Re: Police Firearms Incident
Date: 31 May 2007 at 21:06
> So some civilian worker is shot during Firearms awareness training.
> Was He/She/It handling a Firearm without the necessary authority?
> Was the Range Safety Officer present?
> Etc.
> No doubt the inquiry shall let us all know.
> I recall a child wounded in the ankle back in the early eighties from a
> Firearm discharged at Bisley Camp (child was in a playground some
> considerable distance away)- the suspected firearm was a 9mm pistol in use
> at a Police Practical competition. However a seperate incident to the
> Policeman shooting himself in the calf/foot by discharging a pistol whilst
> romoving it 'cocked and ready' from the holster. Also a seperate incident
> from the police response unit that left the sliding door of a transit open
> - so spilling weapons onto a public road without the knowledge of the team
> responsible at the time!
> Maybe the creeping menace of firearms in police use should be addressed
> before more tragedies unfold.
Anyone would think you're jealous that us mere mortals aren't allowed handguns any more -- I did enjoy going to the range in Abingdon all those years ago...
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Troller — 31 May 2007 at 21:06