SEE?!? I Told You So - G. McCarthy
- Police say a woman's co-worker accidentally shot her Friday morning at a thrift store in Chicago's South Side Washington Heights neighborhood.
Police initially said 54-year-old Maria Carmen Dominguez was fatally shot in the chest when she and the male co-worker were sorting through clothing in a back room, and when he shook a sock from the sorting pile, a gun fell onto the floor and discharged.
But police now say the .22 caliber handgun fell into the man's hand and then fired, however they're still considering it accidental.
If someone hadn't concealed that gun in a donated sock, this never would have happened.
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
46 Comments:
My gun always falls into my hand when I need it. I don't even need to draw, it just sorta makes its way out of my holster.
The main question here is how did the gun discharge.
I bet it the proverbial unload gun.
"But police now say the .22 caliber handgun fell into the man's hand and then fired, however they're still considering it accidental."
IDK, Makes no since to me. Just like the case up in Detroit a couple years back where a mans gun was able to discharge and kill a women, while being in a holster on his hip.
B A S Ban All Socks. People Don't kill People Socks Do???
Hey Watson; what are the chances of a handgun, hidden in a sock, falling into a guy's hand in such a way that it fire, striking someone else?
Ah-ha, finally! Now I know what happens to all those disappearing socks --- They're kidnapped by handguns and forced into a life of crime!
Sounds more like horsing around with a firearm.
It would still be an accident, but that gun sure as hell did not fire itself.
Dumb Dumb probably played with it when he found it and pulled the trigger.
Shame.
somewhere in the Chicago area .... "Hey ma, have you seen my black dress socks?"
This story has stink all over it.
Yeah. Right.
BAN SOCKS!!!
And charity.
This never would've happened if we didn't have socks or donations.
They should both be outlawed.
Curious how all of these "accidental" discharges always hit dead center.
Maybe this is what happened: a loaded gun fell out of the sock; the co-worker "accidentally" picked up the gun; he "accidentally" put his finger on the trigger; he "accidentally" pointed the gun exactly at dead center and at exactly that same time he "accidentally" pulled the trigger.
See? It was an "accident."
Anybody buying that story?
if someone wouldn't have played TV Idiot and immediately put his finger through the hoop, the gun would not have fired. guns don't shoot without someone pulling the trigger. our last 30 years of breeding ignorance of basics like this lead to these kinds of unintended consequences. guns don't go off by themselves.
"Fell into his hand and then fired".
Yep, no way he could have possibly pulled the trigger.
Damn socks.
This is the the state and the city's fault. No handgun ownership in the city for close to 30 years - what do we expect?!
People like this guy shaking the sock don't know how to HANDLE a gun. Hell, he probably thought it was a video game controller. This would have never happened in Indiana or Arizona - or any other state that hasn't infringed upon the 2nd amendment rights of it's citizens!
This lady should sue the city, Emmanuel, Daley and any other politician downstate for ineptitude. (Can you sue for that?)
Musta been one of them guns with a
so-called "hair trigger".
Probably a Saturday Nite special.
Guns don't shoot by themselves sounds more like the guy found the gun and not being very educated on handling a weapon pulled that trigger and shot that poor woman I think it was an accident and I am pretty sure it was not intentional but either way I wasn't there so I can only speculate on why she was shot but I can say with all certainty that the gun didn't fall into dudes hand and just went off but the media is full of shit and always twist and turns stories around and sometimes even just gets it plain out wrong if you don't believe me just ask Chuck G
It fell into my hand so I removed the magazine. I was just joking when I pointed it at my co-worker. My finger slipped and pulled the trigger. But i thought it wasn't loaded.
Probably still an accident. Most people in this country whent through gun safety and hunters safety in grammer school. He probably never was taught how to handle a gun. Its the first thing you read in every safety class or owners manual, always treat a gun as it is loaded and always point in a safe direction. Its pretty simple but still the most gun safety comes from the TV in the Chicagoland area.
poor broad, killed by a loaded sock--- talk about having a bad day--- almost as bad as the fop election results....
Obviously what we need are little red circles with a pic of a gun with a line through it on all our socks. You know, to make it illegal to store guns inside socks.
This senseless tragedy would not have happened with a law like that. Children in Kuala Lampur can sew these things on in less than a half a minute for about a tenth of a penny, no problem.
yeah, i don't believe this story for a minute.
Its all on the video from the store system. It sounds strange, but its true.
Had trouble figuring this one out too. A 22 fired by itself. Was it a cocked revolver? I had a watch commander tell us that he would give his paycheck to any one who could throw their automatic down the street and get it to fire. Dropped guns don't usually discharge, especially autos.
Ban all socks. Let people walk around barefoot.
At best, this was a negligent discharge, the gun didn't go off by itself.
At worse, it is a well concealed murder. There were only two witnesses, one is dead and the other is the shooter
Gee...gun falls in mans hand, the trigger is somehow pulled and the bullet strikes womens chest. uh.....OK. Musta been a cheap Saturday night special. Sounds toooo bizaar.
Or possibly in the hands of someone who didn't know how to handle the gun?
Comstat
Hopefully the detectives will get to the bottom of this incident and determine the real reason why this woman was shot, "accidentally"
Why the coverup on shooter's identity?
Illegal human being?
Some of these thrifts run on that -- large, inexpensive, uncomplaining crews.
anyone have any pools going on when it'll come out that the guy brought the gun to work with him?
Then have it state he wasn't even legally able to own a gun in his own country, much less this one?
Which is why he didn't have it, the sock had it.....
Love the Monday Morning Detectives.
100% accidental. All on video.
Anonymous said...
Had trouble figuring this one out too. A 22 fired by itself. Was it a cocked revolver? I had a watch commander tell us that he would give his paycheck to any one who could throw their automatic down the street and get it to fire. Dropped guns don't usually discharge, especially autos.
3/08/2014 10:46:00 AM
Big difference between the semi-autos we carry and those little piece of shit .22 autos found in the hood. Our pistols have pin blocks and redundant safeties. That little .22 likely had no pin block or anything more involved than a simple slide click safety. If there was one in the chamber (obviously there was) that .22 is ready to go, that is a dangerous gun, not worth a shit.
That gun, the .22, most definitely CAN be made to go off by dropping it on the sidewalk or similar. The early S&W 9mm pistols didn't have the safeties our guns have now which is why we cannot carry any of the early models.
Can a dropped gun fire? Perhaps. Remember that a .22 is a rimfire, the priming mixture is in the rim of the case, not a separate primer in the center of the cartridge.
And the above mentioned lack of safety features.
Anything to keep the Comstat numbers down. Jeez.
"That gun, the .22, most definitely CAN be made to go off by dropping it on the sidewalk or similar. The early S&W 9mm pistols didn't have the safeties our guns have now which is why we cannot carry any of the early models."
Back in 1972 I remember a copper that left 26th & Cal after court and his .9mm dropped out of his pants as he stepped up onto a bus in front of the courthouse. He limped back up the stairs to the courthouse and was bleeding badly. The deputies thought that he was shot by a perp. The deputies asked if any women in the lobby had some Kotex, found some and stuffed it into his wound until the paramedics arrived.
Did they have a SOIC???
Obviously, it was a dirty sock.
Who would want to wear donated socks? Eeeew!
Raise taxes on socks that go above the ankle and place warning signs on them. If caught without the warning sign you will be fined.
Signed tiny dancer.
>>>Anonymous Anonymous said...
"That gun, the .22, most definitely CAN be made to go off by dropping it on the sidewalk or similar. The early S&W 9mm pistols didn't have the safeties our guns have now which is why we cannot carry any of the early models."
Back in 1972 I remember a copper that left 26th & Cal after court and his .9mm dropped out of his pants as he stepped up onto a bus in front of the courthouse. He limped back up the stairs to the courthouse and was bleeding badly. The deputies thought that he was shot by a perp. The deputies asked if any women in the lobby had some Kotex, found some and stuffed it into his wound until the paramedics arrived.
3/09/2014 10:50:00 AM<<<
Almost any gun, if old and worn out enough can be made to slip the sear and fire if dropped hard enough on just the right spot.
The older 1911 types as well as the S&W Model 39 and 59 with floating firing pins are examples.
Many years ago in the Old 15th District a cop at roll call had a .25 semi-auto in his back pocket and it fired when he sat down on the bench He didn't wince and everyone else thought someone was playing with firecrackers. His partner took him to the hospital and all he got was a tetanus shot.
Be especially careful of handling antique military firearms. Sadly there was an incident where a cop died when he dropped his Viet Nam War souvenir Makarov 9mm pistol. There is a Japanese Type 94 pistol that has the sear on the outside of the frame. Touch it and that will fire.
Stay Safe. If you run across any weapon and you don't know how to render it safe, ASK AROUND, someone will know.
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