Man shoots himself holstering gun...

Jim Puke · Jun 18, 2014

This guy figured out how to put some lead in his "pencil"...OUCH!

http://www.13wmaz.com/story/news/local/macon/2014/06/16/crime-reports-macon-june-16/10631943/

Tweety Bird · Jun 18, 2014

They say that re-holstering your "gun" is the most dangerous thing you can do with your pants on.

sebtool · Jun 19, 2014

He did it with a .45, AND HE DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE TILL HE GOT TO HIS BUDDY'S HOUSE????? :shock:

Must have just been a flesh wound... :roll:

FlyerTom · Jun 19, 2014

I had just started to undress from my 0400-0800 quarterdeck watch when the Messenger Of The Watch came below to tell me, "Ya gotta come up and relieve Furze. He just shot the O.D."
When being relieved, the outgoing watch unloads the .45 pistol, places the magazines on the quarterdeck desk, and is then free to leave. The oncoming watch enters into the log, the pistol's serial number and the number of rounds that he receives. The lad in question placed the loaded magazine into the gun, closed the slide, and while placing the gun into the holster, pulled the trigger. The emerging bullet missed his leg, but hit the deck, dislodging a chunk of non-skid paint, which struck the Officer of the Deck over the left eye, causing profuse bleeding.
Furze was removed, never to be seen again.
And I got to stand two watches, with a raggedy holster and 14 rounds of ammunition.

jimbo1096 · Jun 19, 2014

When I lived in Coronado we had one of our illustrous LEOs discharge his 45 1911 through his left buttcheek. He was off duty and carrying the 1911 supposedly 'cocked and locked' behind his back with a IWB. While shopping at the local Safeway grocery he felt the gun slip, and when he reached back to readjust the holster he somehow pulled the trigger and the bullet made a nice hole through the fleshy part of the butt. There was also a chip in the paint and concrete floor that we took a marker and wrote his initial and date with "did this" that was there for several years as a reminder.