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mengelmar · 08-14-2006, 06:37 PM

http://www.keepmecurrent.com/Communi...?storyID=23009

The good news is that it sounds like he'll be okay. I'm embarrassed that the local newspaper would make the mistake of calling it a .357 magnum but I guess its a minor mistake. I can't imagine sleeping with ANY loaded firearm but I gotta think that the lack of any meaningful safety on the weapon played a role in the accident.

Cuda · 08-14-2006, 06:59 PM

Yeah, I highly doubt an XD would have gone off in the same situation.

freeman · 08-14-2006, 07:18 PM

I say sleeping with a loaded gun is crazy. I frequently dream of shooting. I believe many gun lovers do the same. If I touch a gun while sleeping and dreaming, I may grab it and pull the trigger. In this case, XD doesn't help.

NiK · 08-14-2006, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by mengelmar

I'm embarrassed that the local newspaper would make the mistake of calling it a .357 magnum

Yeah, and "femoral vein". He must be an alien. Someone rap that reporter on the noggin.

Tomcat088 · 08-14-2006, 08:58 PM

Actually there is such a thing is a femoral vein, "femoral" just gives the position being at the femur. I'm a biology major and have had my fair share of anatomy classes and soon to start to medical school. It's quite possible that he shot himself in the femoral vein, because if he would have shot himself in the femoral artery, then he might have died. Veins are low pressure and bleed much more slowly because it's your skeletal muscles contracting and movie that pumps your blood and is kept from flowing back with valves. Arteries are high pressure "lines" that have oxygenated blood in them. Since they're high pressure you bleed from them faster, and the oxygenated blood loss means that it affects the body much faster. Here's a link of the location and stuff of the femoral vein, so you can see it for yourself.http://www.studentbmj.com/search/pdf/03/09/sbmj318.pdf

NiK · 08-14-2006, 10:22 PM

Oh, well that makes sense. I was thinking they must've had a really fast boat for him not die from a femoral artery wound.

Next, you're going to tell me that Glock has a limited edition model chambered for .357 magnum

Killerquad · 08-14-2006, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by NiK

Oh, well that makes sense. I was thinking they must've had a really fast boat for him not die from a femoral artery wound.

Next, you're going to tell me that Glock has a limited edition model chambered for .357 magnum

I have 2.....wanna buy one?

**nikon777** · 08-14-2006, 10:39 PM

another ND from a cop with a Glock. i see a pattern.......

retired · 08-15-2006, 12:37 AM

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The weapon was similar to his police issue Sig-Sauer 357.

I am not familiar at all with Sigs and have only shot the SC models of Glock in 9, 40 and 45; soooo.....other than both being a 357 SIG and both being semi-auto firearms are they in fact similar.

Is it possible the reporter just compounded his ignorance of firearms with that remark also.

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another ND from a cop with a Glock. i see a pattern.......

Nikon, what pattern: Bad Glocks, negligence on the officer's behalf or both. Just trying to figure out which possible pattern you are referring to. Inquiring minds want to know.

Also, would he fall into that 70%.....oops...I forgot you reduced it...60% group.

bigun · 08-15-2006, 12:53 AM

So far most of the ND/AD's I've heard about with Glocks have to do with a certain brand of thumb break plastic holster "Uncle Mike's". It seems that the thumb break itself has been a contributing factor and most have happened while holstering , the thumb break finds it's way into the trigger gaurd and boom. Of course there have been a few due to over excitement and nerves, poor gun handeling and general stupidity.

08-14-2006, 06:37 PM	#1
mengelmar XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Raymond, Maine Posts: 364	Local cop shoots self in his sleep with Glock http://www.keepmecurrent.com/Communi...?storyID=23009 The good news is that it sounds like he'll be okay. I'm embarrassed that the local newspaper would make the mistake of calling it a .357 magnum but I guess its a minor mistake. I can't imagine sleeping with ANY loaded firearm but I gotta think that the lack of any meaningful safety on the weapon played a role in the accident. __________________ Next purchase: CMP M1 Garand \"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance\" -Thomas Jefferson

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Cuda XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Alabama Gulf Coast Posts: 328	Yeah, I highly doubt an XD would have gone off in the same situation. __________________ XD9 Service "Black" CZ 75B/SA 9mm Ruger GP100 .357 Magnum 4" Blued CZ 82 Makarov Springfield 1911 SS GI Ruger MarkII Stainless Target 5 1/2" Bull Barrel Colt Mustang .380

08-14-2006, 10:39 PM	#8
nikon777 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Cleveland, OH. The Danger Zone. Posts: 7,444	another ND from a cop with a Glock. i see a pattern....... __________________ 1. Banning of future weapons. 2. Registering current weapons. 3. Confiscation. My blog

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bigun XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Southern Iowa Posts: 3,034	So far most of the ND/AD's I've heard about with Glocks have to do with a certain brand of thumb break plastic holster "Uncle Mike's". It seems that the thumb break itself has been a contributing factor and most have happened while holstering , the thumb break finds it's way into the trigger gaurd and boom. Of course there have been a few due to over excitement and nerves, poor gun handeling and general stupidity. __________________ The second ammendment is the ammendment that protects all of the others.

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08-14-2006, 07:18 PM	#3
freeman XDTalk Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 80	I say sleeping with a loaded gun is crazy. I frequently dream of shooting. I believe many gun lovers do the same. If I touch a gun while sleeping and dreaming, I may grab it and pull the trigger. In this case, XD doesn't help.

08-14-2006, 08:58 PM	#5
Tomcat088 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lubbock, Tx Posts: 688	Actually there is such a thing is a femoral vein, "femoral" just gives the position being at the femur. I'm a biology major and have had my fair share of anatomy classes and soon to start to medical school. It's quite possible that he shot himself in the femoral vein, because if he would have shot himself in the femoral artery, then he might have died. Veins are low pressure and bleed much more slowly because it's your skeletal muscles contracting and movie that pumps your blood and is kept from flowing back with valves. Arteries are high pressure "lines" that have oxygenated blood in them. Since they're high pressure you bleed from them faster, and the oxygenated blood loss means that it affects the body much faster. Here's a link of the location and stuff of the femoral vein, so you can see it for yourself.http://www.studentbmj.com/search/pdf/03/09/sbmj318.pdf

08-14-2006, 10:22 PM	#6
NiK XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ft Benning, GA Posts: 1,344	Oh, well that makes sense. I was thinking they must've had a really fast boat for him not die from a femoral artery wound. Next, you're going to tell me that Glock has a limited edition model chambered for .357 magnum