So what did this clown do wrong?
Carried a gun that was obviously not drop safe
The gun he was carrying was most likely an older design that is not safe to carry with a loaded chamber because a sharp impact can cause it to discharge.
Carried a .25 Auto
.25 ACP is notorious for being an low velocity and lightweight cartridge
He was wearing a holster that was most likely a cheap floppy nylon holster that was not molded to the gun.
Just about any serious handgun class will disallow floppy nylon holsters since they are simply unsafe and can easily foul a draw.
From http://blog.al.com/tuscaloosa/2013/10/man_shot_after_holstered_gun_f.html
Man shot after holstered gun falls, fires, strikes him in the leg while shopping in Tuscaloosa
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on October 07, 2013 at 8:25 AM, updated October 07, 2013 at 8:29 AM
View full sizeA man suffered a gunshot wound Saturday after his holstered firearm accidentally went off and struck him in the leg while shopping at a Tuscaloosa store. (Joe Songer/al.com)
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – A Tuscaloosa man accidentally shot himself in the leg while shopping in a local store on Saturday after his holstered gun fell to the floor and fired, according to the Tuscaloosa Metro Homicide Unit.
On Saturday at approximately 9 p.m., homicide investigators responded to DCH Regional Medical Center Tuscaloosa in reference to a shooting that took place at 4201 East University Boulevard, according to Tuscaloosa Metro Homicide Unit Commander Sgt. Dale Phillips.
Investigators spoke with the victim who said that while shopping in a local store, a 25-caliber handgun that he had in his waist fell to the floor and fired. The victim stated that he had the weapon in a holster, according to Phillips.
The projectile from the handgun struck the victim in the leg and traveled up to his hip. The projectile will have to be removed in surgery, according to Phillips. Police do not have information on the victim’s condition.
There were no other injuries or damage to report.
Month: July 2013
Protip: Live Within Your Means
Being secure in my “man card” as a firearms instructor, I have no shame about using a trashy reality television show to illustrate some important life lessons.
Some of which are:
- If you feel like you have to constantly “one-up” your friends, they aren’t good friends to begin with.
- The need for “Keeping up appearances” has destroyed more people than you would think.
- If you need to constantly borrow money to stay afloat, then something is wrong.
- If you go into the television or movie spotlight, a prosecutor will ESPECIALLY be looking to take a shot at you if there is an opening.
- Raising your kids right and teaching them to be self-sufficient and productive adults is far more important that status-flaunting for a bunch of people who couldn’t care less about you.
- The time you spend with your kids is more important than the stuff you buy them.
Two stars of the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” have been freed on $500,000 bond each amid fraud charges.
Teresa Giudice and her husband, Giuseppe “Joe” Giudice, appeared in federal court Tuesday morning.
The Giudices are charged in a 39-count indictment with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, making false statements on loan applications and bankruptcy fraud.
They both had to surrender their passports and can’t travel outside of New Jersey and New York. The husband could be deported to Italy if convicted because he’s not a U.S. citizen.
Authorities say the couple submitted fraudulent mortgage and loan applications from 2001 to 2008, including fake tax returns and W-2s. Prosecutors allege Joe Giudice failed to file tax returns for the years 2004 through 2008.
Prosecutors allege the Giudices received about $4.6 million in mortgages, withdrawals from home equity lines of credit and construction loans.
In a statement, Teresa said she supports her husband and wants to resolve the charges as soon as possible.
“I am committed to my family and intend to maintain our lives in the best way possible, which includes continuing my career,” she said.
A Bravo spokesman had no comment.
“Everyone has an obligation to tell the truth when dealing with the courts, paying their taxes and applying for loans or mortgages,” said U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman. “That’s reality.”
In their 2009 bankruptcy filing, the couple said they were $11 million in debt. They stated their monthly take-home pay was $16,583, but $10,000 was from “monthly assistance from family members” and Bravo income.
It also said they owed $2.2 million in mortgages, $13,000 to Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom and nearly $12,000 to a fertility clinic.
The most serious charges the couple face, bank fraud and loan application fraud, carry a maximum potential penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine.
Jeff Cooper’s Color Code
The late Jeff Cooper‘s biggest contribution to the shooting world was the color code of awareness as well as being one of the first people to start a commercially successful firearm training school for civilians.
- White: Unaware and unprepared.
- If attacked in Condition White, the only thing that may save you is the inadequacy or ineptitude of your attacker.
- When confronted by something nasty, your reaction will probably be “Oh my God! This can’t be happening to me.”
I would also like to add that Condition White may also be a state of distraction. The killings of the Lakewood Police officers in the Forza coffee shop is a classic example of being fixated on another task (knocking out paperwork on your laptop) having deadly consequences.
Some trainers have also humorously called this “Condition Brown”, which means you have your head up your you know what!
- Yellow: Relaxed alert.
- No specific threat situation. Your mindset is that “today could be the day I may have to defend myself”. You are simply aware that the world is a potentially unfriendly place and that you are prepared to defend yourself, if necessary.
- You use your eyes and ears, and realize that “I may have to shoot today”. You don’t have to be armed in this state, but if you are armed you should be in Condition Yellow.
- You should always be in Yellow whenever you are in unfamiliar surroundings or among people you don’t know. You can remain in Yellow for long periods, as long as you are able to “Watch your six.” (In aviation 12 o’clock refers to the direction in front of the aircraft’s nose.
- Six o’clock is the blind spot behind the pilot.)
- In Yellow, you are “taking in” surrounding information in a relaxed but alert manner, like a continuous 360 degree radar sweep. As Cooper put it, “I might have to shoot.”
Condition Yellow is not as high stress to be in as it may sound. It really means just incorporating the awareness lessons pointed out in this blog and from other trainers. It means being able to spot behavioral indicators that someone is up to no good and incorporating them into how you observe unknown contacts.
One of the best articles out there pertaining to Condition Yellow is SouthNarc’s Managing Unknown Contacts
You can download it onto your laptop or tablet from the blog here.
SouthNarc’s Managing Unknown Contacts
- Orange: Specific alert.
- Something is not quite right and has your attention.
- Your radar has picked up a specific alert.
- You shift your primary focus to determine if there is a threat (but you do not drop your six). Your mindset shifts to “I may have to shoot that person today”, focusing on the specific target which has caused the escalation in alert status.
- In Condition Orange, you set a mental trigger: “If that person does “X”, I will need to stop them”.
- Your pistol usually remains holstered in this state.
- Staying in Orange can be a bit of a mental strain, but you can stay in it for as long as you need to. If the threat proves to be nothing, you shift back to Condition Yellow.
Things like locks on your doors and a barking dog help jolt you from condition white in your home to condition orange.
- Red: Condition Red is fight.
- Your mental trigger (established back in Condition Orange) has been tripped.
- “If ‘X’ happens I will shoot that person” – ‘X’ has happened, the fight is on.
This is your line in the sand. No hesitations, no doubts.