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Newsbrief:
DEA
Agent
Demonstrates
Gun
Safety
to
School
Kids
--
By
Shooting
Himself
5/7/04
Now, here's a lesson on gun
safety that will not quickly be forgotten. According to Orlando,
Florida, television station WKMG, an Orlando-based DEA agent shot himself
in the leg during a gun safety presentation to local kids. The agent,
whom superiors mercifully refused to name, was treated at the Orlando Hospital
Center after the April 9 incident and is now back on the job.
According to police reports,
the agent drew his .40-caliber pistol and removed the magazine, then pulled
back the slide and asked someone from the audience to look inside the gun
and confirm it wasn't loaded. The pistol was pointed at the floor,
and when he released the slide, one bullet fired into the top of his left
thigh.
The DEA agent's presentation
was at an event sponsored by the Orlando Minority Youth Golf Association
(http://www.omyga.org). There
was no explanation as to the link between teen golf and gun safety.
But the agent's presentation
had an impact, according to witnesses. "The kids screamed and started
to cry," said Vivian Farmer, who attended the presentation with her 13-year-old
nephew. "Everyone was pretty shaken up," Farmer told WKMG.
"But the point of gun safety hit home. Unfortunately, the agent had to
get shot. But after seeing that, my nephew doesn't want to have anything
to do with guns."
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Issue #336, 5/7/04
Editorial: Priorities and Principles |
Nation Pays Huge Bill for Criminal Justice System -- $167 Billion a Year, Says Justice Department |
Setback for State, Federal Pain Pill Offensive: Florida Prescription Monitoring Bill Dies in House |
Million Marijuana Marches: Tranquility in New York, Thousands in Toronto, First Time in Sweden, Troubles in South America |
Announcing: "The New Prohibition: Voices of Dissent Challenge the Drug War" -- New Compendium by Sheriff Masters Features David Borden and Numerous Other Thinkers on Drug Policy |
Newsbrief: Australian Greens Call for Uniform Marijuana Laws |
Newsbrief: Marijuana Initiative Campaign Underway in Columbia, Missouri |
Newsbrief: MPP Files New Challenge to Drug Czar's Nevada Campaigning |
Newsbrief: DEA Agent Demonstrates Gun Safety to School Kids -- By Shooting Himself |
Newsbrief: Justice Department Investigating National Drug Intelligence Center |
Newsbrief: Prison Building Binge Skews Census Figures, Shifts Benefits and Political Power, Study Says |
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