her husband.
http://www.kxly.com/news/25092245/detail.html
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Meanwhile, in Las Vegas…: William Mosher was one of the first Metro Police officers who responded to the Summerlin Costco on July 10 after an employee called 911 to report that a man with a concealed weapon was destroying merchandise in the store and acting erratically… Mosher, describing what happened next, said he waved several citizens out of the way. Holding his gun to his chest, he told Scott to turn around; as he did so, Mosher saw the gun in Scott's waistband. Mosher said he yelled several commands. He saw that Scott's eyes looked bloodshot. He noticed that Scott appeared to be "out of it." He heard Scott say, "I have a gun." When he saw that gun "come up," the five-year Metro veteran fired two rounds. Two other officers also fired, ultimately hitting Scott with seven bullets. Five went into his back. Mosher's testimony came as part of the second day of a coroner's inquest into the death of Scott, a West Point and Duke University graduate who was working as a medical salesman… He explained how after homicide detectives responded to the scene and began investigating the officer-involved shooting, a number of items were recovered outside the store: Several shell casings, a cell phone, and a 9mm Kimber semiautomatic handgun. The handgun was still in its holster. Mosher testified that he didn't know that the gun was in its holster at the time he fired. He said he owns the same type of holster, and the gun could be "easily fired" while in its holster. He also testified that he didn't recall ordering Scott to "drop his gun." But those commands are distinctly heard on the 911 tape that was played for the jury… (This is definitely a "he said, she said" cluster. If nothing else is to be learned, I would still counsel not to move a hand in the direction of a holstered firearm, regardless of an officer's command to do so – keep your hands as high in the air as they will go and let the officer remove the gun himself, even if he wants you prone to do so.)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/sep/23/officer-deadly-shooting-says-man-pointed-gun-didnt/
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Rule One, Rule Two Reminder: A Walton County [FL] sheriff's deputy is recovering Wednesday after he accidentally shot himself in the knee Tuesday night. Sgt. Donald Lee Savage, who has been a deputy since 2005, was cleaning his department-issued Glock .40-caliber pistol in his Niceville home when the gun fired and a bullet hit his knee, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office report… The Walton County Sheriff's Office has opened up an internal investigation into the shooting. Fountain said officials will check to make sure no policies were violated by Savage. "Right now, it appears that it was an accidental discharge of a weapon and that's all," Fountain said… (Rule One: All firearms are always loaded. Rule Two: Don't let the muzzle cross anything you're not prepared to shoot. It would appear that the basic safety rules are not considered to be incorporated into department policy in Walton County. This is an all too common occurrence with Glocks and other pistols that require that the trigger be pressed in order to remove the slide from the frame. The sergeant is lucky not to have perforated his femoral artery, as others have done – a wound that is almost always fatal. I have to wonder is the pistol was being cleaned with some distraction, such as watching TV.)
http://www.thedestinlog.com/news/shooting-33132-nwfdn-deputy-knee.html
Lewiston [ID] police say no charges will be filed against a Bonner County sheriff's deputy who accidentally fired his weapon in a hotel room. The Lewiston Tribune reports the deputy was practicing techniques he'd learned in a firearms instruction class when the gun went off Monday evening at the Inn America. Police say the deputy, who has not been named, was aiming what he thought was an unloaded gun at a mirror in his room and practicing dry-firing. A round discharged, went through the mirror and into the next room, where the occupant was in the shower. Nobody was injured. The deputy told officers he neglected to check to make sure the gun wasn't loaded… (I wonder if the same courtesy would have been shown to a private citizen.)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/sep/22/no-charges-deputy-who-fired-gun-hotel/
And Rule Three, to Boot?: A police sergeant who observed his 25th-year anniversary on the police force Monday was shot in the arm by a fellow command officer during the afternoon shift change inside the Scott Park district station, authorities said. Sgt. Jeffrey Bechtel was shot in the upper right arm near the shoulder and was taken to Toledo [OH] Hospital for treatment of the nonlife-threatening injury, police Chief Mike Navarre said… The officer who fired the weapon is a female, 27-year veteran of the force. Chief Navarre declined to release her name during the investigation. "Only one shot was fired," Chief Navarre said… Chief Navarre declined to call the incident an accident pending the outcome of the investigation. "I'm not saying it was an accidental shooting," Chief Navarre said. The two police officers worked together, but the chief declined to provide details of events that preceded the shooting… (Rule Three: Keep your finger out of the trigger guard, up on the frame, until your sights are on the target and you're prepared to fire. Or is the chief suggesting that the shot may have been fired intentionally?)
http://toledoblade.com/article/20100921/NEWS16/9200432/0/OPINION02
A 14-year-old boy suffered serious injuries in an accidental shooting at a neighbor's apartment Friday afternoon, police said. The teen was sitting with a 21-year-old man in the 1200 West block of Pacific Avenue (440 South), said Salt Lake City police Sgt. Robin Snyder. The man had a handgun that accidentally went off about 1 p.m. and a shot hit the boy in the upper leg. It wasn't immediately clear who was holding the handgun when it fired, or what caused it to fire. "Something happened and it discharged, we just don't know what," Snyder said. The teen was taken to a hospital in serious condition. Police were investigating whether the 21-year-old had the gun legally, and if any charges will be filed in the case.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50349788-76/teen-accidental-police-shooting.html.csp
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NRA-ILA Alerts: List members are encouraged to read the alerts for the week, posted on the NRA-ILA website.
http://www.nraila.org/GrassrootsAlerts/read.aspx
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Tangentially Related: When Miriam Leverington, a cardiac nurse in Colorado Springs, was stopped for speeding, she grumbled to the police officer. "I hope you are not ever my patient," she reportedly told him. What happened next has become a topic of widespread debate in Colorado and on the blogosphere. The police officer, Duaine Peters, complained to the hospital where Ms. Leverington worked that her comment amounted to a threat, suggesting she might give him poor care should he ever become her patient. The hospital fired the nurse, and now the nurse has countered with a lawsuit. She says she was merely exercising her right to free speech – and expressing her hope that she never see the policeman again. The case is now being decided by a federal appeals court, but raises the question of whether nurses and health care workers should be held to a higher standard than other workers… (As a retired medical professional, it strikes me that the issue is one of making a threat of death or serious bodily injury by means of withholding or giving inappropriate medical care. That is not the same thing as calling the officer a bad name of flipping him off, actions that have been upheld in some courts.)
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/the-policeman-vs-the-nurse/
GRPC Offends Local Reporter: Do you like guns? I mean really like guns? Then throw your newspaper or computer to the floor, return your .357-caliber Sig Sauer pistol to its velvet-lined box -- or if you've got a concealed carry permit, bring it with you -- and rush over to the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in Burlingame, which this weekend is hosting "Saving Freedom," the 2010 Gun Rights Policy Conference. Have they left? OK, good. Now that the wackiest gun nuts are out of the room, let's peruse the agenda for the conference, sponsored by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and the Second Amendment Foundation. The 2010 conference is going to cover all the bases. Are you worried about gender imbalance in the world of firearms? Introduce yourself to Julianne Versnel, publisher of Women & Guns magazine, or check out "Diversity Among 'Pro-gunners,'" a panel discussion featuring Paxton Quigley, author of "Armed and Female." …
http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-county/ci_16167386?nclick_check=1
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Funds Sought for Wisconsin Open-Carry Lawsuit: Please donate to Wisconsin Carry, Inc's efforts in bringing suits against the City of Madison, Madison Police, Police Chief, and anyone else culpable (ICarry is making assumptions as to whom the defendants may be). This is for the 5 men arrested for open carrying, minding their own business. They were NOT staging anything or trying to get arrested. Some of these men are known to us personally, and we know their intentions were nothing more than to meet with one another, share a meal and conversation, and be able to exercise their fundamental right to bear arms. These open carry meet-ups are happening everywhere, and this one was no different… Wisconsin Carry, Inc. has tried to solve this diplomatically, but Madison Police Chief Noble Wray has simply declared all-out war by charging all 5 men with disorderly conduct, despite the Wisconsin Attorney General stating that open carry is not disorderly conduct and should not be prosecuted! …
http://www.ammoland.com/2010/09/24/gun-rights-lawsuit-to-madison-police-chief/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ammoland+%28AmmoLand.com%29
…Based on information gathered over the past several days here are the facts of the case: Our members had finished dinner and were outside preparing to leave when 8 Madison Police officers arrived and began to demand ID. Officers told the members that if they did not produce ID they would be arrested. 2 of the 5 declined to provide ID. Wisconsin law does NOT allow officers to demand ID from individuals who have done nothing wrong. Wisconsin law also specifically does not allow officers to arrest an individual who has done nothing wrong for merely refusing to show ID. 2 of our members were subsequently arrested and charged with obstructing. It was later learned that a 62 year old woman in the restaurant had called 911 and inquired as to whether it was legal for people to openly carry firearms. The caller indicated there was no disturbance but she was "worried". Madison Police responded, not by informing the caller that open-carry is legal, but rather sending 8 officers to respond to a peaceful situation… Madison Police DID recognize their error and rescinded the tickets for obstruction that were issued to 2 of our members. Madison Police admit in a press release those tickets were given in error. Madison Police then issued Disorderly Conduct citations to ALL 5 of our members. According to Madison Police, if ONE person is 'worried', even though there is no disturbance, your constitutional rights mean nothing. Wisconsin's Attorney General CLEARLY stated in a memo in April of 2009 that open-carry IS NOT disorderly conduct…
http://www.ammoland.com/2010/09/23/wisconsin-carry-fast-tracking-lawsuit-against-madison-police-department/
…I'm not disputing the men's right to openly carry firearms. I'm sure there's a fair argument to be made that the Second Amendment protects such behavior. And in any case, the state's top lawyer, attorney general J.B. Van Hollen, has already issued an advisory memo saying the state constitution sanctions it under many circumstances. Rather, Culver's seems like an odd choice for the armed diners. Any place advertising crinkle-cut fries and a frozen custard of the day does not seem amenable to the wearing of glocks, revolvers and Saturday night specials… So these gun lovers apparently like custard, and yes, crime can occur anywhere. But chances are remote that A) a crime will occur at a restaurant where a legal gun carrier just happens to be eating, and B) the crime will be of sufficient seriousness to risk actually firing a gun amid the diners… (I'm sure that those dining many years ago at the McDonald's in San Ysidro CA or the Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen TX also felt that the chances were remote that a crime would occur there. As John Farnam likes to quote from that old TV theme song, "when you least expect it, you're elected…")
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/chris_rickert/article_9db9e5d6-c838-11df-be29-001cc4c03286.html
Madison Richards and Samantha Noll, both 14 and high school freshmen, don't shy away from controversial subjects. They hit them head-on with a video camera in hand. This year they are turning their cameras toward the issue of the Second Amendment and the state's open carry law. "Everybody has a viewpoint," said Richards, a freshman at Horlick High School. "It's a relative issue to Racine and Wisconsin and the United States in general." It's an issue that has been in the spotlight recently, especially in Wisconsin after two men in Madison were arrested Saturday who were openly carrying firearms and then refused to provide identification when police questioned them. Members of gun rights organizations say police had no reason to suspect the men were felons and question them. This is all part of the issue the two local teens are targeting…
http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/article_37c6406a-c7cc-11df-b92e-001cc4c002e0.html
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F Troop Targets Dealers: U.S. law enforcement officials have devised an aggressive and potentially controversial new strategy to crack down on the illegal gun trade to Mexico by targeting cartel networks inside this country and "corrupt" U.S. firearms dealers, according to internal Justice Department documents obtained by NBC News… The new strategy was prepared in recent weeks by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)'s Office of Field Operations, in the wake of stinging criticism of current ATF efforts to stem the flow of weapons to the cartels by the Justice Department's inspector general… The principal thrust of the revised strategy directs that ATF agents focus on taking down the operations of high-level gun traffickers working for specific Mexican cartels rather than simply trying to arrest low-level "straw buyers," as they have often done in the past. It also calls on agents to use more sophisticated investigative methods, such as analyzing financial and telephone records, routinely used in terrorism and organized crime cases, and to work more closely with other federal agencies such as the Drug Enforcement Administration… (And what is the Mexican government doing to secure its own armories and southern and coastal borders?)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39345370/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
Click here to download the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' (and big fires, don't forget big fires) new and improved Project Gunrunner strategy, designed to stem the flow of illegal guns from the U.S. to Mexico. The document affirms one of our main themes on this story: the ATF's efforts are part of an enormous cluster-you-know-what: a farrago of federal, state, local and Mexican law enforcement agencies working disharmoniously to force cash-rich cartels to source their weapons away from the U.S. – Mexican border. Like THAT'S going to be a problem. Deep breath. Here we go . . .
http://thetruthaboutguns.com/2010/09/robert-farago/atfs-war-on-guns-revealed/
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Audio Recording Released in Controversial Washington Shooting: The Spokane County Sheriff's Office released recordings of radio traffic between Deputy Brian Hirzel and dispatchers the night of the fatal shooting at The Plant Farm in Spokane Valley… It appears deputies don't even know who the shooting victim is until Imogene Creach, Scott's wife, called 911 about her husband.
Dispatcher: 911 what are you reporting?(Granted that people may experience cognitive dissonance under stress, Mrs. Creach's 911 call seems to contradict here later statements about a pre-arranged routine that had her observing her husband's venture outside the home.)
Imogene Creach: Yes, I'm at the Plant Farm in the parking lot. My husband is not in bed I think he's out there but there were shots fired.
Dispatcher: OK and where is this at?
Imogene Creach: 14208 East 4th Avenue
Dispatcher: 14208 East 4th?
Imogene: Yes..
http://www.kxly.com/news/25092245/detail.html
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Meanwhile, in Las Vegas…: William Mosher was one of the first Metro Police officers who responded to the Summerlin Costco on July 10 after an employee called 911 to report that a man with a concealed weapon was destroying merchandise in the store and acting erratically… Mosher, describing what happened next, said he waved several citizens out of the way. Holding his gun to his chest, he told Scott to turn around; as he did so, Mosher saw the gun in Scott's waistband. Mosher said he yelled several commands. He saw that Scott's eyes looked bloodshot. He noticed that Scott appeared to be "out of it." He heard Scott say, "I have a gun." When he saw that gun "come up," the five-year Metro veteran fired two rounds. Two other officers also fired, ultimately hitting Scott with seven bullets. Five went into his back. Mosher's testimony came as part of the second day of a coroner's inquest into the death of Scott, a West Point and Duke University graduate who was working as a medical salesman… He explained how after homicide detectives responded to the scene and began investigating the officer-involved shooting, a number of items were recovered outside the store: Several shell casings, a cell phone, and a 9mm Kimber semiautomatic handgun. The handgun was still in its holster. Mosher testified that he didn't know that the gun was in its holster at the time he fired. He said he owns the same type of holster, and the gun could be "easily fired" while in its holster. He also testified that he didn't recall ordering Scott to "drop his gun." But those commands are distinctly heard on the 911 tape that was played for the jury… (This is definitely a "he said, she said" cluster. If nothing else is to be learned, I would still counsel not to move a hand in the direction of a holstered firearm, regardless of an officer's command to do so – keep your hands as high in the air as they will go and let the officer remove the gun himself, even if he wants you prone to do so.)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/sep/23/officer-deadly-shooting-says-man-pointed-gun-didnt/
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Rule One, Rule Two Reminder: A Walton County [FL] sheriff's deputy is recovering Wednesday after he accidentally shot himself in the knee Tuesday night. Sgt. Donald Lee Savage, who has been a deputy since 2005, was cleaning his department-issued Glock .40-caliber pistol in his Niceville home when the gun fired and a bullet hit his knee, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office report… The Walton County Sheriff's Office has opened up an internal investigation into the shooting. Fountain said officials will check to make sure no policies were violated by Savage. "Right now, it appears that it was an accidental discharge of a weapon and that's all," Fountain said… (Rule One: All firearms are always loaded. Rule Two: Don't let the muzzle cross anything you're not prepared to shoot. It would appear that the basic safety rules are not considered to be incorporated into department policy in Walton County. This is an all too common occurrence with Glocks and other pistols that require that the trigger be pressed in order to remove the slide from the frame. The sergeant is lucky not to have perforated his femoral artery, as others have done – a wound that is almost always fatal. I have to wonder is the pistol was being cleaned with some distraction, such as watching TV.)
http://www.thedestinlog.com/news/shooting-33132-nwfdn-deputy-knee.html
Lewiston [ID] police say no charges will be filed against a Bonner County sheriff's deputy who accidentally fired his weapon in a hotel room. The Lewiston Tribune reports the deputy was practicing techniques he'd learned in a firearms instruction class when the gun went off Monday evening at the Inn America. Police say the deputy, who has not been named, was aiming what he thought was an unloaded gun at a mirror in his room and practicing dry-firing. A round discharged, went through the mirror and into the next room, where the occupant was in the shower. Nobody was injured. The deputy told officers he neglected to check to make sure the gun wasn't loaded… (I wonder if the same courtesy would have been shown to a private citizen.)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/sep/22/no-charges-deputy-who-fired-gun-hotel/
And Rule Three, to Boot?: A police sergeant who observed his 25th-year anniversary on the police force Monday was shot in the arm by a fellow command officer during the afternoon shift change inside the Scott Park district station, authorities said. Sgt. Jeffrey Bechtel was shot in the upper right arm near the shoulder and was taken to Toledo [OH] Hospital for treatment of the nonlife-threatening injury, police Chief Mike Navarre said… The officer who fired the weapon is a female, 27-year veteran of the force. Chief Navarre declined to release her name during the investigation. "Only one shot was fired," Chief Navarre said… Chief Navarre declined to call the incident an accident pending the outcome of the investigation. "I'm not saying it was an accidental shooting," Chief Navarre said. The two police officers worked together, but the chief declined to provide details of events that preceded the shooting… (Rule Three: Keep your finger out of the trigger guard, up on the frame, until your sights are on the target and you're prepared to fire. Or is the chief suggesting that the shot may have been fired intentionally?)
http://toledoblade.com/article/20100921/NEWS16/9200432/0/OPINION02
A 14-year-old boy suffered serious injuries in an accidental shooting at a neighbor's apartment Friday afternoon, police said. The teen was sitting with a 21-year-old man in the 1200 West block of Pacific Avenue (440 South), said Salt Lake City police Sgt. Robin Snyder. The man had a handgun that accidentally went off about 1 p.m. and a shot hit the boy in the upper leg. It wasn't immediately clear who was holding the handgun when it fired, or what caused it to fire. "Something happened and it discharged, we just don't know what," Snyder said. The teen was taken to a hospital in serious condition. Police were investigating whether the 21-year-old had the gun legally, and if any charges will be filed in the case.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50349788-76/teen-accidental-police-shooting.html.csp
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NRA-ILA Alerts: List members are encouraged to read the alerts for the week, posted on the NRA-ILA website.
http://www.nraila.org/GrassrootsAlerts/read.aspx
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Tangentially Related: When Miriam Leverington, a cardiac nurse in Colorado Springs, was stopped for speeding, she grumbled to the police officer. "I hope you are not ever my patient," she reportedly told him. What happened next has become a topic of widespread debate in Colorado and on the blogosphere. The police officer, Duaine Peters, complained to the hospital where Ms. Leverington worked that her comment amounted to a threat, suggesting she might give him poor care should he ever become her patient. The hospital fired the nurse, and now the nurse has countered with a lawsuit. She says she was merely exercising her right to free speech – and expressing her hope that she never see the policeman again. The case is now being decided by a federal appeals court, but raises the question of whether nurses and health care workers should be held to a higher standard than other workers… (As a retired medical professional, it strikes me that the issue is one of making a threat of death or serious bodily injury by means of withholding or giving inappropriate medical care. That is not the same thing as calling the officer a bad name of flipping him off, actions that have been upheld in some courts.)
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/the-policeman-vs-the-nurse/
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