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Title: Revolver "Goes Off" as Cop Unloads It
Post by: crusader rabbit on September 24, 2012, 07:31:11 AM
 In yet another example of those evil guns "going off," a Philly cop shoots a hole in the TSA break room as he attempts to unload a .38 S&W revolver confiscated from a flight attendant.

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PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - September 23, 2012 (WPVI) -- It appears it was an unintentional act, but police say a handgun found inside the bag of a flight attendant at Philadelphia International Airport turned into a big deal this morning.

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A Philadelphia police officer was trying to unload the .38 when it accidentally fired a round into the wall.
emphasis mine

more at link

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8821505

Maybe cops shouldn't be allowed to play with things they don't understand.

Crusader Rabbit
Title: Re: Revolver "Goes Off" as Cop Unloads It
Post by: MikeBjerum on September 24, 2012, 08:09:32 AM
Revolvers Do Not Just Go Off!!!
Keep Your Buger Hook Off The Bang Switch!!!

As far as how a forbidden item could get to the TSA screener I will plead the Fifth  ;)
Title: Re: Revolver "Goes Off" as Cop Unloads It
Post by: kmitch200 on September 24, 2012, 08:26:40 AM
Jayzuss!! I can understand how a glock goes off when a bonehead tries to break it down for cleaning, it's extremely retarded but I understand it.
But a freaking revolver???  ::)
Title: Re: Revolver "Goes Off" as Cop Unloads It
Post by: tombogan03884 on September 24, 2012, 08:42:03 AM
But the Brady bunch tell us that only the police are trained enough to be trusted with guns.

Title: Re: Revolver "Goes Off" as Cop Unloads It
Post by: fightingquaker13 on September 24, 2012, 10:14:14 PM
Good thing he didn't confiscate a grenade. ;D  A revolver, seriously? Oi vey!
FQ

PS, On second thought, this guy might be perfect for EOD. "Okay Sgt. Bilko, take this package and walk very carefully 50 paces that way. Then, shake it really hard". ;)
Title: Re: Revolver "Goes Off" as Cop Unloads It
Post by: TAB on September 25, 2012, 04:30:46 AM
What if it was a single action and the half calk was broke?   
Title: Re: Revolver "Goes Off" as Cop Unloads It
Post by: BAC on September 25, 2012, 05:23:08 AM
Quote from: TAB on September 25, 2012, 04:30:46 AM
What if it was a single action and the half calk was broke?   

S&W doesn't make a single action revolver.
Title: Re: Revolver "Goes Off" as Cop Unloads It
Post by: sledgemeister on September 25, 2012, 06:35:32 AM
Quote from: BAC on September 25, 2012, 05:23:08 AM
S&W doesn't make a single action revolver.

But Philadelphia obviously make single cell brained coppers...
Title: Re: Revolver "Goes Off" as Cop Unloads It
Post by: billt on September 25, 2012, 07:21:40 AM
The ignorance of these "Trained Professionals", along with the totally stupid media that reports it, is beyond belief.
Title: Re: Revolver "Goes Off" as Cop Unloads It
Post by: MikeBjerum on September 25, 2012, 07:32:32 AM
TAB,

If you watch the video you will see it is a S&W 442 Airweight.

Operator Error!!!
Title: Re: Revolver "Goes Off" as Cop Unloads It
Post by: Timothy on September 25, 2012, 05:08:35 PM
Quote from: m58 on September 25, 2012, 07:32:32 AM
TAB,

If you watch the video you will see it is a S&W 442 Airweight.

Operator Error!!!

And the 442 has a transfer bar so the trigger MUST be depressed all the way to the finger guard to make it go BANG!

Dumbass Operator Error!!!!
Title: Re: Revolver "Goes Off" as Cop Unloads It
Post by: Ulmus on September 25, 2012, 07:03:18 PM
I could only handle 41 seconds of that video.   :P    That damn thing gave me a headache.  It's bad enough that the TSA agent couldn't figure out how to unload a revolver safely, but paranoid fear mongering by the newscasters was just pathetic!  Where's the barf emocon?
Title: Re: Revolver "Goes Off" as Cop Unloads It
Post by: Ranger Dave on September 25, 2012, 07:45:52 PM
Here you go
Title: Re: Revolver "Goes Off" as Cop Unloads It
Post by: alfsauve on September 25, 2012, 08:57:51 PM
Oh wait! Wait!

This was Philadelphia.  Oh that explains it.