Firearms instructor's weapon discharges during safety training
Do as I say, not as I do.
That could be the lesson from Maj. Donald Lamar, a firearms instructor for the Bristol County Sheriff's Department, who was teaching a class on weapons safety last week when he accidentally fired the weapon while placing it into his holster. The bullet ripped through Maj. Lamar's pants leg and lodged in the floor, but amazingly missed his leg and foot.
He is not carrying a firearm.
"He didn't clear his weapon before he went in the classroom,
"In fact, he would often show students while in class that his weapon was clear.
then slid the weapon into his holster — his finger still on the trigger.
Just days earlier, a Marshfield police recruit accidentally shot himself in the leg while attempting to holster his weapon during a training session
That bullet entered the recruit's upper thigh and lodged in his lower leg
"Fortunately, nobody was hurt, but it was certainly an embarrassment," the sheriff said.
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