What a dumbass.
Having worked at FLETC, we were VERY strict on live weapons. Live guns issued on the range, when done shooting, clean guns and “peg” them (put them on a numbered rack by class roster number). Then holster up a red gun for class. (See photo of class PEG board) No one leaves the range until the senior instructor has counted off that all guns have a chamber flag and are pegged in the propper order. Once he counts, THEN the class can gonto the next training evolution.
Found with a live gun off the range? Immediate loss of job, escorted off campus. We had 6000+ students per year at fletc. Can’t afford mistakes.
This kid has no one to blame but himself.
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Side note:
We had a kid at FLETC they called Mongo. Just a big old corn fed boy. On a weekend, off duty, he is in town at a hotel with his wife and some class mates. They had just been issued pistol lights, and he was showing how the light can prevent the gun from going out of battery in a contact shot.
He proceeded to center punch himself with a personally owned Glock 19. His class mates paid attention in TacMed class, and they saved his live. Soooo, he recovers, and wants to come back. No way... right?
Well, according to his lawyers, no where in the code of conduct does it say you CANT shoot your self while off duty, off campus. He legally possessed the gun, and there was no policy against shooting himself. Sooo, he recycled and kept his job.
He was actually a nice guy, and I had not problem with him. But the other instructors filled me in on the back story, since the shooting happened before I got to Fletc. I was there for his second trip and graduation.
I am sure the code of conduct has been amended to include “don’t shoot yourself off duty”.
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