Fun With Guns: Napping in Class Edition
Police said officers found Eric Morkert sitting in the bed of his pickup truck with a gunshot wound to his right leg.
Morkert told police he’d just left a firearms safety class and had pulled over to inspect his new Glock 17. Morkert said he removed the magazine and was manipulating the slide when the gun discharged.
The police said that the incident occurred at 9:45 a.m. And you were so excited about your Glock that you had to pull over to inspect it?
Okay, unless there is a wild and amazing coincidence, I found this: in the same neighborhood, there is a security officer named Eric Morkert, who works 4:00 pm to midnight shift and rates “expert” on a Glock 9mm pistol. Not so much a Glock 17.
Oh please let it be a coincidence. There is limited amount of irony left in the world.
Thanks to Brian for the heads up.
The description of Officer Eric Morkert is from the Royal Palm Improvement Assoc, for whom he works. It’s about a half hour away from Boynton Beach where he was found with his gunshot wound.
http://www.rpia.net/secstaff.php
Will he still get certified on the Glock 17? Will he be required to take the safety class over again? Should he be required to take the safety class over again?
Inquiring minds want to know.
1So according to his profile the guy is also an FDOT “certified flagman.” I bet Barney Fife was never a certified flagman.
2@Umptydump: At least Barney was smart enough to keep his bullet in his pocket… 🙂
3Brian:
4Actually Sheriff Andy made Barney keep the bullet in his pocket.
Mike.. true… but he never shot himself while playing with it….
5I own a Glock similar to that, and if I’m not mistaken, the safety device is in the ON position by default. It is released only when the trigger is depressed half way. The firing pin cannot activate unless the trigger is depressed.
If that gun went off, somebody pulled the trigger. That’s the way Glock made it.
6That Firearms Safety class probably didn’t cover Officer Morkert’s particular problem:
7Abject Stupidity.
Well the article did say he got excited and pulled over……the firearm may have been in his lap…….sorry could not resist.
8Perhaps Officer Morkert had to pull over to pull on something other then his Glock’s trigger seeing as how he was so excited about his “gun!”
I know … I’m a dirty old woman! LOL
9Since Officer Morkert has now passed the Certifiably Stupid test, hand that man another certificate to proudly list on his resume.
10I am at a point where I can no longer even feel the least teeniest bit sorry for these bozos! Such a waste of DNA and hey, he’s even guilty of taking oxygen from the rest of us!
11why was he in the bed of his pickup? i can’t think of a single explanation, so I’ll be excited to hear the official version!
12Somebody really has to make a movie with these various characters. I can see it now. What was that sillly novel about the folks who were on a bus and it got stopped and all the old ladies got their purses searched? Everyone had a gun but nobody took one away.
13Thinking a bit more about that flagman thing, one should be very, VERY careful if encountering a highway work zone while driving around Royal Palm or Boynton Beach.
14Don’t these gun nots know “automatic” means the gun itself, with no help from its handler, ‘automatically’ loads one round in the firing chamber? Real smart dudes.
15Glock 17 is a model number and is manufactured in 9mm caliber. So if he’s rated expert on 9mm the model number is pretty much a non thing. His rating as “expert” is a thing. Not certain how you lose that rating once you get it but he’s a candidate. Generally once you obtain a rating and pay your dues on time it doesn’t go away whether we’re talking expert 9mm or medical board or whatever professional license you care to mention. Pass the test and you’re good for life if you take a few continuing education classes.
16And what about Naomi?
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