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ICE Goon Shoots Bed in Neighboring Hotel Room While Fiddling With His Gun (www.thedailybeast.com)
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A retired federal agent rehired by ICE as part of Kristi Noem’s mass recruitment push accidentally discharged his gun in a hotel room, firing one round through the wall that came to rest in the headboard of the bed in the room next door.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 63 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

https://archive.li/xA851

...on the evening of Dec. 18, Shaver had been holding his Glock 19 aimed toward his own body as he worked to pry off its backstrap—a grip piece on the rear of the handle—when the weapon fired.
The bullet tore through his sweatshirt pocket, punched through the wall, and lodged in the headboard of the room next door, at roughly stomach height.

So much stupidity to unpack here.

  • A Glock 19 cannot fire unless your finger is on the trigger.
  • The gun was loaded as he worked on it...in a hotel room.
  • The gun was pointed directly at his own chest
  • He still managed to miss
[–] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

The level of stupidity matches the job description.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ngl, when I saw "Shaver" and "hotel" I assumed it was Daniel Shaver, the guy who was murdered by the worthless pieces of shit in Mesa, Arizona.

I was confused until I realized that it was a different Mr. Shaver.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

archive[.]li...

That's the malicious .today service with a different domain. There's a list on the sidebar of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive.today if you were seeking to avoid it.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

A Glock 19 cannot fire unless your finger is on the trigger.

Iirc you have to pull the trigger to remove the slide on a Glock, so he probably did have a legitimate reason to be pulling it. However the first step is to unload the fucking thing.