Riverside Man Shot In Leg During Gun Training Class At Sheriff’s Facility
BY Herschel Smith
5 years, 4 months ago
A Riverside man attending a firearms training class to get his concealed weapons permit was accidentally shot by a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department trainer, the department told The Desert Sun.
On Aug. 10, the man, identified only as a civilian, was participating in a course at the Ben Clark Training Center’s gun range in Riverside.
According to a department news release issued in response to questions from The Desert Sun, gun range staff inspect students’ firearms during the course and students are instructed to unload their guns.
During the inspection, the range staff member — a civilian instructor the department did not identify — administered a “trigger pull test” and shot the student in the leg. Range staff initially treated the injured man.
And he’s training the Sheriff’s Department. The “trigger pull test.”
On August 26, 2019 at 8:41 am, ft said:
I taught for 19 years and the most serious injury I ever had was a small girl with a blister on her trigger finger tip. Maybe I was just lucky but I am grateful for that achievement.
On August 26, 2019 at 9:05 am, Ned said:
I used to be an RSO. I don’t understand this. Points gun at leg and presses bang switch. Gun works as it’s supposed to.
This is CCW training in California? I guess they really do, do thing different.
On August 26, 2019 at 9:15 am, Badger said:
Trigger pull test? I’ll take failure to drop the mag first & otherwise properly clear the weapon for $1200, Alex.
On August 26, 2019 at 9:16 am, Frank Clarke said:
I wonder what an FOIA request for details of the “trigger pull test” would deliver?
On August 26, 2019 at 9:18 am, Heywood said:
Gee, I remember when I was doing my “trigger pull test” and shot my friend. The cops just laughed and told me how smart i was to be aiming at his leg and not his head.
On August 27, 2019 at 2:31 pm, DDS said:
One wonders what ever happened to “Only One” Lee Paige.
On August 30, 2019 at 1:36 pm, TRX said:
Some information on Quora, for whatever value you might place on it:
https://www.quora.com/What-ever-happened-to-the-law-enforcement-officer-who-accidentally-discharged-his-weapon-in-a-classroom-full-of-children
Basically, he sued the DEA for not covering up his actions, hasn’t made the news since 2011.
In my opinion, every single person in that room (and their parents, since it was “The Orlando County Youth Minority Golf Association”) should have sued both him (the idiot) and the DEA (as his employer) for whatever the local jurisdiction would call ‘reckless endangerment.’
Yeah, the video is hilarious, but you shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that he was waving a loaded firearm at a bunch of schoolkids.
Best as anyone can tell, the DEA didn’t even fire him for it. I doubt that anyone without a badge would have walked after a stunt like that.