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Received this from my brother down in Texas this morning that he received from a friend !

I’d like to thank you all for the overwhelming support, prayers and outpouring of love for my family. On Valentines Day afternoon, as I was walking from our bedroom to the kitchen, I dropped a holstered Glock 21 from my jacket and it fell to the floor and discharged. It shouldn’t have done that. The bullet entered my upper left thigh, fractured my lower left pelvis, nicked an artery and lodged in my sacrum.

I am so blessed in so many ways. The bullet could have struck Marti. It could have entered my torso or penetrated my spine. Thankfully, the damage to my Iliac artery was skillfully repaired and I am alive.

Shaun and Marti are my heroes. Along with the LEOs, EMTs, the trauma surgeons and staff and the wonderful and caring nurses at Memorial Herman. Shaun immediately applied a tourniquet to my leg and stopped the external bleeding before the EMTs arrived. Marti called 911 multiple times and they both kept me alert and talking. My wife and son literally saved my life.

I was taken by ambulance to Memorial Herman Northwest. The EMT tried to start an IV several times but was unable to as my veins had collapsed from blood loss. Once I was stabilized, they took me to Memorial Herman, one of the best trauma centers in the country. I received three units of blood before going to surgery and was intubated which was very unpleasant. The trauma surgeons closed the wound in my thigh then stopped the bleeding of the iliac artery in an amazing way.

There’s a substantial pool of blood in my lower abdomen that initially the surgeons were going to remove. They’ve decided to let my body absorb it instead of surgically removing it.

I hope to be moved out of the SICU today. I’m not sure how much longer I will be here.

I’m grateful and blessed by God to be alive. Once I’m stronger I’ll do my best to reach out to family and friends to thank you all for the prayers, well wishes and outpouring of love towards my wonderful family. We are truly blessed to have you all in our li

I thought, growing old would take longer ! 

I spent most of my money on shotguns and fly rods.  The rest I just wasted.

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I am sorry to hear this happened but it could have been and should have prevented by clearing the gun before entering the house not having a round in the chamber. These are sad stories to hear. He is lucky he did not die.

Edited by bushden

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Years ago my uncle fell out of a tree while deer hunting and the pistol he had holstered wound up shooting him in the leg........so the story goes.........he was a Catskill hillbilly.......

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4 minutes ago, MRMCR said:

Years ago my uncle fell out of a tree while deer hunting and the pistol he had holstered wound up shooting him in the leg........so the story goes.........he was a Catskill hillbilly.......

Damn, was or still is?

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The shot didnt kill him but he died 20 years after that.........

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6 minutes ago, MRMCR said:

Years ago my uncle fell out of a tree while deer hunting and the pistol he had holstered wound up shooting him in the leg........so the story goes.........he was a Catskill hillbilly.......

The fall could have been worse than the gun shot.

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I know when an officer has an accidental discharge most of the time they are charged through their department because accidental discharges are uncommon usually it’s negligence.
but before they are charged the weapon is sent to a firearm expert and ran through a serious of test to rule out any safety or defects in the firearm. In theory a handgun being dropped should not cause the weapon to discharge the trigger must be pulled.

glocks had a snag and I believe recall on the first 43’s they made due to failing the drop test and strike to the slide or slide cover when they first came out. I would be interested in seeing that gun being sent back to Glock for evaluation. Other things to consider is improper maintenance and improper holster.

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35 minutes ago, RPK0620 said:

Received this from my brother down in Texas this morning that he received from a friend !

I’d like to thank you all for the overwhelming support, prayers and outpouring of love for my family. On Valentines Day afternoon, as I was walking from our bedroom to the kitchen, I dropped a holstered Glock 21 from my jacket and it fell to the floor and discharged. It shouldn’t have done that. The bullet entered my upper left thigh, fractured my lower left pelvis, nicked an artery and lodged in my sacrum.

I am so blessed in so many ways. The bullet could have struck Marti. It could have entered my torso or penetrated my spine. Thankfully, the damage to my Iliac artery was skillfully repaired and I am alive.

Shaun and Marti are my heroes. Along with the LEOs, EMTs, the trauma surgeons and staff and the wonderful and caring nurses at Memorial Herman. Shaun immediately applied a tourniquet to my leg and stopped the external bleeding before the EMTs arrived. Marti called 911 multiple times and they both kept me alert and talking. My wife and son literally saved my life.

I was taken by ambulance to Memorial Herman Northwest. The EMT tried to start an IV several times but was unable to as my veins had collapsed from blood loss. Once I was stabilized, they took me to Memorial Herman, one of the best trauma centers in the country. I received three units of blood before going to surgery and was intubated which was very unpleasant. The trauma surgeons closed the wound in my thigh then stopped the bleeding of the iliac artery in an amazing way.

There’s a substantial pool of blood in my lower abdomen that initially the surgeons were going to remove. They’ve decided to let my body absorb it instead of surgically removing it.

I hope to be moved out of the SICU today. I’m not sure how much longer I will be here.

I’m grateful and blessed by God to be alive. Once I’m stronger I’ll do my best to reach out to family and friends to thank you all for the prayers, well wishes and outpouring of love towards my wonderful family. We are truly blessed to have you all in our li

Hope your brother recovers quickly!

 Thanks for sharing the story so we can learn from the incident. 
 

Prayers sent and hope someone can mechanically identify why the firearm discharged 

Posted

Good topic makes me ponder.

I had more than one close calls myself. I got lucky I guess my time wasn't up yet with the Lord.

Safety courses are great but common sense is greater!

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Posted
2 minutes ago, Bones said:

I know when an officer has an accidental discharge most of the time they are charged through their department because accidental discharges are uncommon usually it’s negligence.
but before they are charged the weapon is sent to a firearm expert and ran through a serious of test to rule out any safety or defects in the firearm. In theory a handgun being dropped should not cause the weapon to discharge the trigger must be pulled.

glocks had a snag and I believe recall on the first 43’s they made due to failing the drop test and strike to the slide or slide cover when they first came out. I would be interested in seeing that gun being sent back to Glock for evaluation. Other things to consider is improper maintenance and improper holster.

When your service weapon comes off the hip to be put away the chamber should be cleared.

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To each his own.

sometimes a weapon isn’t own your hip such as in this guys case it was in his pocket in a holster.

I carry many different ways off duty and on duty depending my responsibilities  for the day.

You ever go to Kentucky the only people to open carry are  pedophiles because they’re the only ones who can’t get a concealed permit.

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When your service weapon comes off the hip to be put away the chamber should be cleared.

It sounds like that is when it happened? Unless you are saying take the pistol out of the holster before taking the holster with gun off? Either way if this is a legitimate accident and discharge from a drop as described? I could see it happening with or without the holster.


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7 minutes ago, Farmingdales Finest said:


It sounds like that is when it happened? Unless you are saying take the pistol out of the holster before taking the holster with gun off? Either way if this is a legitimate accident and discharge from a drop as described? I could see it happening with or without the holster.


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Gun should be cleared before bringing in the house, I always had a clearing barrel and never brought a loaded weapon inside the house without it being cleared 1st.

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