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01-01-09, 09:19 PM #1
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Pueblo officer shoots wife; apparently an accident
PUEBLO (AP) - A Pueblo police officer remains on leave following the apparent accidental shooting of his wife.
Steven Vaughn told investigators he had just finished cleaning his revolver Sunday when it accidentally fired. The bullet passed through a wall and into a bathroom, hitting his wife, Robin, in the lower torso.
Pueblo County sheriff's spokeswoman Laurie Kilpatrick said Robin Vaughn was treated at Parkview Medical Center and is expected to recover.
Kilpatrick says sheriff's deputies who investigated say the shooting appears to be accidental. Pueblo police Capt. Troy Davenport said Wednesday that the 35-year-old Vaughn remained on leave pending an internal investigation.
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01-01-09, 09:41 PM #2
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Geeze . . . . that's terrible. I can't imagine. Glad she lived and hope she recovers well.
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01-01-09, 11:46 PM #3
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He'll spend the rest of that marriage hearing about what a pain in the ass he is.
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01-02-09, 01:41 AM #4
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Provided he remains married. Wives leave for far less . . .
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01-02-09, 01:48 AM #5
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Accidental eh?
The term is negligent.I'm your huckleberry...
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01-02-09, 09:48 AM #6
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Agreed.
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01-02-09, 10:05 AM #7
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I've never cleaned a loaded weapon, it must be something new that " they're " teaching .
All joking aside I emphatically agree it's negligence.
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01-02-09, 10:34 AM #8
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We were taught in the Academy...many years ago... to clean the weapon in a room with the ammo in another room. Way too many people want to dry fire after they clean a weapon, then load it, then "dry fire" one more time.
Keep the ammo separate from the weapon when cleaning.The strongest reason for the people to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against the tyranny of government.
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That is why our masters in Washington are so anxious to disarm us. They are not afraid of criminals. They are afraid of a populace which cannot be subdued by tyrants.” – Jeff Cooper'
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01-02-09, 11:51 AM #9
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I can't count how many times the "cleaning excuse" gets used. And I never believe it. Originally Posted by maclean
The world would be much cleaner if blind people carried brooms instead of sticks.
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An amateur practices until he gets it right. A professional practices until he cant get it wrong.
They've got us surrounded? Good. Now we can fire in any direction. Those bastards won't get away this time.
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01-02-09, 12:05 PM #10
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My question is how can you properly clean a REVOLVER and then have a negligent discharge?? I don't understand how it happens with a semi-auto, but a revolver has to be basically impossible unless he didnt open it to clean it, or didnt clean the cylinder at all.
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01-02-09, 01:04 PM #11
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Normally, "cleaning" discharges occur after re-loading the weapon intentionally.
Hence, negligent.I'm your huckleberry...
Quemadmoeum gladis nemeinum occidit, occidentus telum est!
You can be the weapon, and the gun in your hand is a tool - or the gun is a weapon and you are the tool.
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01-02-09, 08:52 PM #12
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Originally Posted by BigDawg
I was going to go that route, but I've also seen the media call any issued handgun a "service revolver" even if its a self stuffer. However, if the story is right and it was a revolver, even more BS that he was "cleaning it" when it went off for the reason you stated.The world would be much cleaner if blind people carried brooms instead of sticks.
At communion, when the priest says "Body of Christ", I say "Thanks, I've been working out", then I grab the cracker and run back to my seat
An amateur practices until he gets it right. A professional practices until he cant get it wrong.
They've got us surrounded? Good. Now we can fire in any direction. Those bastards won't get away this time.
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