Oops!

What was it the anti’s were saying about guns only being in the hands of law enforcement and the military? After all, they’re the Only Ones professional enough to handle a gun, dontcha know… I’m surprised all of us Gun Nuts haven’t managed to “accidentally” kill each other and ourselves by now, being as stupid and bumbling as we are. Everyone knows that a gun is way too complicated for us mere peons to properly handle. I could go on, but I think you get the point. I don’t buy the “bump AD” either. Someone didn’t follow the four rules and had their booger hook on the bang switch.

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Gun range accident: Cop kills fellow officer

September 30, 2007
BY TOM WYATT Post-Tribune

A Gary auxiliary police officer was killed Saturday afternoon when a fellow volunteer officer’s gun accidentally discharged a bullet into the man’s chest. (How the hell does this happen? -Yuri)

Kevin Weaver, 49, died at St. Margaret Mercy Hospital in Dyer. He and two other reserve officers were training at Deb’s Gun Range in Hammond, Hammond Police Chief Brian Miller said.

About 3 p.m., Gary police said Reserve Officer Gerald Horton, 52, was attempting to clear his weapon when Weaver accidentally bumped into Horton, causing Horton’s gun to fire a .45-caliber round. (Again, how does this happen? -Yuri)

‘A real tragedy’ for Gary

“He was a good officer, a veteran, and a good man,” Terry Smith, head of Gary’s auxiliary police program, said of Weaver, a Merrillville resident who leaves behind a wife and three children.

Gary Mayor Rudy Clay, who returned from Washington, D.C., on Saturday afternoon, learned of the shooting after exiting his airplane at Midway Airport.

“This is just a real tragedy here,” Clay said.

“He was a good man and did some good deeds for a lot of people. His good deeds will live forever.”

Weaver, a reservist since 1990, was a longtime custodian for the Gary School Corp. and owned a cleaning company.

“He was a hardworking man,” Gary police Cmdr. Samuel Roberts said.

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Teen Sentenced to Give Speeches on Gun Control

Judge is lenient in sentencing teen who shot stepbrother

SEATTLE — A Burien teen who shot his stepbrother by accident has been sentenced to 24 months of home detention by a judge who said justice has to be tailored for each person.

Timothy Miller and Lena Jantoc pleaded for leniency for their son Jordan Jantoc almost a year after another son, Michael “Mikey” Miller, was accidentally shot and killed in the basement of their Burien home.

“We are overwhelmed every day. We feel it every day when we look at Jordan,” Lena Jantoc sobbed. “Punishing Jordan will never ease the pain of losing Michael.”

The family’s pastor, a school principal and tearful relatives all urged Superior Court Judge Harry McCarthy to not send Jordan, 16, to prison as recommended by prosecutors. The judge agreed.

“I think this is a case where justice needs to be tempered with mercy,” McCarthy said before he sentenced Jordan to 24 months of home detention, followed by probation when he will be required to give speeches on gun control.

“This is an extraordinary case to say the least,” McCarthy said. “It has resulted in a real tragedy for the family.”

Jordan cried throughout much of the court hearing and apologized repeatedly to his family for the pain he has caused them.

“I take full responsibility for what I did,” he said. “He was my brother. We did everything together.”

On Sept. 21, 2006, the two boys were in the basement of the family home when Jordan pulled a silver .380-caliber handgun from underneath his mattress to show his stepbrother. King County sheriff’s deputies said Jordan had obtained the weapon by trading a 9-mm Glock that he’d stolen from his stepfather.

The two were examining the weapon when it went off, a bullet lodging in Mikey’s collarbone.

“The gun was not aimed at Mikey,” defense attorney Matthew King said.

Deputy Prosecutor Don Raz told the judge that he and Jordan’s family had agreed that the teen should serve a significantly reduced sentence. Jordan had pleaded guilty in July to first-degree manslaughter, which carries a penalty of up to eight years in prison.

But Raz said Jordan should face incarceration for such a “serious violent crime” in addition to the 353 days of electronic detention he has served. McCarthy disagreed, though, and said justice “has to sometimes be tailored for each person.”

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Another Only One…

The one, the only, the classic…

Update: Apparently he’s suing the DEA. What a joke!

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Only Cops Should Have Guns…

…because only they are properly trained in their use.

For the record, I didn’t name this video. I have nothing against women being cops, if they so choose to be. And for the cop in this video, it’s called trigger control. Keep your finger off the trigger until you’re ready to shoot.

Anyway, here’s the video.

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