Oh man, this has to suck… 😯 😮
The Video is over at the story, so, click on over and take a look. This is what bad ammo will do to a gun and to the person firing it.
Via WTOV-TV in West Virginia: (H/T Say Uncle)
MARSHALL COUNTY, W.Va. — At first glance, the Glock 21 Marshall County Chief Deputy Kevin Cecil was handling looked like any other gun. But he pointed out there was no trigger, the gun was cracked and the small metal pins were missing.
“The firearm that one of our officers was using exploded on him,” Cecil said.
Cecil said a Marshall County officer was shooting at the range Tuesday morning when his service weapon literally blew up in his hand during a round of fire.
“The weapon went to the ground, the range officers were yelling for cease-fires,” he said.
Cecil says it was the first time the .45-caliber pistol had ever been used.
“All that energy blew out on the top of his hand. And that’s where his injuries are,” Cecil said.
The deputy is now recovering at home. He’s still undergoing testing to find out the severity of his injuries.
The chief believes bad ammunition caused this bizarre accident, but he’s looking into it further.
Please, head on over and read the rest of that story. My thoughts are with this deputy as he recovers. If I were him, I would be getting a lawyer and suing whomever was responsible for this accident.