Civilian guarding military recruitment center accidentally fired his gun while showing it off

[ghostsinthemachine]

Christopher A. Reed, 28, of Lancaster, was charged with discharging a firearm in the city limits, and was issued a summons to appear in Fairfield County Municipal Court on Tuesday, according to the police incident report.

Reed told the officer who responded that he was standing, holding his AR-15 rifle in front of the military recruiting station to guard the personnel inside when someone approached him and asked if he could take a look at the weapon. Reed agreed to show him, and while he was trying to clear the ammunition from the weapon, he accidentally fired into the asphalt pavement.

The only damage was a hole in the pavement. The rifle was taken from Reed pending his appearance in court, the incident report says.

It's no wonder military brass are telling recruiters to treat these guys as security threats:

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[irisblue]

1. from the local paper

.....Lancaster Eagle Gazette

"According to a Lancaster police report, the shooting occurred between 11:30 a.m. and 12:01 p.m. outside the recruiting office, 1534 River Valley Circle."

"I was out here and was talking to a guy who wanted to look at my AR-15," said Reed in an interview with the Eagle-Gazette. "I was trying to clear the weapon and hand it over to him when it went off. I thought it was empty and must have missed it."

'Listen, it was a mistake. No one was injured and I owned up to it immediately with the police," Reed said. "I'm glad no one was hurt. I am willing to take the punishment."

The Lancaster police report said the "only damage done was a hole in the pavement."


Geez Louise....

[lpbk2713]

2. There's so much that could be said here.

And none of it complimentary.


OMFG

[irisblue]

3. so far the comments to the article are pointed

down that way, I thought there would be more support for the 'defenders'

[sarisataka]

4. Can we at least say

[sharp_stick]

5. Oh No

Who could have ever predicted something like this would happen. Just an accident, there's no way that this could have been prevented.



These fucking pretend soldiers are among the most dangerous people in the country right now.