Interesting series on genuinely and allegedly defective guns:
http://www.detnews.com/specialreports/2003/guns/
I have sent the reporter the following email:
I've just learned of and read your series on gun safety. I hope you will do
a follow-up piece, with these specific pieces of reporting:
Ask Lloyd Woods, who was injured by discharge of his Remington rifle, why he
had the gun pointed at his leg while unloading it.
Ask Glenn Collins, who was similarly injured, why he had his rifle pointed
at his foot.
Ask Barbara Barber, who accidentally killed her son with a Remington rifle,
why she did not have the muzzle pointed in a safe direction while unloading
it.
Ask Clayton Fowler why he did not carry his replica Colt revolver with an
empty chamber under the hammer, a standard practice for revolver users for
well over 100 years now.
Ask Sean Smith's parents, and the parents of the other boys who were playing
with a pistol, why they allowed their children to be handling a firearm
unsupervised, without having taught them basic gun handling and safety.
Ask the unnamed Texas gun dealer why he pointed a pistol at a customer.
Ask the parents of Daniel Milewski, who twirled a pistol on his finger, why
they allowed him to handle loaded guns without supervision, and without
adequate training in basic gun handling and safety.
Ask Clarence Lemmon, who was injured while unloading his Lorcin, why his
left hand was in front of the muzzle of a loaded firearm.
Ask the parents of Darnell Crawford, accidentally killed by a friend playing
with a loaded TEC-9, and the parents of the others present, why they allowed
their children to be handling a firearm unsupervised, without having taught
them basic gun handling and safety.
Ask the owner of the revolver that injured Clara Sue Cobb why he or she did
not have an empty chamber under the hammer, a standard practice for revolver
users for well over 100 years now.
Ask the unnamed family member of Lois Mamo, injured upon the accidental
discharge of a Winchester rifle, why he or she did not have the muzzle
pointed in a safe direction.
Ask Von Ware, who accidentally discharged his Glock into the face of a
fellow officer, why he was cleaning a loaded gun, and why he did not have it
pointed in a safe direction when it discharged.
Ask Detroit Officer Michael Allen why he had the muzzle of his Glock pointed
at his own leg and his finger on the trigger while placing it under his car
seat.
Ask the three unnamed officers, injured in the leg or buttocks under
circumstances you did not describe, why their loaded guns were pointed at
themselves.
Ask former Border Patrol officer Michael Roth, whom you describe as an
"experienced gun handler," why he was carrying a Glock in his waistband
without a holster, a practice widely known to be stupidly dangerous.
Ask former Texas officer Terry Turner why he had his finger on the trigger
of his Glock while holstering it.
Ask police Lt. Walter Warot why he was carrying a Glock in his waistband
without a holster, a practice widely known to be stupidly dangerous.
Ask the Kentucky police officer, who shot a suspect he was arresting, why he
had his finger on the trigger if he did not intend to fire the gun.
Ask the South Carolina officer, who shot a suspect he was arresting, why he
had his finger on the trigger if he did not intend to fire the gun.
Ask the officer whose shot killed James Lancaster why he had his finger on
the trigger if he did not intend to fire the gun.
If you did not explore the answers to these questions when doing your
research, why not? And if you did explore them, but then left the
information out of your report, why?
--
Bob Woolley
St. Paul, MN
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"We are about to see the first generation of American leadership to leave
our nation less better off than it was before."
--Sen. Hillary Clinton, quoted in the New York Sun, Dec. 17
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