Man at grocery store, reaches to unbuckle his seat belt, shoots himself in hip instead (handguns, rifle)

[Snort]

Just goes to show that buckling up can be dangerous too.

[hotair2]

Originally Posted by hammertime33

Actually, I think the overwhelming majority of people generally don't carry a handgun around with them - round in the chamber or not.

I think that is probably true.

[hammertime33]

Originally Posted by hotair2

I think that is probably true.

Undoubtedly. Of the roughly 250 adult Americans, how many do you think will strap a handgun to his or her body sometime in the next 24 hours?

[AONE]

Goes to show those seat belts can come from the wrong side of the tracks.... Beware!

[Dane_in_LA]

Originally Posted by outbacknv

The overwhelming majority of those that carry do so with a round in the chamber.

Really? Can't say I'm surprised per se, but it does strike me as a bit, I dunno - tactical.

[lifelongMOgal]

Originally Posted by Dane_in_LA

Really? Can't say I'm surprised per se, but it does strike me as a bit, I dunno - tactical.

I think you misuse the word tactical. Maybe things are different in Europe and y'all carry on an empty chamber. Keeping one's bugger hook off the bang switch usually keeps such things from happening. However, a poor holster design, which came to mind when I read the article as it's button could have been confused by the now deceased for the seatbelt button, could have been the instigator in the discharge that claimed his life. This is an educated guess on my part since the story did not metion any holster specifically. A significant number of LE academies have banned the holster I mentioned for the same reason.

Tragic. Severing of the femoral artery is often most unforgiving. Thoughts and prayers to his surviving family.

[Glitch]

Originally Posted by lifelongMOgal

I think you misuse the word tactical. Maybe things are different in Europe and y'all carry on an empty chamber. Keeping one's bugger hook off the bang switch usually keeps such things from happening. However, a poor holster design, which came to mind when I read the article as it's button could have been confused by the now deceased for the seatbelt button, could have been the instigator in the discharge that claimed his life. This is an educated guess on my part since the story did not metion any holster specifically. A significant number of LE academies have banned the holster I mentioned for the same reason.

Tragic. Severing of the femoral artery is often most unforgiving. Thoughts and prayers to his surviving family.

I am not buying the story that he was fastening or unfastening his seat-beat and accidentally pulled the trigger. The two mechanisms feel nothing alike. It would also depend on whether he was in the driver's seat or in the passenger's seat, and which hand he was.

I would be willing to bet that he was deliberately playing with his Glock and it accidentally went off. It takes a couple pounds of force to pull a trigger when the hammer has not been cocked already.

Considering it was .40 caliber Glock, I am not in the least bit surprised it took out his femoral artery. It probably blew off half his leg.

[SHABAZZ310]

Originally Posted by lifelongMOgal

words to live by



Hope that wasn't a malfunction by a poor holster design like the Blackhawk Serpa.

That's just why when I carry my Glock I don't keep a round chambered. You only need to have one in the chamber if you're about to go into action or you're on duty...

[SHABAZZ310]

Originally Posted by Toyman at Jewel Lake

A 1911 vs Glock discussion makes for controversey. BTW, I picked the 1911 for the same reason. I grew up on rifles, I like a conventional safety and single action trigger.

I have both a Glock 40 & a 1911. I can say hands down the Glock out performs any 1911 on the market.

[ovcatto]

Originally Posted by Glitch

I am not buying the story that he was fastening or unfastening his seat-beat and accidentally pulled the trigger.

I'm with you. I'm sitting at my desk trying to figure out how to get my Glock to point at the interior portion of my thigh which is where the femoral artery runs out of the pelvis



and no matter how I position the gun on my hip, inside or outside of my pants, the gun always points towards my butt...

Of course if he was carrying the gun unholstered in his waistband in the front of his pants, the gun would be pointed directly at the area of the femoral artery, but the question is how would he have pulled the trigger unless the gun was outside of his shirt??