Utah teacher accidentally shoots toilet and herself, in school

Oblio said:

I bet it was a glock. I've heard and read stories about how they have such a soft trigger...

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JUAN GONZALEZ: And also that accidents occurred more frequently among police officers than with a revolver.
PAUL BARRETT: Absolutely. And those are really—those are really kind of two separate issues, but both very important. On the accidents front, there is no doubt that when the Glock was introduced, particularly in police departments, where it was being introduced in large numbers all at once, they had problems with accidental discharges. There was even a phenomenon known as "Glock knee" or "Glock leg," which referred to an officer grabbing the gun, putting his finger on the trigger immediately, and, because the trigger pull is very light, shooting himself in the leg or the knee. Most famously, recently, the professional football player Plaxico Burress did exactly that with a Glock in a nightclub.

JUAN GONZALEZ: Something you can’t do with a revolver.
PAUL BARRETT: It’s much harder to do with a revolver, not impossible. But the trigger pull on a revolver might be 10-12 pounds; with the Glock, five pounds. So you can—there’s a huge difference. So that was a problem until police departments improved training and really taught their officers to never put your finger on the trigger unless you’re about to shoot. So that’s one issue. It was a real issue. It has diminished over time.

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Leader6518 said:

Thank goodness she didn't kill someone. This is exactly what scares me about everyone packing. Their is no schooling that can teach common sense.

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LinasK said:

Yep, idiotic!!! Hopefully she/they will rethink the policy of letting teachers pack CCW.

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Oblio said:

This. Because honestly, I know there is a risk with mass shootings, but I just don't want my kids' teachers carrying guns. I'm an anomaly, because I am pro gun control, I have no problem with my kids handling and shooting guns(they do.) but I just don't want them to be exposed to the other side of guns. To them a gun, like a bow and arrow, is a tool used to hunt.

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