Busy Week of Gun Rights Meetups

Went to an Opencarry.org meetup on Friday at Dixiebones BBQ in Woodbridge.
Wednesday went to the VCDL meeting in Annandale. Listened to Mark aka The Donkey talk about Jim Webbs position on RKBA. I call him the Donkey because that is the handle he goes by over on opencarry.org where me, him and others have been debating Webb vs Allen on RKBA. Afterwards went to Fuddruckers with about 20 other open carrying folks.
Thursday went to Staunton to attend a city board meeting where gun owners addressed the board about their police officers treatment of lawfully armed folks back in July.
Gun owners take aim at police action
Gun owners slam police
A violation of constitutional rights?

Florida Deputy Sheriff Shoots Self at Party

Goes to show, that alcohol and guns do not mix and failure to obey the 4 safety rules can lead to tragedy. No one is invincible or immune to the consequences.
http://www.fox30online.com/
Deputy Dies
10/1/2006 4:25:26 AM
Assignment Desk
The shooting happened last night in his home as he was celebrating his 27th birthday. Now his family and co-workers are coming to grips with his death. In front of the St Johns County Sheriff's Office, a flag at half staff flutters in the wind as a department tries to heal after losing one of their own.

"At the end of the day you have a 27 year old deputy who could of went on to do a lot of wonderful things in his life and he's not going to have the opportunity", says St Johns County Sheriff David Shoar.

Investigators say Deputy Matt Barnes was supposed to work last night, but took the night off to celebrate his birthday with his fiancé and several friends. Witnesses at the party say they were drinking and at some point, Barnes picked up what he thought was an unloaded handgun.

Shoar says, "he was pulling the trigger on it, kind of showing it to some guys…” But the gun was loaded and fired, hitting barnes in the face. He died instantly. Investigators don't plan to file any charges and are calling the shooting accidental.

Sheriff Shoar says his staff goes through extensive weapons training and says there's a lesson to be learned from what happened. He just wishes the price wasn't so high. "Sure we can Monday morning quarterback and I wish we could turn the clocks back but we can't and Matt was a wonderful young man and a wonderful public servant."

Serving the public runs in Barnes’ family. His father works with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and his fiancé works with St Johns County Fire and Rescue.

Grief counselors have been called in to help deputies deal with the loss.

Glock kB

Caught on video no less, being that it is in the PI and at the home of Armscor, I'm guessing it was an ammunition issue. Didn't look to bad for the shooter, I wonder what condition the pistol is in.