Dating mishaps

The story mentions him monkeying with the safety. There is a small chance that there was indeed a mechanical malfunction; I've had the trigger assembly on a rifle malfunction such that the thing fired when the safety was turned off. He MIGHT be telling the truth about not pulling the trigger...but I sure wouldn't bet on it. There's still no excuse for him pointing a loaded & chambered gun at his own knee, AND no excuse for flicking the safety off when not planning on firing.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Glenn E. Meyer:

Barnes then tried to expel the bullet from the gun, but the mechanism did not work
and the hammer went into firing position. He tried to engage a safety mechanism --
but the gun fired.
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He did expel "the bullet" from the gun. Nothing wrong with the firearm. :D

Lemme get this straight - doofus has a live round in the chamber and racks the slide in an attempt to eject it. The act of racking the slide cocks the hammer. The weapon is now cocked and (my guess) unlocked. He attempts to use the safety actuated de-cock "feature" and has an AD. Why not GENTLY lower the hammer by hand??! I wonder if this was a Beretta. :)

I'm sure the woman wants a second date - "He is a lovely man. He makes me laugh!"

Cliff
 
Humm, could it be the lady likes to see people in pain? ""Sure, I'll go out with you again. Will you shoot yourself for me again?"

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Fighter Pilot: stick forward - ground gets big; stick back - ground get small. :)

"Drinkin'? No problem. I get drunk, I fall down. No problem.".... :confused:...!!
 
Zensho's tips for us CCW dudes who are in circulation: Don't tell 'em for a long time. There'll be enough time for that when things get going (preferably after sexual compatabilty has been established :D ) As posted above handling alcahol and guns simultaneously is not advised.
 
It was not some careless,idiotic, 4th of July
stupid thing that happen" said Barnes,39.

Then what was it Barnes?????? Skill?

This clown ought to be a poster boy for
" Don't play with GUNS"!!!!!
 
So he's an officer. That explains a lot. We had a kid on my first ship that was an expert shot. We discovered this one day when we went to the Marine barracks for a "ribbon shoot." The Gunny was absolutely amazed at Paul's level of proficiency and went over to ask him who taught him to shoot like that. Poor Paul thought he was in trouble and sort of hemmed and hawed, then finally said, "Nobody." Puzzled, the Gunny said, "Well, you learned that somewhere. Where?" sheepishly, he finally responded, "From watching Miami Vice." After picking his jaw back up the Gunny just said not to change anything, and carry on. Paul was one of those rarities, a natural shot, and he could shoot anything you gave him. Anyway, the point of this little story (there is one, honest) is that whenever we had weapons qualifications the Gunners Mate Chief would always keep Paul nearby. Whenever we got an officer who tried to blame his poor performance on the gun (always at least one) GMC would call Paul over and give him a fresh mag and one of those beat-to-death .45s that the officer had just shot for him to "test" it. Invariably he'd put 7 rounds in about 2" at 15 yards, at which point we'd ask the nice officer if he'd like to try again, or just accept the current score. (They usually allowed as how maybe they were having an "off" day.) :D

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"An armed society is a polite society."
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"Power corrupts. Absolute power - is kinda cool!"
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[This message has been edited by mk86fcc (edited July 06, 2000).]
 
Yep, drinking wine, then he's gonna instruct her....he muffs it, knows he has a live round and still the muzzle points to his leg. Putz!

Lessee, on the second date, he'll take her flying and demonstrate that "pilot error" is over-estimated. Putz

Here on the ranch we have the "one hour rule".....ya have one beer...no guns for an hour. 2 beers...2 hours....3 beers....guns are locked up til tomorrow

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[This message has been edited by DC (edited July 06, 2000).]
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Anyway, I was hoping this post would address how you guys out there find gals willing to go out with armed guys in the first place. I always am open with the ladies about being armed and that's the end of the relationship right then and there. [/quote]

My female reaction to this post: "Am I that unusual? I'd rather hang out with someone who could protect me than with someone who could not. ... Hmmmmm."

But then, I'm off the market. :)

pax

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[This message has been edited by pax (edited July 06, 2000).]
 
Drinking and guns don't mix.

If he's been handling guns since childhood I'm sure he's heard that before.
 
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