Man shoots himself -- When Concealed keep your finger off the trigger.

[JPG55]

News Flash reported by WNEM TV 5 - Saginaw MI., and Detroit Freep

Police:Man moves Glock, shoots self in private part.

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Sorry I can't give you the full link.
Your going to have to search in Local News for "Police: Man moves Glock"
There is a word that the system won't except. (It's a private part)

If your going to wear your firearm to work, you better make sure it's safe before you start crawling around!

For sure this is going to leave a mark.

Be Safe out there!

 

[hogdoc357]

I read it. OUCH! Was he carrying it in a Smart Carry?
Maybe he should get a double action revolver. Not so touchy.

 

[kelcarry]

Dumb happens. It does help the gene pool at times

 

[Shoobee]

Shooting yourself in the ***** is a proper punishment for buying a glock.

 

[eagleeyes]

a good holster and a tight trigger are paramount for carrying safe imo as well many other safety practices.....
sad story and another reason folks should reconsider how they carry and where the muzzle is aiming at all times

 

[SGB]

Odds are he chose poorly when it came to holsters, or lack of.

 

[cluznar]

Yahooooooooo that man needs a good holster and a gun with a safety. If only there was a way of telling who the dumb people are when you sell people a gun. You could make sure you sell them something with a safety and a holster.
WHY do people be so dumb as to stick a gun with no safety in their pants? Knowing the gun had no safety one would think he would be very careful.

 

[Tommy Moon]

It still boggles my mind how many people spout off about Glocks not having a safety. They have 3 safeties, all of which are perfectly good. A poor holster choice is probably the culprit here. This could happen with any gun; this time it just happened to be a Glock. Do some research, fellas. I'm not a Glock fanboy, but I am a fan of accurate information.

 

[ecolive]

@Tommy Moon Thanks for writing the record with the proper information. I was about to do the same. Glocks have 3 safeties... But the most important safety is someone's brain. Whoever carries a Glock (or any gun for this matter) without the proper holster covering the trigger is not making the right choices...
I am sorry for the poor man though...

 

[GaPatriot]

This is a serious condition known as explosivecastritis. The main culprit of this condition is when the patient allows his trigger finger, or other smaller objects(no pun intended)to get into the trigger housing of the firearm he is placing in his pants. The prevention of this condition is very easy,and simple. Mainly,keep the fingers away from the trigger. If other objects are so small that they may inadvertantly get into the trigger housing(again,no pun intended,well,maybe a little),find another location for the firearm. There are some nice prevention devices out there,they are called "holsters". Many of them actually cover the trigger to prevent this serious condition. But even then,anyone who is exposed to this risk,must take the precaution of keeping the trigger finger,or anything else out of the trigger housing. After all,there are rules to this condition. They are;keep the finger off the trigger until you are ready to fire,and don't aim at anything you are not willing to destroy. Very important to remember.

 

[wdh280]

Glock's has 3 safties here they are. TRIGGER SAFETY As the first of the three Glock “Safe Action” safety features, the trigger safety prevents inadvertent firing by lateral forces on the trigger. Releasing the trigger will automatically reactivate the safety.

FIRING PIN SAFETY The Glock firing pin safety is a solid hardened steel pin which, in the secured state, blocks the firing pin channel, rendering the igniting of a chambered cartridge by the firing pin impossible. The firing pin safety is only pushed upward to release the firing pin for firing when the trigger is pulled and the safety is pushed up through the backward movement of the trigger bar. Releasing the trigger will automatically reactivate the firing pin safety.

DROP SAFETY In the line of duty it may happen that a loaded pistol is dropped on the floor. Contrary to conventional pistols, the Glock drop safety prevents unintentional firing of a shot through hard impact. When the trigger is pulled, the trigger bar is guided in a precision safety ramp. The trigger bar is deflected from this ramp only in the moment the shot is triggered.

 

[Shoobee]

Yup, even with all these built in safeties, glocks are so cheap that none of them works.

Did I mention they are cheap?!

 

[Firefighterchen]

Yup, even with all these built in safeties, glocks are so cheap that none of them works.

Did I mention they are cheap?!

Man..more and more of these quotes...it keeps getting better.

Yes everyone, none (0 out of 2.5 million) of them around the world work.

Wow...what a load of crap.

 

[wolf_fire]

News Flash reported by WNEM TV 5 - Saginaw MI., and Detroit Freep

Police:Man moves Glock, shoots self in private part.

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Sorry I can't give you the full link.
Your going to have to search in Local News for "Police: Man moves Glock"
There is a word that the system won't except. (It's a private part)

If your going to wear your firearm to work, you better make sure it's safe before you start crawling around!

For sure this is going to leave a mark.

Be Safe out there!

It reports he had a Glock .40 caliber weapon. I have such a weapon; it's a G23. There are three safeties with that firearm: a drop safety, a firing pin safety, and a trigger safety. The way the trigger safety works is that there is a "trigger" within the trigger that has to be depressed first in order for you to squeeze the actual trigger. This is done so that an accidental side swipe of the trigger doesn't set it off. Therefore this person had to actually have his finger inside the trigger guard and on the trigger for this particular gun to go off.

That brings up another issue. The four cardinal rules of safely handling a firearm:

1) All guns are always loaded (This gentleman sure found that out the hard way... ummm, or not so hard anymore :sarcastic: )
2) Do not cross over or point at anything you are not willing to destroy (If he wanted to destroy that... wow, might want to seek psychiatric treatment as well as surgical)
3) Keep your finger off the trigger and outside the trigger guard on the frame at register until you are on target and have made the conscious decision to fire (enough said here)
4) Be sure of your target and what is near and beyond (you've got to be kidding me if he didn't know what was near)

I don't ever agree that there is such a thing as an accidental discharge with a firearm. You either consciously did not follow the rules of safe firearm handling or you did follow the rules. This man obviously did not follow them.

 

[wolf_fire]

Yup, even with all these built in safeties, glocks are so cheap that none of them works.

Did I mention they are cheap?!

I've never had a malfunction with my Glock (thousands of rounds through mine). It has worked every time I have wanted it to work and it has never went off unless I wanted it to go off. There is a reason why the Glock is the preferred weapon of LE in this country and one of (if not the) most sold firearm in the world. It is NOT a target pistol and it does not claim to be. It is a rugged, work in just about any condition firearm. As one instructor put it, "It's the AK-47 of the handgun world, you can carry it through mud, sand, snow and it will work... period".

Is it my favorite gun to shoot at the firing range... no, but it is the one that I bet my life on and therefore I will train with it more than my other firearms.

 

[wolf_fire]

Yahooooooooo that man needs a good holster and a gun with a safety. If only there was a way of telling who the dumb people are when you sell people a gun. You could make sure you sell them something with a safety and a holster.
WHY do people be so dumb as to stick a gun with no safety in their pants? Knowing the gun had no safety one would think he would be very careful.

Do your research, Glocks have three safety systems: firing pin safety, drop safety, and a trigger safety. That's more than most firearms.

 

[CDR_Glock]

The key to handling a concealed carry pistol is using a HOLSTER (not a Clip Draw or Mexican Carry Style) that protects the trigger guard. I carry Revolvers, Single action pistols, or Glocks. He obviously did not take the proper precautions to ensure his safety. However, he wins the Darwin Award since his "Member"-ship is likely expired. Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha

Glocks work, fine enough for me and a few million others. I'm no Glock-Only shooter, and Glocks are only a small fraction of my pistols. I do stick with my Gen3 models which do go BANG every single time. I AM skeptical of Gen4 hence my hesitation to "downgrade" to new and improved pistols.

I doubt that ANYBODY will volunteer to stand in front of my Glock muzzle to back up the CLAIM that they don't work. Now, with my now sold off POS Diamondback DB9, a person had better odds (1 in 3) that it would jam.

 

[rdm6680]

Yahooooooooo that man needs a good holster and a gun with a safety. If only there was a way of telling who the dumb people are when you sell people a gun. You could make sure you sell them something with a safety and a holster.
WHY do people be so dumb as to stick a gun with no safety in their pants? Knowing the gun had no safety one would think he would be very careful.

Glocks have safeties.

 

[Dan Cox]

No manual safety against negligent discharge, due to accidental trigger contact by finger or other like object... simply do not keep a round in the chamber. Better SAFE, than having no P- SHOOTER! The ability to shoot in 1. 5 seconds is great, but not if you no longer can call yourself Male. Double action S&W 638 Revolver is a good choice too

 

[anvil6]

Keep your bogger-hooks (and anything else that might act like one) OFF THE BANG-STICK while reholstering!!

Quite possibly the Glock had "unholstered" itself partially while the worker was crawling around and - just like he'd done many times before - he grabbed it and shoved it back into the holster. Except that SOMETHING WENT WRONG. If he had his finger inside the trigger guard, he should have felt contact with the edge of the holster on the back of his finger - but considering the pain that came a split second later I'd not expect him to remember it.

Thankfully he's survived - shorter but wiser.