Its not really funny,but Ive heard of men just shooting the breeze..

[Yaps]

http://www.ksat.com/news/4401642/detail.html?subid=22100443&qs=1;bp=t

Gun Goes Off While SAPD Officer Goes To Bathroom

POSTED: 9:44 am CDT April 21, 2005

SAN ANTONIO -- An off-duty San Antonio police officer had a bad day off Wednesday when his service revolver went off in a public restroom.

Officer Craig Clancy was attending an auto auction in the 2000 block of Ackerman Road when he decided to go to the bathroom.

According to police spokesman Gabe Trevino, when Clancy dropped his pants, the gun started to fall.

As Clancy tried to stop the gun from hitting the ground, his finger entered the trigger guard, which cause the weapon to go off -- twice, Trevino said.

The first bullet went through the wall of the stall and through the pants of a man, grazing his leg, Trevino said.

The man was transported to a hospital for treatment.

Police internal affairs is investigating

 

[geebee]

http://www.ksat.com/news/4401642/detail.html?subid=22100443&qs=1;bp=t

Gun Goes Off While SAPD Officer Goes To Bathroom

.........The first bullet went through the wall of the stall and through the pants of a man, grazing his leg, Trevino said............

Geesh - is no place safe anymore?

 

[Ross]

I wouldn't buy the story for the world. Weapons have safeties, why was his not engaged? Sounds to me like someone playing around and needs to be fired.

 

[Yaps]

this is true hmmm

this is true hmmm

wonder if he was drinking or such? Glad no where near me.. wow..

 

[ShezaGirlie]

That's why....

That's why....

One doesn't mess with the SAPD..

And hey, this is Texas after all -- Officer Clancy probably had a huge Mexican dinner with a few Margaritas and was "paying" for it..

It was on the news last night Ross....true story. It's "Fiesta Week" and everybody is forgiven for everything.

 

[Barry]

Ross, not all handguns have safeties. No revolvers have them. But handguns without safeties are those that require a rather long and deliberate pull on the trigger to make the weapon fire, something that's pretty near impossible to do accidentally.

Single-action semiauto handguns have safeties, but carrying one cocked and locked with a round in the chamber with the safety off is a very dangerous and very stupid thing to do. Anyone with even minimal handgun proficiency knows that, and that certainly would include someone who's a cop.

That said... I'm not going for it either. Perhaps some freak circumstance could explain the first shot. But for the weapon to fire a second time means that the trigger was then released, and then pulled a second time.

 

[ShezaGirlie]

Bomb's away...

Bomb's away...

Good one Pam...

He must have really had to go to pull his pants off like that and drop his weapon!

 

[Ross]

I gotta pretty good idea what he was doing in that stall and I bet it didn't have a thing to do with honest relief.

Barry I own a Smith and Wesson Combat model 19. There is no way the hammer is getting accidentally pulled back nor the trigger released without about 3 lbs of pull on the trigger. Wonder who was in the stall with him?

 

[Barry]

...Barry I own a Smith and Wesson Combat model 19. There is no way the hammer is getting accidentally pulled back nor the trigger released without about 3 lbs of pull on the trigger. Wonder who was in the stall with him?

Congratulations on your fine taste in firearms. That's one of the finest revolvers ever made.

Yep, something in that stall smells.

The second shot remains a real puzzle to me, I can think of no explanation for it, neither accidental nor foolhardy.


PS Love the hat! Do you and Pope Benedict XVI exchange fashion hints?

 

[Harpoon]

Ok, set aside the safety issue, how'd he manage to discharge TWO rounds simply by trying to catch the gun in his hands????


However, this story came from a website of a San Antonio television station, an ABC affiliate.

Chances are the story is legitimate, at least the report is, if not the officer's story on what had happened and why....

 

[Harpoon]

By the way, you gotta have a REAL good reason to fire off two rounds from within a toilet stall... That's pretty close quarters for shooting at someone or something.

 

[Barry]

Ok, set aside the safety issue, how'd he manage to discharge TWO rounds simply by trying to catch the gun in his hands????

Not possible. To fire two rounds (unless you happen to be carrying a submachine gun), you've got to release the trigger after the first shot and then pull the trigger a second time. That's the part of this story that makes no sense whatsoever.

 

[ShezaGirlie]

Girlfriend Pam is at it again....

OK -- Barry, Ross, Harpoon..and all other inquiring minds, here's the e-mail address for the SAPD person who will answer as to exactly what happened.. [email protected] Y'all let us know what you find out.

 

[gadgetman]

Not possible. To fire two rounds (unless you happen to be carrying a submachine gun), you've got to release the trigger after the first shot and then pull the trigger a second time. That's the part of this story that makes no sense whatsoever.

Depends on if the guy had a "trigger job" done to the weapon or not. When we shot Silhouette one rule we had was a minimum 2 and 1/2 pound trigger pull and the firearm would not go off by accident. We had to reject many a pistol that would dry fire with just a bump on the weapon. Most Silhouette pistols allowed adjustment to trigger pull pressure but you could get a good gunsmith to "doctor" most any trigger, some to the point of illegal. If that was the case, the guy was lucky it didn't spin around after the first round and get him with the second. We had one fellow on the line that "redoctored" his trigger pull after inspection. He was shooting from the position where you lay on your back and rest the pistol on your leg to shoot. As he was lowering the pistol to his leg (and his finger was OFF the trigger) it went off, putting a 7mm hole in the roof of our firing line. As he was right in front of the booth where I was sitting keeping time I'm glad it went forward. It was also lucky that the pistol was a single shot bolt action because the recoil propelled the pistol back over the shooters head almost to my booth (yes, he let go).

May God Bless,

Danny

 

[Barry]

Depends on if the guy had a "trigger job" done to the weapon or not...

Find it heartening that there are a few gun nuts on these boards.

You're right, though. A botched trigger job could result in the weapon doubling. Usually the result of a botched "home gunsmithing" job. If that's the case, this guy could be in much more trouble than he'd bargained for: A weapon that consistently doubles is considered to be full-auto by the Feds, and illegal possession of a full-auto weapon can buy you some time in Club Fed.

 

[gadgetman]

Depends on if the guy had a "trigger job" done to the weapon or not.

HeHe!!!! Now, are we talking about his gun or his "gun?"

Well, if you put much on what you read about MEN, then "early firing" seems to be a problem . Maybe we (i.e. Men) need a reverse "trigger job" down there . How these threads take on a life of their own .

 

[Yaps]

Oh my..heheee what have I started.. "gun shoots early "

 

[Barry]

... What did he do when it went off? Jump up?

Well, I know what I would do if I had a handgun go off accidentally twice in a row. And a toilet stall would be the proper place to do it.


The double-entendres in this thread are reminiscent of the chant that the DI would impose upon anyone who unfortunately referred to his weapon as a gun. With your rifle in one hand and your other hand on your privates you'd march up and down the barracks chanting, "This is my weapon, this is my gun. This is for fighting, this is for fun."

To this day I still refer to a firearm as a weapon.

 

[Rain]

I gotta pretty good idea what he was doing in that stall and I bet it didn't have a thing to do with honest relief.

I haven't figured it out yet.....