I can’t imagine how I’d even do it. Maybe take my 911 without a round in the chamber… Just doesn’t seem like that would be real comfortable.
I have a few questions after reading that article.
Firstly, How did Mr. Walton’s firearm not only shoot himself in the leg BUT also ricocheted injuring three others.
Sad , but I would like to know what he was carrying because MAN does that gun have some power.
Like I said above, I bet it was non expanding ammunition. I hope that it wasn’t proper SD ammunition and it took all that to stop the bullet.
I’m also guessing it was a 40 because 45 owners are smarter than that!
Maybe someone could start a poll for guesses on what he was carrying. I wonder if we will ever find out??
I hate to admit this, but my weapon fell out one time & it was also at Wal-Mart.
No discharge…Thank the good Lord! But, it was hard explaining to the Wal-Mart cashier that I was legally carrying…
Honestly thought I was going to get charged. NEVER AGAIN DID I USE THAT HOLSTER
I’m guessing that the people struck by the ricochet were extraordinarily minor injuries but, well, it makes for a more compelling media story to make it sound more serious. A little fragment of lead scratches somebody’s skin and that would seem to meet the description given.
I am also guessing that this could easily happen for any FMJ or JHP pistol round…they are almost all lead with a copper jacket that seems to act pretty similarly when hitting something like concrete or solid tile floor etc.
I will also guess that it doesn’t go through very much flesh on the leg, such that even if it was a JHP it may not have gone through enough to expand, or lost enough velocity to avoid splitting up and flying around in pieces after hitting the solid floor/etc
@Nathan57, agreed.
In addition, they are in line for a pay-check from either party. I would almost bet my last cent that a lawyer or two met them at the local hospital to show there sympathy for minor scrapes.
Sorry for my lack of compassion, but what an idiot! Why would anyone carry that way? Total stupidity.
Quite a few years ago close to where I live had a retired LEO drop his CCW on the floor. Bullet hit a cement floor, the bullet didn’t hit a bystander but shrapnel cement did. injured 2 people as it was told.
DRAW FAST
BUT
Holster SLOW, VERY SLOW.
USUALLY - NO GOOD REASON TO - HOLSTER FAST.
I SHOOT COMPETITION SO RE-HOLSTER “A LOT”.
LIKE SLOW, BUT SURE, MOLASSAS.
DONT TRY TO STOP/GRAB A FALLING GUN.
MOST GUNS WILL NOT FIRE BY BEING DROPPED.
IT IS A NATURAL TENDENCY YOU HAVE TO TRAIN YOU MIND TO RESIST.
Sounds like a good thing to be aware of but I wouldn’t know how to train to resist but I get your point.
Left vague for Anti-Gunners to use as example of all Conceal Carries . This is just to get a Head Line that get people to panic over. How many letters to you think Wal-Mart has received to Demand all stores to post No Guns Allowed signs.
There are Many More stupid people than people with some common sense.
DEFENDER:
DONT TRY TO STOP/GRAB A FALLING GUN.
MOST GUNS WILL NOT FIRE BY BEING DROPPED.IT IS A NATURAL TENDENCY YOU HAVE TO TRAIN YOU MIND TO RESIST.
Sounds like a good thing to be aware of but I wouldn’t know how to train to resist but I get your point.
SLOW RE-HOLSTER
Just “SLOW DOWN” - LIKE MOLASSAS SLOW.
ps Most Cops who are Shot - Shoot themselves in the Right Foot.
YUP - Re-holster Fast with Finger on Trigger.
Makes sense now I thought you were saying to practice dropping our guns and not try to grab it duh. Thanks for the clarification.
I dont need a trigger guard since my trigger finger when drawing is always straight along the slide and me thumb is above the thumb safty and it is automatic