Student Injured by Accidental Discharge of Police Weapon at School

[tim87tr]

I'm for the armed qualified school security guards but add this to the list of reasons parents home school. There's been a lot of reasons the last few years.

 

[Denny347]

abolish qualified immunity but it is always time to abolish QI.

Easy for you to sit there and say.

 

[Denny347]

This caught my eye in the news article. Either Vermillion County still packs 6-shooters, or Brandyn and Dana don't know a Colt-Walker from a Yeet Cannon.

“They were going through scenarios today about how to deal with a bad guy,” Indiana State Police Sgt. Matt Ames said. According to Ames, that was when the class instructor accidentally discharged his service revolver.

Police ID deputy in Vermillion school weapon discharge

VERMILLION COUNTY, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — A South Vermillion High School student was shot and injured after what’s being called an accidental discharge of a firearm by a law enforcement officer. …

fox59.com

It's an old school term like saying "album" when new music is released.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Easy for you to sit there and say.

Lol, I can say it standing up too.

 

[Trapper Jim]

Why was there live ammo in a classroom setting?
Even the biggest of idiots know this is verboten.

Maybe he thought it was a blue gun.

 

[jlw]

This was a Sheriff's Deputy.

Time to get the police out of schools AND abolish qualified immunity but it is always time to abolish QI.

Please explain how qualified immunity would apply to such an incident.

Please include the legal standards as defined by the courts.

 

[KellyinAvon]

It's an old school term like saying "album" when new music is released.

Album as a generic term for group of songs released at the same time no matter what media it is on? I can go with that. I had the classic Bob Seger double live album Live Bullet on 8-Track, cassette, and CD. Also on vinyl

Revolver as a generic term for handgun? Unless it has the spinny bullet thingee I can't go there because it ain't a revolver. Can't call a derringer a revolver, or a revolver a Glock as a generic term either.

Now The Beatles album Revolver...

 

[KellyinAvon]

Maybe he thought it was a blue gun.

According to the story it was a revolver. Maybe a S&W Model 19 (a blued gun.)

 

[bgcatty]

Negligent discharge should result in no question of liability for damages in this case. Just ask one of those attorneys that advertise regularly on TV. LOL!

 

[pmbiker]

So he had a ND with a 10 pound trigger on a double-action revolver?!?

That's a pile of negligence right thar.

 

[BigRed]

Some are injured by a negligent discharge.

I was conceived by one.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Some are injured by a negligent discharge.

I was conceived by one.

I was conceived by trickery. Mom poked a hole in Dad's condom... true story!

 

[Mij]

Whatever the circumstances or equipment this is one situation that should “never” happen, and in my opinion is undefendable/indefensible.

 

[hoosiersasquatch]

How does an accidental discharge happen unless the firearm is removed from the holster?

 

[jlw]

According to the story it was a revolver. Maybe a S&W Model 19 (a blued gun.)

It’s not an uncommon mistake for reporters (and screen writers) to wrongly refer to any service weapon as a “service revolver”. It’s ignorance, not malice.

 

[KellyinAvon]

It’s not an uncommon mistake for reporters (and screen writers) to wrongly refer to any service weapon as a “service revolver”. It’s ignorance, not malice.

I know, but if we don't call it out, how will they learn? Additionally, this is the Internet. It's what we do here.

 

[Creedmoor]

Some are injured by a negligent discharge.

I was conceived by one.

You and my youngest sister.

 

[Nazgul]

Yeah, wife was nursing daughter #2 asking if I wanted another one. We had a 45 minute discussion with me trying to explain that I wanted to wait a little while until she told me it was already too late!! Enter daughter #3.....

Don

 

[ECS686]

Back on topic. We (as a firearms training community LE or civilian should all do better. Just a couple years ago another tragic mishap in the civilian sector paralyzed a man so it’s both civilian and LE)

But the most troubling thing for me from talking to some close to this is the amount of folks that seem to be brushing this off.

It could have easily resulted in this!

Charges Filed After Man Left Paralyzed in Training Facility Shooting

Police say one man has been charged after shooting another man in the neck during a training session at Threat Assessment Tactical Solutions (T.A.T.S.) in Stroudsburg.

www.pahomepage.com

 

[Trapper Jim]

Back on topic. We (as a firearms training community LE or civilian should all do better. Just a couple years ago another tragic mishap in the civilian sector paralyzed a man so it’s both civilian and LE)

But the most troubling thing for me from talking to some close to this is the amount of folks that seem to be brushing this off.

It could have easily resulted in this!

Charges Filed After Man Left Paralyzed in Training Facility Shooting

Police say one man has been charged after shooting another man in the neck during a training session at Threat Assessment Tactical Solutions (T.A.T.S.) in Stroudsburg.

www.pahomepage.com

Yep. Been preaching this along time. Don’t forget, these are so called professional gun owners. In reality, many gun owners are satisfied with what they don’t know. Many are too scared to test their skill set (gun handling) with a complete eval. That requires work and responsibilities.