A retired Ohio Border Patrol veteran rehired under Kristi Noem’s chaotic recruitment drive fired his Glock through a hotel wall in Minnesota.

A retired federal agent rehired by ICE as part of Kristi Noem’s mass recruitment push accidentally discharged his gun in a hotel room, firing one round through the wall that came to rest in the headboard of the bed in the room next door.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
    641·
    16 days ago

    https://archive.li/xA851

    …on the evening of Dec. 18, Shaver had been holding his Glock 19 aimed toward his own body as he worked to pry off its backstrap—a grip piece on the rear of the handle—when the weapon fired.
    The bullet tore through his sweatshirt pocket, punched through the wall, and lodged in the headboard of the room next door, at roughly stomach height.

    So much stupidity to unpack here.

    • A Glock 19 cannot fire unless your finger is on the trigger.
    • The gun was loaded as he worked on it…in a hotel room.
    • The gun was pointed directly at his own chest
    • He still managed to miss
    • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com
      4·
      16 days ago

      Ngl, when I saw “Shaver” and “hotel” I assumed it was Daniel Shaver, the guy who was murdered by the worthless pieces of shit in Mesa, Arizona.

      I was confused until I realized that it was a different Mr. Shaver.

    • the_crotch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      16 days ago

      A Glock 19 cannot fire unless your finger is on the trigger.

      Iirc you have to pull the trigger to remove the slide on a Glock, so he probably did have a legitimate reason to be pulling it. However the first step is to unload the fucking thing.