Gun Instructor Accidentally Shoots Himself

[T6pilot]

S--t happens, not long ago a HB swat officer shot his LT attempting to clean his weapon

[SonofWWIIDI]

*sigh* As if we don't have enough bad publicity...Murphy's law strikes again.

He must go to church a lot. He is holey

[Sunday]

What exactly happened and how did it happen?

[Win231]

Nothing matches the AFT agent who blows his own leg in front of a class of grade-schoolers... after telling them "I am a professional."

It was his foot. And he said, "I'm the only one in this room professional enough to handle this Glock."

[bsg]

i wish him the best with recovery.

[EspoMan]

We are human beings. We all make mistakes no matter how "trained" you are. Travis Haley had an AD and that dude is a bad ***. It happens.

[glock21sf]

What exactly happened and how did it happen?

He is a good man and one of my best friends. He trains every week. Every month he goes back and "reshoots" the CCW class to keep improving his skills. He was not instructing at the time nor does he own a training company. He was doing a timed drill from concealment using an owb leather holster with a target starting from 1 yard away moving towards him. When he drew his pistol his cover garment was not completely clear and he fired his first shot that caused a minor injury on his leg and his second shot into the intended target. He was taken to the hospital, got 2 stitches, went back to class and hour and half later, and finished shooting with the rest of the class. He also attended FT3 the following night for CCW night. It hasn't stopped him from doing what he enjoys and he's been to work everyday since. He was using a 3" 1911. Hope this helps you all understand what happened.

[Tokarevman]

[Fjold]

He is a good man and one of my best friends. He trains every week. Every month he goes back and "reshoots" the CCW class to keep improving his skills. He was not instructing at the time nor does he own a training company. He was doing a timed drill from concealment using an owb leather holster with a target starting from 1 yard away moving towards him. When he drew his pistol his cover garment was not completely clear and he fired his first shot that caused a minor injury on his leg and his second shot into the intended target. He was taken to the hospital, got 2 stitches, went back to class and hour and half later, and finished shooting with the rest of the class. He also attended FT3 the following night for CCW night. It hasn't stopped him from doing what he enjoys and he's been to work everyday since. He was using a 3" 1911. Hope this helps understand what happened.

Keep your finger off the trigger until you are on target.

[glock21sf]

Keep your finger off the trigger until you are on target.

Absolutely, he made a mistake. Fortunately, it wasn't something that changed his life forever.

[CWM4A1]

I guess I don't need to respond further on inaccurate information in the article since glock21sf already did that for me. I was the one on staff there when it happened. My guess on why the journalist got the cold shoulder was because... we don't want to comment on anything related to Orlando. Just look at Katie Couric situation.

[Tokarevman]

Good thing the pansy Kuntsman reporter wasn't there.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jun/15/gersh-kuntzman-ny-daily-news-writer-firing-ar-15-g/

[CWM4A1]

Interesting thing is, during my 5 minutes of safety briefing right before they started, I touched exactly on this subject and advise all students to make sure muzzle pointing at target before placing finger on trigger...

[GlockN'Roll]

But wait, he wasn't shooting a Glock?

He is a good man and one of my best friends. He trains every week. Every month he goes back and "reshoots" the CCW class to keep improving his skills. He was not instructing at the time nor does he own a training company.

He was doing a timed drill from concealment using an owb leather holster with a target starting from 1 yard away moving towards him.

When he drew his pistol his cover garment was not completely clear

and he fired his first shot that caused a minor injury on his leg and his second shot into the intended target.

He was taken to the hospital, got 2 stitches, went back to class and hour and half later, and finished shooting with the rest of the class.

He also attended FT3 the following night for CCW night. It hasn't stopped him from doing what he enjoys and he's been to work everyday since.

He was using a 3" 1911.


Hope this helps you all understand what happened.

But wait, he wasn't shooting a Glock?

He was shooting the ultra safe 1911?

Any yet even with a 1911, he some how managed to have his cover garment interfere with his draw.

Glock haters need to take it down a notch...

[pacrat]

It was his foot. And he said, "I'm the only one in this room professional enough to handle this Glock."

And then sued Glock