Man shoots mother while cleaning G19

[Speedlace]

Man Shoots Mom by Accident

Todd Johnston, 27, had, some time earlier, returned home from the shooting range. Thursday evening after 8:30 p.m., he was at the kitchen table, at 12, Belvedere Lane in Palm Coast, cleaning his Glock 19 while talking to his girlfriend.

Johnston began the field stripping process, which requires the trigger to be pulled in order to remove the slide for cleaning. He assumed the weapon had been unloaded by the time he’d left the range. It wasn’t. The gun fired. Johnston’s mother, Jody Johnston, 53, was nearby. She was hit in the hip.
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An investigation confirmed that the shooting was accidental.

http://flaglerlive.com/29528/shooting-burglary

 

[SpeedRacer]

Keyword: assumed

Dumbass.

 

[EagleyeOne]

That is sad

 

[charliepapa]

major fail. is it just me or what? any non-carry range gun, I shoot it until it's empty, or unload it when done. I double check it for empty then and remove the mag. I check it again when I put it in the case. I check it again when it comes out, and so on. Basically, every time I touch it, I check it. Isn't that in the directions?

 

[Crimson]

or you could be even safer and by an xdm, so you dont have to pull the trigger just in case


but definitely that guy was ignorant I check and double check my guns when I pick them up. Unless I know they are loaded and want them to be.

 

[Hattrick 22]

major fail. is it just me or what? any non-carry range gun, I shoot it until it's empty, or unload it when done. I double check it for empty then and remove the mag. I check it again when I put it in the case. I check it again when it comes out, and so on. Basically, every time I touch it, I check it. Isn't that in the directions?

+1 to that every time i touch it i check.

My dad always raised me telling me that more unloaded guns kill people than loaded ones do...

I've seen people side swipe a car while changing a lane talking on a cell phone; fall into a mall fountain while texting, and now shoot their mom in the hip because of talking on a cell phone..

 

[whitsend]

Idiot.

I also check every time I touch my gun.
And if I have to pull the trigger to field strip it then I check it at least twice and point it in a safe direction before pulling the trigger.

I thought that was in "Gun Handling 101 - The common sense lessons".

 

[Xenon]

cell phone

I don't believe a phone was mentioned in the article. She MAY have been at the table with him. Not that it matters...still a big eff up

 

[deafdave3]

...which requires the trigger to be pulled in order to remove the slide for cleaning...

FAIL!

And Glock wonders why they have so many accidental shootings? Pah!

 

[whitsend]

FAIL!

And Glock wonders why they have so many accidental shootings? Pah!

Because idiots don't check the chamber before, nor point the gun in a safe direction while, disassembling the gun.

They should just buy a Bersa!

 

[deafdave3]

They should just buy a Bersa!

I agree! With a Bersa, all that needs to be done is a lever turn downward, then the slide slides right off. No senseless trigger pulling necessary!

 

[whitsend]

That could be a new ad slogan for Bersa.

"Field stipping a Bersa is idiot proof. Bersa, the pistol for idiots!"

 

[deafdave3]

That could be a new ad slogan for Bersa.

"Field stipping a Bersa is idiot proof. Bersa, the pistol for idiots!"

Goes to how how much you know... Bersa doesn't do ads! HA!

 

[alpinehyperlite]

but definitely that guy was ignorant I check and double check my guns when I pick them up. Unless I know they are loaded and want them to be.

And triple check.

 

[mikepizz]

Was he using a Serpa Holster?

 

[leVieux]

No one is really stupid enough to "clean" a pistol with a round chambered; or, are they ? Oh, and while pointed at Mother ?

 

[deadidunn]

Senseless! Same as the rest of ya'll, I always double check prior to cleaning, showing, moving, or handing to someone!!

 

[whbonney26]

major fail. is it just me or what? any non-carry range gun, I shoot it until it's empty, or unload it when done. I double check it for empty then and remove the mag. I check it again when I put it in the case. I check it again when it comes out, and so on. Basically, every time I touch it, I check it. Isn't that in the directions?

Some people .....usually people who dont shoot often.......do some crazy things like not checking or assuming.

 

[hdfinder47]

major fail. is it just me or what? any non-carry range gun, I shoot it until it's empty, or unload it when done. I double check it for empty then and remove the mag. I check it again when I put it in the case. I check it again when it comes out, and so on. Basically, every time I touch it, I check it. Isn't that in the directions?

"Isn't that in the directions?"
Everyone knows that real men don't read no damn instructions.....................

 

[VeedUp]

I dont understand how you sit to clean your gun and not check the chamber before breaking it down. How do you leave the range with one left in the chamber. That's why I don't like going to some ranges with crowds there you never know how responsible the persons are there handling around you. It's like everytime I go someone is there trying to teach another person the fundamentals of the gun and how to shoot, and it's usually someone who needs to be taught before they go and show them how to not be safe.