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BainsBane

(54,786 posts) Wed Sep 4, 2013, 04:01 AM Sep 2013

Child shoots SWAT officer at reading event

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/

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Child shoots SWAT officer at reading event (Original Post) BainsBane Sep 2013 OP

If only the officer had had a gun, all of this... oh... wait. n/t Scootaloo Sep 2013 #1

Exactly BainsBane Sep 2013 #2

BTW BainsBane Sep 2013 #3

A hide for what? R. Daneel Olivaw Sep 2013 #5

5 years on SWAT didn't prepare the police officer sufficiently to deal with a child's nimble fingers. In_The_Wind Sep 2013 #4

Who expects a little kid to have a gun at a reading event? BainsBane Sep 2013 #6

Don't blame the parents for this one In_The_Wind Sep 2013 #7

Oh I see BainsBane Sep 2013 #8

Yup. In_The_Wind Sep 2013 #9

The bigger question is why in the GP6971 Sep 2013 #10

What else are those triggers for, but to be pulled? Starboard Tack Sep 2013 #11

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

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

Reply to BainsBane (Original post)

Wed Sep 4, 2013, 04:03 AM

Sep 2013

BainsBane

(54,786 posts)

2. Exactly

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 4, 2013, 04:04 AM

Sep 2013

BainsBane

(54,786 posts)

3. BTW

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 4, 2013, 04:04 AM

Sep 2013

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

R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts)

5. A hide for what?

Reply to BainsBane (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 4, 2013, 08:03 AM

Sep 2013

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

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

Reply to BainsBane (Original post)

Wed Sep 4, 2013, 04:43 AM

Sep 2013

BainsBane

(54,786 posts)

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

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #4)

Wed Sep 4, 2013, 01:27 PM

Sep 2013

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

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

7. Don't blame the parents for this one

Reply to BainsBane (Reply #6)

Wed Sep 4, 2013, 01:35 PM

Sep 2013

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

(54,786 posts)

8. Oh I see

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #7)

Wed Sep 4, 2013, 01:37 PM

Sep 2013

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

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

9. Yup.

Reply to BainsBane (Reply #8)

Wed Sep 4, 2013, 01:45 PM

Sep 2013

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

(32,982 posts)

10. The bigger question is why in the

Reply to BainsBane (Original post)

Wed Sep 4, 2013, 07:56 PM

Sep 2013

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

Starboard Tack

(11,181 posts)

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

Reply to BainsBane (Original post)

Fri Sep 6, 2013, 02:31 PM

Sep 2013

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.

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