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Many, if not all, of these deaths occurred from the improper handling of firearms.
I couldn't help but notice it started out with one in 1913, with the next one occurring in 1939. The one after 1939, occurred in 1971 and went crazy after that. I also noticed how we went over 30 years, from 1939 to 1971 without a reported Gunshot Fatality.
Many might say this is because Officers switched from Revolvers to Semi-Autos. Not entirely so; In my area, a Deputy with the Clayton County Sheriff's Office killed another during a training exercise by loading live ammunition in his revolver instead of blanks in 1985. This same Deputy went on to become the Sheriff Department's Chief Deputy of the county. You will also find incidents of other fatalities from the use of revolvers in this report.
These are the fatalities; I have not looked up the injury or casualty rate.
I only bring this up to bring attention to my own area where the Sheriff does not believe in the right of licensed firearm holders to carry firearms, without the proper training. If being trained by law enforcement is considered "Proper Training", I'll take my chances with the training I received in the military and thereafter.
This is in PDF :Click on "Training Fatalities Gunshot" on the left side of opening page.
http://www.ntoa.org/pdfs/2007TrainingDeathsReport.pdf
I couldn't help but notice it started out with one in 1913, with the next one occurring in 1939. The one after 1939, occurred in 1971 and went crazy after that. I also noticed how we went over 30 years, from 1939 to 1971 without a reported Gunshot Fatality.
Many might say this is because Officers switched from Revolvers to Semi-Autos. Not entirely so; In my area, a Deputy with the Clayton County Sheriff's Office killed another during a training exercise by loading live ammunition in his revolver instead of blanks in 1985. This same Deputy went on to become the Sheriff Department's Chief Deputy of the county. You will also find incidents of other fatalities from the use of revolvers in this report.
These are the fatalities; I have not looked up the injury or casualty rate.
I only bring this up to bring attention to my own area where the Sheriff does not believe in the right of licensed firearm holders to carry firearms, without the proper training. If being trained by law enforcement is considered "Proper Training", I'll take my chances with the training I received in the military and thereafter.
This is in PDF :Click on "Training Fatalities Gunshot" on the left side of opening page.
http://www.ntoa.org/pdfs/2007TrainingDeathsReport.pdf