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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 21 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

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
[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 31 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Eagan Police were called shortly before 6:30 p.m, and collected Shaver’s firearm and ammunition, but made no arrest and pursued no criminal charges.

Surprising no one. If it had been just a member of the public, I'm sure the same would have happened, right?

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Honestly kinda surprised they took the gun tbh

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 5 points 2 hours ago

They would have been charged with a felony of discharging a firearm with other people in the building.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 75 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

But what they don't tell you is that the bed was resisting a rest.

[–] GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world 22 points 4 hours ago

Magnificent.

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 29 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Hotel operators should take notice. I would not stay at a chain that accepts armed idiots who might accidentally shoot me to death in my sleep.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago

~~Hotel operators~~

Customers.

Hotel owners will take money. If customers still pay, owners still rent. If no money comes in, owners say "Why no money? Money me now!"

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Simpsons did it.

[–] LazyGit@feddit.org 3 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Is nobody asking how you could shoot through a wall in a hotel with a sidearm? I mean, how thin can these hotel walls be? Would you not hear your neighbor scratch their head through these walls?

Asking in European where walls are made of brick or concrete.

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 1 points 39 minutes ago

If the drywall is thin enough you can just push your finger through it.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 14 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Buildings here can also be made of concrete or brick but normally interior walls are drywall and timber.

Bullets penetrate wood and drywall easier than bodies. This is why home defense rounds normally have lower penetrating power.

The real take away here is not the wall composition, but the fact that armed idiots with blanket immunity are shooting off their firearms inside.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

It’s so American that we need special ammo because our buildings aren’t built well.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 57 minutes ago (1 children)

Why do you believe filling interior dividing spaces with bulky and heavy materials should be considered "building well"?

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 55 minutes ago

Because then nobody can hear me fucking.

[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago

I sad laughed at this

[–] Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Interior walls in the US are typically made with a wood or metal frame inside and a sheet of gypsum drywall on each face. How well they get block sound depends on how thick the drywall is. It's no surprise that a bullet would go through the drywall though. Presumably it did not hit a stud.