A retired federal agent rehired by ICE as part of Kristi Noem’s mass recruitment push accidentally discharged his gun in a hotel room, firing one round through the wall that came to rest in the headboard of the bed in the room next door.
A retired federal agent rehired by ICE as part of Kristi Noem’s mass recruitment push accidentally discharged his gun in a hotel room, firing one round through the wall that came to rest in the headboard of the bed in the room next door.
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betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 139 pts · 164d
But what they don't tell you is that the bed was resisting a rest.
GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 164d
Magnificent.
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 163d
Maganificent
SeptugenarianSenate@leminal.space · 2 pts · 163d
magknifferscent
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 164d
We can't take this lying down.
Wake up sheeple!
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 164d
"A member suggests the absence of a quorum, the clerk will call the roll. Non-verbal responses only so this doesn't get annoying to transcribe."
"Thank you. Sheeple 1, Sheeple 2, Sheeple 3... Sheeple... ..."
[The rest of this audio recording is silent except for some occasional snoring.]
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 62 pts · 164d
https://archive.li/xA851
So much stupidity to unpack here.
VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 164d
The level of stupidity matches the job description.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 164d
Ngl, when I saw "Shaver" and "hotel" I assumed it was Daniel Shaver, the guy who was murdered by the worthless pieces of shit in Mesa, Arizona.
I was confused until I realized that it was a different Mr. Shaver.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 164d
That's the malicious .today service with a different domain. There's a list on the sidebar of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive.today if you were seeking to avoid it.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 163d
Iirc you have to pull the trigger to remove the slide on a Glock, so he probably did have a legitimate reason to be pulling it. However the first step is to unload the fucking thing.
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 58 pts · 164d
Surprising no one. If it had been just a member of the public, I'm sure the same would have happened, right?
FireRetardant@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 164d
Honestly kinda surprised they took the gun tbh
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 164d
That is actually funny.
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 17 pts · 164d
They would have been charged with a felony of discharging a firearm with other people in the building.
exaybachae@startrek.website · 2 pts · 164d
Even for an accidental discharge?
ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 164d
*neglegent discharge
frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io · 46 pts · 164d
Hotel operators should take notice. I would not stay at a chain that accepts armed idiots who might accidentally shoot me to death in my sleep.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 164d
Customers.
Hotel owners will take money. If customers still pay, owners still rent. If no money comes in, owners say "Why no money? Money me now!"
D_C@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 164d
Accidentally? There is a good chance they could purposefully shoot you to death while you sleep. Or whilst you are awake.
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 164d
We in the CAF call this a "negligent discharge". It gets you charged.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 164d
In ICE it gets you a medal, the Purple Shart.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 164d
Simpsons did it.
LazyGit@feddit.org · 6 pts · 164d
Is nobody asking how you could shoot through a wall in a hotel with a sidearm? I mean, how thin can these hotel walls be? Would you not hear your neighbor scratch their head through these walls?
Asking in European where walls are made of brick or concrete.
CubitOom@infosec.pub · 23 pts · 164d
Buildings here can also be made of concrete or brick but normally interior walls are drywall and timber.
Bullets penetrate wood and drywall easier than bodies. This is why home defense rounds normally have lower penetrating power.
The real take away here is not the wall composition, but the fact that armed idiots with blanket immunity are shooting off their firearms inside.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 164d
It’s so American that we need special ammo because our buildings aren’t built well.
Zaktor@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 164d
Why do you believe filling interior dividing spaces with bulky and heavy materials should be considered "building well"?
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 164d
Because then nobody can hear me fucking.
Dultas@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 164d
But that's my kink.
Gerudo@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 164d
I sad laughed at this
Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 164d
Interior walls in the US are typically made with a wood or metal frame inside and a sheet of gypsum drywall on each face. How well they get block sound depends on how thick the drywall is. It's no surprise that a bullet would go through the drywall though. Presumably it did not hit a stud.
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 164d
Why they emphasize in firearms safety courses be aware of what's behind your target. Most popular handgun calibers will go through most interiors pretty easily and hit things in the next room. Glass just deforms the round as well, it'll reduce its penetrative power but it'll still be dangerous.
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 164d
If the drywall is thin enough you can just push your finger through it.