Child shoots SWAT officer at reading event

[BainsBane]

A Lodi Police SWAT officer had a Glock 35 with a flashlight in his thigh holster at a children’s reading event when a boy managed to pull the trigger and shoot the officer.

“It doesn’t have an external safety or anything like that,” said Lt. Sierra Brucia with the department. “The gun functioned how it was supposed to. When the trigger was pulled, the gun went off.”

The officer was showing off the department’s SWAT truck, vest and other gear at a children’s event called Reading Roundup on Aug. 24.

“A small child, witnesses tell us was 6 to 8 years old, was able to walk up to the officer and was able to pull the trigger.”


The bullet hit the officer’s leg. He was taken to the hospital for a minor injury and released.

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/09/02/lodi-police-officer-shot-when-child-pulled-trigger-on-his-gun-at-reading-event/

[Scootaloo]

1. If only the officer had had a gun, all of this... oh... wait. n/t

[BainsBane]

2. Exactly

[BainsBane]

3. BTW

The hide you got earlier was a travesty. Everyone in MIRT agreed it was a terrible hide.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

5. A hide for what?

[In_The_Wind]

4. 5 years on SWAT didn't prepare the police officer sufficiently to deal with a child's nimble fingers.

[BainsBane]

6. Who expects a little kid to have a gun at a reading event?

I'm sure he was caught off guard. I fault the parents who allowed the kid access to the gun.

[In_The_Wind]

7. Don't blame the parents for this one

LODI (CBS13) — A Lodi Police SWAT officer had a Glock 35 with a flashlight in his thigh holster at a children’s reading event when a boy managed to pull the trigger and shoot the officer.

“It doesn’t have an external safety or anything like that,” said Lt. Sierra Brucia with the department. “The gun functioned how it was supposed to. When the trigger was pulled, the gun went off.”

The officer was showing off the department’s SWAT truck, vest and other gear at a children’s event called Reading Roundup on Aug. 24.

“A small child, witnesses tell us was 6 to 8 years old, was able to walk up to the officer and was able to pull the trigger.”

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The gun belonged to the officer.

[BainsBane]

8. Oh I see

It is the cop's fault then. What a dope.

[In_The_Wind]

9. Yup.

I had a state cop tell me to strap my gun on a wear it all of the time. He was an uninformed uniformed dope. I explained to him that concealed carry permits have restrictions and I'm not going to risk violating 'em. Why was he telling me to break the law.

[GP6971]

10. The bigger question is why in the

hell are they showing off SWAT gear to 6 - 8 year olds??????

[Starboard Tack]

11. What else are those triggers for, but to be pulled?

Many prefer Glocks because they don't have those pesky safeties. All the easier to kill and maim and turn little kids into killers and maimers.
And this happened in one of the saner states, when it comes to firearm legislation.