[kellyhound]

A former Glasgow police officer who accidentally shot off his finger has filed a lawsuit against the gun store, saying an employee handed him the gun without checking to see if it was loaded.

A civil lawsuit was filed Friday by former Glasgow police officer Darrell Smith.

In March, Smith went into Barren Outdoors and asked to see a .380 caliber handgun, which was under the counter.

Smith, who was examining the gun, cocked it and apparently did not know the gun was loaded. The gun fired, shooting off part of his index finger.

The lawsuit says the Barren Outdoors employee did not do a safety check on the gun before handing it to Smith.

Smith's attorney, Alan Simpson, said Smith lost his job with the police department after the incident; the lawsuit was filed to make up for his lost income.

"He's permanently disfigured,” Simpson told. “He went through a lot of pain and suffering. He's gone through several surgeries.

He's got a lot of medical bills that have to be paid. It ended his career and he's going to have a lot of lost income."

[Tantrix]

Stupid ass cop...he doesn't deserve a single dime for his own stupidity.

Literally rule #1of safe gun handling is to keep the gun's muzzle pointed in a safe direction. Another is, keep your finger off the trigger. Another is, always assume ANY gun you pick up is loaded. This POLICE OFFICER failed at all 3.

Not only am I glad this careless stupid fuck cop got fired, I hope every day he wakes up in the morning he looks at his mangled hand and wished he had paid more attention during his firearms safety courses.

[Tantrix]

Oh, and even worse...notice how when he first handles the gun, he's waving the muzzle all around towards the innocent bystanders shopping to his left. Biggest retard of the year award right here.

[spudigitti]

Idiot

[commondenom]

pathetic....his career is over because he lost part of a finger?? .

even i know how to handle a gun safer than he did and i live in a gun free country

[Oswald2001]

Stupid to allow loading of guns for sale.

Stupid to hand a gun to someone without checking it.

Stupid to accept a gun from someone without checking it.

Stupid to handle a gun and not act like it is loaded at all times.

Stupid to pull the trigger of a gun while not conscious of where it is pointed. (He could have easily have shot another customer(s)s.)



No shortage of stupid there.

[nyazzip]

the store deserves to get sued for presenting customers with loaded firearms; the cop deserves to be missing a finger for assuming the pistol was empty.

[imi]

the other customers lucky to not get shot down accidentaly

[Desensitisation]

Both of them are stupid cunts. But the cop especially so, because his training should have taught him better.

[Pyramid_Head]

I'm amazed they would hand a loaded weapon over to a costumer.