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DaveB:
And we are to trust them to protect us!???



http://www.omaha.com/article/20100216/NEWS97/100219670

Published Tuesday February 16, 2010

Rusty gun a rude surprise
Never trust a rusty gun.

One Omaha police officer learned that lesson earlier this month while checking a shotgun into the evidence room at Central Police Headquarters, 505 S. 15th St.

Officer Darrelle Bonam, a veteran of more than five years with the department, was booking the gun into evidence. While pulling back the rusty slide to check if it was empty, he touched the trigger and the gun went off, hitting a money-counting machine.

No one was injured in the incident, which occurred Feb. 3.

Officer Jacob Bettin, a police spokesman, said that anytime a firearm is discharged in a city building, the matter is reviewed by the Omaha Police Department's safety review committee to determine whether proper procedures and safety techniques were followed and whether disciplinary action is in order.

"This shows firearms are dangerous, even for people trained to properly handle them," Bettin said.

? Jason Kuiper

bwarner:
They must NOT teach gun safety at the Omaha Police Dept.What an IDIOT.

rluening:

--- Quote from: bwarner on February 16, 2010, 03:40:52 PM ---They must NOT teach gun safety at the Omaha Police Dept.What an IDIOT.

--- End quote ---

Perhaps you missed the spokesman's statement - guns (not incompetent city employees) are dangerous.

/rl

bwarner:
Guns become dangerous in the hands of incompetent people.Its not the GUNS fault.

kruegster:
Wouldn't you think it had been cleared and checked when originally logged into evidence?

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