man shoots himself during conceal and carry class

[just jk]

wow

Man shoots and kills himself in conceal and carry gun class | Springfield News-Leader | News-Leader.com

 

[Rum Runner]

Lets see:
Gun pointed in a safe direction? Fail.
Finger off trigger except when ready to fire? Fail.

Poor guy.

 

[Texas1911]

I have no remorse for this individual. If you are not mature enough to maintain discipline on a firing range you reap what you sow, how many people did he muzzle sweep before shooting himself?

Frankly if you cannot safely operate a firearm you should not be allowed to carry one.

 

[lalonguecarabine]

WHAT THE HELL!!!

(Quoted from the article):
"Students were working on an exercise in which they pull a concealed weapon with their non-dominant hand, take the safety off, aim and shoot.Degase said that on the gun Seymour was using, the thumb of the right hand would normally manipulate the safety.
It appeared to him that during the exercise Seymour was manipulating the safety with his left index finger, which got the gun turned around facing Seymour. One round hit him in the chest, Degase said."

So, someone saw him doing this and didn't yell out to him "HEY! WTH ARE YOU DOING? TURN YOUR WEAPON AROUND!" or some shit like that!?
Obviously, I'd need to know the actual facts, and not base my outrage on a news article. But this just sounds shitty!

 

[MR Redneck]

 

[zembonez]

Glenn Seymour was 63. He worked as a part-time emergency dispatcher in Mountain Grove, said Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase.

WOW.

Just WOW.

 

[San Antone RR]

Weird focus in a CHL class. When I went through I was used to weak side drills, but there were some that barely knew which end of the pistol the round came from. I wouldn't have been comfortable with tactical drills with the crowd I had.
Wow for another reason; the foolish direction taken by the instructor teaching tactics in a classroom that should have taught CC law and basic firearm proficiency.

Just my opinion.

 

[TexasRedneck]

TRAINING for a non-traditional draw/fire with a LOADED firearm???

Sorry - INSTRUCTOR FAIL!!!

 

[matefrio]

There is NO requirement during a CHL class to practice tactical drills such as week hand draw from holster switch and fire.

FAIL here is that the instructor was teaching outside the minimum thinking he was doing them a favor.

 

[Fisherman777]

TRAINING for a non-traditional draw/fire with a LOADED firearm???

Sorry - INSTRUCTOR FAIL!!!

I was thinking the same doggone thing.

 

[M. Sage]

TRAINING for a non-traditional draw/fire with a LOADED firearm???

Sorry - INSTRUCTOR FAIL!!!

+1. They needed to run that drill dry a lot more, apparently.

 

[M. Sage]

There is NO requirement during a CHL class to practice tactical drills such as week hand draw from holster switch and fire.

FAIL here is that the instructor was teaching outside the minimum thinking he was doing them a favor.

What state was this in? "Conceal and carry" doesn't sound like Texas, and all we've got is a county name (and one that's going to be a fairly common name, I'd bet). I could be wrong, it could be Texas...

 

[Kyle]

The Gene Pool at work

 

[London]

"The law also requires that students demonstrate marksmanship with both a pistol and a semiautomatic..."

Gotta love that kind of fact-checking.

 

[Thegomezclan]

The state is missouri,mountain grove is close to Springfield

 

[GunlessNot4Long]

The Instructor is responsible for the irresponsible action. 'nuff said.

 

[zembonez]

TRAINING for a non-traditional draw/fire with a LOADED firearm???

Sorry - INSTRUCTOR FAIL!!!

Agreed.

 

[hkusp1]

This for some reason reminds me of the DEA guy with the glock fowty that shot himself in the leg in a kids class room "I am the only one in the room professional enough to handle a gun !*bang*! oh crap not again"