Wondering what journalists might be interested in the news story of an ICE agent negligently discharging his gun through the walls of a hotel he was staying at.

[disorderlyf@todon.eu]

@kimchitea @deviantollam @ligniform "attempted to change a part"? Was it not loaded and they didn't know what a mag is? Do they remove the slide and add before the go in? Are they talking about a sight? A surpressor?

EDIT: Sorry, I hadn't read the rest of it when I posted that, so I didn't know they specified. The wording was bothering me too much to not post what I originally did, but I'm hoping this edit will dispell the misinformation I inadvertantly spread.

EDIT 2: Wait, back up, this guy was messing with that WHILE THE GUN WAS LOADED?! Either this guy is quite possibly the dumbest gun owner alive or this story is bullshit and his did something either more dumb or more malicious.

[nosirrahsec@infosec.exchange]

@kimchitea @deviantollam @ligniform @disorderlyf Hahahaha this is the shit you read about, but truly can't imagine someone stupid enough to do it.

[theredlongitude@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@disorderlyf @kimchitea @deviantollam @ligniform

Backstrap, the back part of the grip. I'm pretty sure you have to remove the slide to do it. Not... really sure why'd you be messing with that "in the field", but I guess we're already failing basic gun safety, so I doubt they should really be trusted with a fork much less a gun

[nosirrahsec@infosec.exchange]

@deviantollam @Retreival9096 @jrconlin not only a mechanism, but the concept of...caution? Some sort of training perhaps to reduce such negligence?

Ugh, it's so unfortunate that this is so new of a problem! We couldn't have possibly stopped this.

[passwordsarehard4@mastodon.social]

@theredlongitude @disorderlyf @kimchitea @deviantollam @ligniform depends on model but I’ve got a few that don’t. It’s a roll pin at the bottom and it fits into a grove at the top right before the thumbs well. I wouldn’t do it loaded anyway, you have to put a few good hits in the pin to move it. S&W99 and its Walther cousin were like that.

[kevinrns@mstdn.social]

@deviantollam

And best it's negligent discharge, has anyone checked for blood splatter?

[deviantollam@defcon.social]

@kevinrns local PD came and investigated and verified that the room into which the round was discharged was unoccupied at the time.

Although, it was a near miss... Someone had been assigned that room by the front desk and was actually in the hallway proceeding towards the room when the agent fired his weapon.

The other hotel guest heard the shot and thought some piece of equipment had experienced a catastrophic failure in a wall or something.

[coolerpseudonym@wandering.shop]

@deviantollam What a shithole

[richspk@tech.lgbt]

@deviantollam yeah, I saw that. I think my local PD, and certainly the White House, would have drawn out a FOIA request much longer.

[deviantollam@defcon.social]

@RichSPK ah yes I hear you there

[kevinrns@mstdn.social]

@deviantollam

Thanks for this

[lerxst@az.social]

@deviantollam @kevinrns Absolutely bonkers. Is this going to be another 10 year ICE veteran who is also a firearms instructor? Wouldn't surprise me in the least.

[deviantollam@defcon.social]

@kevinrns @lerxst I believe that reports are he was a 30-year veteran of some sort of federal law enforcement I think. He then came out of retirement to work for ICE on this assignment.

[n_dimension@infosec.exchange]

@deviantollam @Retreival9096

As its very likely a #Glock, it does not have a traditional safety switch that most traditional firearm have.

It has THREE safeties.

Now a SAFETY, will prevent
an ACCIDENTAL discharge.

The three (3) safeties will, however not
prevent a NEGLIGENT discharge.

But because the two #ICE muppets are struggling
(Adam Autio, Bradley Shaver, remember their names), calling this an ACCIDENTAL discharge allows them to save face.

[richrants@toot.community]

@deviantollam The full report is terrifying and ridiculous at the same time. I initially assumed that the officer just neglected to clear the chamber before working on his weapon. Which would have been bad. But he diligently explains how the way he was holding the gun induced a malfunction preventing chambering the next round. That means he had a full magazine in the gun while working on it, pointing it at himself. WTAF?!

[freediverx@mastodon.social]

@Retreival9096 @deviantollam
Most modern handguns don’t have a safety because it’s considered poor practice to rely on said mechanism.

The problem here was entrusting a poorly trained fool with a firearm. #1 rule of firearm safety is to treat every gun as if it’s loaded and to never allow it to point to anything you don’t intend to destroy.

[freediverx@mastodon.social]

@FritzAdalis @deviantollam @radleybalko
Gunpowder from the discharge.

[freediverx@mastodon.social]

@Spirit @ryan @deviantollam
Not just a round in the chamber but a fully loaded magazine.

Evidently police training is 99% “treat everyone like a terrorist” and 1% “basic safety practices and respect for civil liberties.”

[annehargreaves@ioc.exchange]

@radleybalko @deviantollam Doesn't look super-fit.

[wooshell@chaosfurs.social]

@disorderlyf @kimchitea @deviantollam @ligniform Says right there "an ICE agent" - how much more proof of stupidity do you even need?