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William Rood: Firearm Safety Must Come First

Published January 20, 2014 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Concealed Carry, Stupid Human Tricks


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If you’re going to stick a gun in your pants you better know how to remove it safely!  That’s a lesson William Rood of Elizabethton, Tennessee, won’t soon forget, I’m sure.

William carried a .25 calibre Beretta pistol (prohibited in Canada, of course) in his front pants pocket.  As he got undressed on the evening of January 12, 2014, he failed to deal with his handgun properly.

What he did manage to do is shoot himself in the face.

When he took off his pants and put them on the top of his dresser he obviously (but unknowingly) had a digit inside the trigger guard of the handgun.  As he placed his pants on the dresser the gun “went off” if you are to believe the news report written by Nadine Kalinauskas, and the bullet hit him in the face.

As most of us know, guns don’t just “go off” without help from an outside force usually referred to as human beings.

Deputy David Caldwell of the Carter County Sheriff’s Department responded to the 911 call and found William bleeding from his nose and mouth.  The bullet was still in William’s neck as he was taken off to hospital, where he is expected to make a full recovery from his self-inflicted wound.

The two Firearm Safety Rules that prevent disasters like this are really quite simple.

1. Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot.

2. Always point the muzzle in a safe direction.

And if you’re going to carry your loaded firearm in your pants pocket then be sure to remove it safely before taking your pants off.

:)

 

Tags: featured, finger off the trigger, firearm safety, gun safety, point firearm in a safe direction, stupid human tricks, William Rood

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Christopher di Armani is a professional writer and filmmaker who resides in Lytton, BC, Canada, with his wife Lynda, their dog, Tig, and their three cats, Midnight Madness and twins Munchkin and Lucky.

He strives to awaken the passion for liberty that exists inside every person with his words. It is this passion that motivates him in every aspect of his life. He is a strong believer in the most basic of individual human rights, the right of free speech and the right of self defense, which includes the corollary right to acquire, possess and use the tools necessary to exercise those rights.

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  1. Mike Ackermann on Facebook says

    January 26, 2014 at 10:09 am

    As you say, guns don’t just decide to fire themselves…

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