How not to do your job.

When I was 18 years old, a very wise Army Master Sergeant told me something I have remembered my entire life. “Thiac, the loudest noise you will ever hear in your life is the sound of an ‘unloaded’ weapon firing.” 

Alex Baldwin, learn this before you go back on stage. Also, something else I was taught before that, “There is no such thing as an ‘unloaded’ firearm.” The point, always treat any firearm as it is loaded, and no one gets hurt. 

Guns are not toys, and should never be treated as such. I’ve said this before, cops can be our worst enemy. See this article from South Carolina:

 

S.C. deputies disciplined after 'horseplay' during training leads to officer being shot

One deputy fired a blank round from his simulation firearm, then a colleague shot back with a loaded gun

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. — A South Carolina deputy fired a blank round — then a colleague shot back with a loaded gun, officials said.

The real bullet “inadvertently” hit the first deputy, sending him to a hospital with a foot injury, according to the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office. Now, about two weeks after officials said they began investigating the act of “horseplay” that went awry, several deputies face suspension…

...The case dates to Feb. 22, when officials started an investigation. During a “controlled” training exercise in Abbeville County, deputies used blank rounds and had access to a simunition gun, which uses fake ammunition.

“It was discovered that after the training exercise, GCSO deputies were securing their equipment when one of the deputies discharged a blank round from a simunition gun in what was determined to be horseplay,” the sheriff’s office wrote. “In response, another deputy discharged his weapon, inadvertently striking the deputy in the foot, forgetting he had already transitioned back to his duty weapon…”

…The sheriff’s office put the two deputies on administrative leave before they reportedly were disciplined for “careless use of a firearm” and “improper handling of a firearm.”

“Both deputies have been given a 10-day suspension, placed on the Performance Improvement Plan, and will undergo remedial training,” the sheriff’s office wrote.

Also, a supervisor accused of not properly monitoring weapons is expected to be suspended for three days and faces additional training, according to officials.

Both my two agencies, when we train with Blue Guns or Sim Guns, no real weapons are allowed anywhere near the training site. Hell, generally pocket knives are not allowed to prevent inadvertent injury.

Thankfully the deputy will recovery, and the men will be “reeducated” on a simple task. And thank you sheriff setting and enforcing a standard.