What's up with all the shooting while holstering stories lately? I'm not beyond human error but I'm very conscious of where my trigger finger is when my weapon is in my hand. Keep the booger hook off the bang switch! Hopefully he fully recovers and learns a valuable lesson.
Don't bash me.. but, Glocks and Clothing.. Clothing gets caught in trigger and bang.. Glock leg syndrome..
Most negligent discharges occur when presenting and holstering.
--Rob
Gotta stand up for my Glocks... LOL. Mostly just good natured fun here btw. I'm curious how he shot himself in the stomach though? Seems more like he was holding with finger on trigger while holstering and swept his gut? Not trying to bash the guy, but why would you do that anyway?
Best safety in the world is the one between your ears right?
I'd be at a loss as to how one shoots his self in the stomach, however, assisting with firearms classes on my way to my certification, I've already seen some... odd .. range issues..
Maybe he was doing the cowboy cross draaaaaawl...
--Rob
Good point. I wonder if anyone recorded a "Hey Billy, watch this..." just seconds before? Sorry, it just popped into my head. I do wish the guy health and quick healing.
I'd be at a loss as to how one shoots himself in the stomach, however, assisting with firearms classes on my way to my certification, I've already seen some... odd .. range issues..
You didn't turn on your media-getting-half-the-story-without-subject-matter-knowledge-and-half-assed-reporting-anyway-dumbed-down-o-matic back translator, did you? Subsitute "stomach" with "abdomen" and you can see all sorts of angles a sloppy holstering and fumbling could create.
Don't bash me.. but, Glocks and Clothing.. Clothing gets caught in trigger and bang.. Glock leg syndrome..
Most negligent discharges occur when presenting and holstering.
--Rob
Was it a Glock he was using? you prob know more about the story than myself. Thing about it is Glocks are no more unsafe than the person using it, theres many ways he could have "Safely" been handling his handgun and shot himself where it says he did, but when re holstering its seems like he almost went out of his way to do it, but i wasn't there nor saw anything about it other than a few news stories so i couldn't say. But a lot of the ND i have heard about are the outcome of years of bad weapon handling on the users part. Treat your weapon like a toy or practice bad safety with it and its bound to happen.
~Wolf~
I know.. I'm not a Glock hater, just use it as example of "GLS" .. Glock Leg Syndrome sounds so much better than XD Leg Syndrome
I know.. I'm not a Glock hater, just use it as example of "GLS" .. Glock Leg Syndrome sounds so much better than XD Leg Syndrome
Check out "Tex grebner" on youtube. He did it with a 1911. So you could call it 1911 leg. Lol.
Check out "Tex grebner" on youtube. He did it with a 1911. So you could call it 1911 leg. Lol.
Check out "Tex grebner" on youtube. He did it with a 1911. So you could call it 1911 leg. Lol.
That's actually not a bad video! He's pretty up front about what and how it happened.. and yes, it can happen to anyone..
AND , I don't fault him on the defensive shooting (Close combat postition), it's actually part of stage 1 of POST qualification..
Hammers home "BE FREAKING SAFE!" ..
--Rob
There's another video that breaks down all the things that went down. He mentioned the thumb drive issue, but the other guy explains why the serpa holster he was using also contributed.
There you go.
There's another video that breaks down all the things that went down. He mentioned the thumb drive issue, but the other guy explains why the serpa holster he was using also contributed. The problem was that hit flicked the safety off, then when he tried the draw the serpa locked up the gun so he tried to force the finger switch by curling his finger. As the gun released his finger just continued into the trigger guard and activated the bang switch. The other guy made a pretty decent case for not using that particular serpa on the belt. He mentioned that the thigh strapped serpa is much better. I'll see if I can track down the analysis video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDpxVG9XFJc
There you go.