I think I am getting this posted before Norm ;)
http://www.officer.com/online/articl...ion=1&id=36478
Gun Kept Under Pillow Wounds Georgia Police Officer
Story by wsbtv.com
ALBANY --
A police officer was shot in the wrist when a gun she kept under her pillow went off.
Sgt. Kinshishi Adams, 34, was lying in bed Sunday when a .40 caliber pistol she kept under her pillow discharged and struck her in her left wrist, Dougherty County Police Chief Don Cheek said.
Adams was listed in fair condition Monday at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, hospital spokeswoman Valerie Benton said.
"She sustained an extremely serious wound to the left wrist and underwent surgery (Sunday) night," Cheek said. "Everything indicates it was just a freak accident. She apparently sleeps with a weapon under her pillow, and somehow it discharged.
"She was by herself at the time. There is no indication that anything other than what she said happened."
The incident is being investigated by county police since it happened in their jurisdiction. The Albany Police Department is conducting an internal investigation.
Both Cheek and Albany police stressed the importance of gun safety in the wake of the accident.
"We train on gun safety and we stress gun safety, but even the people who handle guns for a living, accidents happen," Cheek said. "We just stress that firearms are not toys, and even people experienced with firearms occasionally have accidents."
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06-12-07 05:02 PM #1
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I think she's going to need to be retrained...
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06-12-07 05:06 PM #2
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Hmmmm...I wonder if it was one of those evil plastic guns that go around shooting innocent civilians.
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06-12-07 05:08 PM #3
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I call "B.S."
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Her Chief might be buying it, but I don't.
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06-12-07 06:18 PM #4
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Isn't it possible that she actually pulled the trigger in her sleep? Sleep walkers do stranger things than that while they are asleep.
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06-12-07 06:31 PM #5
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This is a shot in the arm for anti-gun activists everywhere. :D
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06-12-07 06:52 PM #6
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Booger hook off the trigger while you're having wet dreams!
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06-12-07 08:01 PM #7
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She probably put her hand under her pillow while she was asleep. That is why you never EVER put a weapon under your pillow...
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06-12-07 08:49 PM #8
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New idea for an alarm clock that I wouldn't sleep through :D
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06-12-07 10:09 PM #9
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I don't know, it takes a lot to admit you're so dumb you shot yourself in your sleep with the gun under your pillow. If she was making it up she'd have gone with the "cleaning it" routine Originally Posted by Curt581
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They've got us surrounded? Good. Now we can fire in any direction, those bastards wont get away this time
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06-12-07 11:42 PM #10
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she is an officer!!!?? i would scared being her partner......
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06-13-07 04:35 AM #11
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There. Fixed it for ya.........:p Originally Posted by Darin
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06-13-07 05:38 AM #12
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Uh, I know how it discharged. Someone pulled the trigger.and somehow it discharged.
I sleep with a sword under my pillow. It's much safer that way.Cogito ergo summopere periculosus.
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06-13-07 02:01 PM #13
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Unless I'm at the range, switching holsters, or pointing my gun at someone, it is ALWAYS in a holster.
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I mean, we're getting killed for these people and they don't even appreciate it. They think it's a big joke.
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06-13-07 04:20 PM #14
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