Anybody ever dropped A gun?

[Big country]

Been told to throw down my weapon.

Okay I'll bite, why did you get told to throw down you're weapon?

 

[dadoo]

don't catch it!

I used to work in restaurants as a chef, and one of the lessons I learned early was if a knife falls, NEVER try to catch it. Just pull your hand back, and get your feet out of the way. If it breaks when it falls, then it breaks; but your fingers remain attached!

Haven't dropped a gun yet, and I'm getting over the scratches that it inevitably will get.

 

[Big country]

Yeah I don't catch knifes when they fall and just out of reflex I guess I reached down and grabbed that pistol.

 

[DCortez]

Okay I'll bite, why did you get told to throw down you're weapon?

Family Reunion?

 

[GI-John]

prevents the gun from being fired unless the trigger is pulled; therefore, it is a safety.

thats sounds like just a trigger. However, these are just both our opinions.

 

[baboon]

Okay I'll bite, why did you get told to throw down you're weapon?

Got busted a few years back over shit that didn't happen. Lying POS cop said I pointed a gun at him,when it was my cell phone in my hand. Cost the money I had saved up to hunt lion. Funny how one cop can **** it up for the rest of them. Aint got much use for cops I didn't know personally before this.

 

[Big country]

Yea that does suck! If it would have F$%& my chance to hunt Africa let alone to hunt Lion in Africa I might have been tempted to sue for defamation or false arrest some thing! I'd have asked txinvestigator what to do, then I'd sue him!

 

[baboon]

Yea that does suck! If it would have F$%& my chance to hunt Africa let alone to hunt Lion in Africa I might have been tempted to sue for defamation or false arrest some thing! I'd have asked txinvestigator what to do, then I'd sue him!

I asked my lawyer & he said I wouldn't get anywhere with a lawsuit. $18K & six months later HPD had to give me my pistol that I had in my back pocket back. The POS that detective that I talked to about getting it back didn't have much to say when I showed the second time to retrieve it. first time there he was running his big fat donut eat mouth like a jackass.

It really opened my eyes to just how messed up our legal system is. Like the lawyer told the judge if my client had pulled his gun on the law he would not be sitting here without bullet holes in him.

Before that I would of come to the aid of an officer. Now I wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire.

 

[ReVrEnD_0341]

I have dropped weapon on accident, and on purpose. Sometimes on obstacles, it is better to let your weapon hit the deck instead of you tumbling 20ft to it with a weapon.

On some courses of fire, it was mandatory to "throw" down your primary to "simulate losing it" advance to cover, then fight your way back to retrieve it. Makes for a nasty looking M16.

I have also watched as my M16 was launched from our hummer after ramming some assholes doing a drive by. Sometimes you just can't hold onto those things. I think it only went about 50ft that time.

 

[Big country]

That sucks even worse. I know there are some d-bag cops out there, but the grand majority would have taken the time to figure out what you really had in your hand. Did you reach for your phone or did you already have it out?

 

[baboon]

That sucks even worse. I know there are some d-bag cops out there, but the grand majority would have taken the time to figure out what you really had in your hand. Did you reach for your phone or did you already have it out?

It was in my hand. Even more messed up was it was a Pasadena cop in Houston. The whole courts system is as bad as the jails. Just another one of those life lessons that I wouldn't wish on very many people.

Most important lesson is lawyer up with the best you can afford if you ever get in trouble. And don't think because your innocent that they have to prove you guilty. It's really the other way around.

Thing I learned from the lawyer is that cops are enforcing laws that the really do dot have knowledge of. That's what a judge is for. A cops word is always going to be held over yours.

 

[DCortez]

+1 on the Baboonage.

I stay the heck away from trouble.

 

[Big country]

+1 on the Baboonage.

I stay the heck away from trouble.

Meeeeeeeeeeee 2!

 

[GPtwins]

Dropped one of mine just after I finished cleaning it. I guess I used too much oil.

-G

 

[MadMo44Mag]

Originally Posted by DCortez

+1 on the Baboonage.

I stay the heck away from trouble.
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Meeeeeeeeeeee 2!

Trouble
To Run Out, Under, Below, Law Enforcement


I steer way away of LEO kinda trouble.

 

[M. Sage]

I dropped a rifle when the sling came undone once. That wasn't fun...

I can't think of many other times I've dropped a firearm, though. I have used loaded two different rifles on two different occasions as walking sticks to help me climb steep inclines with a heavy backpack, though.

 

[Big country]

Now that you mention it. I had my 30-30 come off the sling once wile deer hunting. That was a PITA!

 

[40Arpent]

That was a PITA!

But still better than a BITA...bullet in the ass.

 

[Big country]

But still better than a BITA...bullet in the ass.

So true! So true!

 

[ge0624me]

Funny story, but once i was in a Hi Volume Gun Dealer in Austin, i was in there to sell a Custom 1911 ,the owner had already looked at it and qouted me a cash buy on it, Grant you this thing was Beautifull, no dents or marks whatsoever, well i told him i was going to think about it a while, i walked around a few minutes, with it in a pistol rug, was not paying attention that one end was open and it happened---FELL RIGHT OUT AND ON TO THE CEMENT FLOOR, guys when that happened you could hear a pen drop in there,i felt like a big goon, the funny thing is, i went back to the owner and still got paid what he had qouted me earlier, go figure.