Snazy

With a twist this time.....

BBC NEWS | England | London | Policeman injured in gun accident

scoobynewbie72

iTrader: (1)

Heard this earlier, wtf was he doing with it for it to "go off"

Snazy

Safety off, and caught on something.....
Thats a pretty messed up series of events!

Good thing it was himself he shot eh!

Odds on

The investigation being in to who gave this numpty a fire arm.

Simon 69

WTF was he doing climbing into a vehicle with a hot weapon? It doesnt say whether the weapon was a pistol or a carbine but either way, he is a fool.

john_s

iTrader: (1)

Not a mistake he'll make again in a hurry... assuming of course that he is allowed back to firearm duties.

fatherpierre

The things people do to get lots of paid time off

Snazy

lol what are you suggesting
I guess he will get paid for it, but its one of those things, if it turns out to be his error (which I cant see it being anything but..) You would kinda hope he got SSP instead!

Tis scary though that it was in that state!

billythekid

Probably a H&K MPx, safety is on the left side so most of the time its near the body and can easily be caught and put into fire. This happened to a friend of mine and he took it in the left foot.. and he was not a muppet - these things can happen no matter how good your drills are.

If it was a pistol in a holster it could have been a genuine malfunction.

Either way the cop is going to be in rather hot water...

Leslie

I reckon they are a bit like the Ghurka's. If they draw the Kukri it does not go back in the holster without blood on it! Poor De Menezes found that out the hard way.

Les