In the grand tradition of DEA agent Lee Paige (above), a Chino, California police officer injured three students when he negligently discharged his firearm during a, um, safety demonstration at Newman Elementary School this morning. As latimes.com tells it, “The students — whose ages were not immediately known — suffered what were believed to be minor injuries and were taken to an area hospital as a precaution, said Tamrin Olden, crime prevention supervisor for the Chino Police Department…. ‘We’re still sorting out the extent of the injuries and how it happened,’ Olden said.” . . .
We can only hope that like Paige’s performance, the un-named Chino copper’s demonstration was memorialized on video for your eternal viewing pleasure. There’s apparently no truth to the rumor that this is a new “scared straight”-type tactic being employed by California’s finest to instill fear of firearms in impressionable little minds full of mush. And we eagerly await the MomsDemandAction picket line in front of the school as well as a screeching blog post demanding “gun sense” in and around our schools.
More when (and if) the officer is ID’d. [h/t Dan Silverman]
Jesus fracking Even Denmark is not that retard around ammo
Must have been the superior training.
Imagine what would have happened if these were citizens lacking the superior training!
It would have been 99999x worse!
What was that famous quote Bloomberg said? “Only the police should have guns.”
Yeah shut up, idiot.
ima laugh so hard when one of these “police only” fools gets hospitalized by their body guards ND.
If the news story is true, then I would submit that this is state sponsored police harassment at best. At worst it is terrorism. In any case this man’s civil liberties have been violated. Where is the ACLU?
A SWAT team with 30 officers in tactical gear at the family residence of a person with no criminal record? Pointing guns at a girlfriends, cuffing a man and children in his own home? Ramming a door of the bathroom while a young man was in the shower? This all occurred at a residence that voluntarily allowed you in a month before on the basis of a questionable tip where you discovered a single box of ammunition? The police should be ashamed of themselves for being used as a tool of corruption and tyranny.
The wife, the police and the judge that signed this warrant should be held accountable for this silliness. Does anyone know if this man has a defense fund? I would like to contribute.
You do realize how old this is? Almost 10 years ( 2002-2004) and the DEA hid it for almost as year and a half. In 2009 the boob sued for stress and falling to get his job back.
You do realize this story is not about the video.
Since he injured more individuals than the Nevada shooter, can we beg and scream for national cop control?
You know, for the children.
That moment of peace, breath exhaled,body relaxed, the whole world faded away except for the target and that warm rifle. Pistols are tools, Shotguns are a blast, but becoming one with your Rifle is freaking Nirvana.
Updates are saying that the weapon that discharged was mounted on a motorcycle, which probably means it was a rifle or shotgun. Interesting.
I call BS. Everyone knows strict gun laws in Mexico would never allow this to happen. The NRA must be behind ALL crime and ALL violence, and this is just fear mongering…
And I bet some of the anti-rights crowd would believe the previous statements.
Ctrl C, Ctrl V in any argument for “common sense” gun laws.
Just remember folks, a person doesn’t go to jail until the jury says he’s guilt. Hopefully we keep expanding the AI to point were we get to shit can these prosecutions from the jury box and show where the real “common sense” lies.
Gosh dang it man, stop making me so jealous. I’ve wanted to build one of those for quite some time now…
Yeah I know there’s a law, but how can ammo be (a) illegal or (b) subject to “registration”? Ammo is fungible–what, you “register” fifty rounds and they come and ask you what happened to it after you used it up at the range? Oh gee–the USSCt says you can have a gun in your home–just not a loaded one? Somehow I don’t think that’s what Heller said….I seem to recall it clearly held that you had a constitutional right to keep loaded firearms at your home. The law needs to be overturned, but when a judge denied bail to that DJ who racked a round in his shotty in DC as a “dangerous individual,” plus the reticence of trial courts to rule against the government on constitutional issues, this guy is going to get the hammer.
One other thing–the hints here suggest the fury of a woman scorned–but if ex-hubby goes to jail, who is going to pay her spousal support? Bet she didn’t think about that at the time.
I’m a responsible gun owner. I have been since I had my first Remington nylon 66 at age 8. If you are a mature responsible gun owner, you should be able to have whatever you want. LE is not better than me .I am safe, and do not hurt or rob other people. Our founding fathers did not put any stipulations on the amendment when they wrote it. This country was found on god and guns. The law abiding hard working citizen should not have any restrictions whatsoever , unless they prove that they are a danger to us by being an idiot !
I do like the look of your magazine, but I will no longer be purchasing it.
I’ll bet it was one of those “unsafe” guns that isn’t on the “safe” handgun roster. You know, that roster that police are exempt from because, well, they’re safe.
On second thought, it must have been a shotgun. No cop in LA can hit a single person with just 1 shot from a pistol, let alone 3 people. Just ask those newspaper delivery people who were only hit 3 times out of over 100 shots during Dorner’s “reign of terror”.
Cops as soldiers. Whee. How’s about we send all these wannabe soljers to some war zone to get their bellies shot through, AND HIRE SOME DECENT COPS?
Really stupid remark, Burke.
I’m not sure what the speed of the 9mm Sim FX round is, but it hits about 2-3 low for me at 25-30 yards. That means my first round hit my “bad guy” in the crotch at that distance instead of center mass. Oops. The rest hit the upper thigh and knees.
Groin protection is a good idea.
From the latest news report, the AR was secured on a police motorcycle being used as a demonstration by the police. Having a loaded weapon being Any Part of a static “safety display” is negligence, pure and simple.
IF it had been secured on a motorcycle owned by one of us, does anyone think the owner’s name would have been withheld and shielded?
I run a business. http://www.pestcontrolcharlotte.net and take the Five Seven to my office every day at 1800 Camden Rd #1071 in Charlotte NC. The Five Seven is light and is my favorite weapon period.
Excuse me for being ignorant, but, what is the point in putting that kind of money into something that will never get used to do anything put but holes in targets? Is it really a riffle inside of a benchrest or is it one whole unit?