Connersville, Indiana Police Chief David Councellor made the news for all the wrong reasons last weekend when he negligently shot himself in the thigh reholstering his weapon. The really sad thing is that this isn’t the first negligent discharge Chief Councellor has had. The first time, he shot himself in the hand.
An Indiana police chief’s day ended with a bang when he accidentally shot himself in the leg on Saturday – the second time in his career that he’s turned his own gun on his body.
David Councellor is running to become Fayette County’s new sheriff, but he chose the wrong way to make headlines when he unintentionally discharged his 40-caliber Glock handgun while perusing other firearms at a local gun shop.
A 33-year veteran of the Connersville Police Department, Councellor had taken his Glock out to compare it to another gun in the store. When he tried putting the gun back into his holster, he found himself shooting his own thigh.
His careless reholstering methodology aside, unholstering a loaded weapon in public outside the context of needing to shoot someone is bad idea, generally speaking. I wonder what Chief Councellor would have done if someone else unholstered a loaded weapon in public?
I share stuff like this in the hopes that it will save someone reading it from making similar mistakes. You can read the rest of the story here.
H/T Fortress Defense
What caused it, either finger still halfway on trigger or something caught in the trigger such as a drawstring from a coat?
Could it be anything else?
Per the article, here’s how it allegedly went down:
Ahhh I just read your story and didn’t go to the link so i apologize but every case of “Glock leg” that I have heard or read about was either their finger tip was still on trigger or a cord from a windbreaker or something that small was inside the trigger guard
I don’t own a Glock but with any pistol if i felt resistance I would check and see what the heck was causing it instead of shoving down on the pistol
It’s a Glock, what did you expect? – Yes, I’m appointing myself the “official” Glock troll.
I know a few years back Fobus did a recall on their M&P holsters, New Mexico State Police had a problem with shooting themselves when drawing their 357 Sigs. This was a case of a single type of holster, and a single type of handgun, not shooting yourself TWICE with different handguns and different holsters.
I’m not sure he should have a job with a gun, let alone overseeing people with guns.
i noticed he wants to run for sheriff, hmmm think the people will vote for him after 2 NDs?
LOL Glock had nothing to do with it…
Forgive my lack of knowledge, but I hear the terms “Negligent Discharge” and “Accidental Discharge” used interchangeably in conversation. If they are indeed two different things, wouldn’t this be accidental? I always thought of an ND as something like pulling a trigger when you thought the chamber was clear, and it wasn’t. A reholstering snag seems less negligent and more accidental. Negligence assumes that you knowingly did something stupid/dangerous despite the consequences.
Here you go man, negligent discharge vs. accidental discharge.
I work court security and holster and reholster my weapon sometimes 15-20 times a day when handeling inmates. He had to get it caught on something, or had his finger inside the trigger guard for a Glock to discharge.
Nothing wrong with glocks. I love mine.