Per today’s Rutland Herald:
A Washington County sheriff’s deputy on security duty Wednesday accidentally discharged his firearm inside a downtown Barre courthouse.
I’d suggest reading the full story for effect, but I’ll give the summary: Sheriff’s deputy brings personal gun to work. Decides to take it to work because he’s on a motorcycle and can’t secure it properly. I’m guessing the rest of the story goes something like this: Sheriff’s deputy, thinking gun is unloaded, decides to play with it in courthouse.
Hijinks ensue.
Your headline shows that Tom Salmon is the journalistic gift that just keeps on giving.
It is a funny story but they save the best part of the joke until the end
“He will be back on duty most likely next week,” Sheriff Hill said
Shouldn’t this entire thing you know maybe investigated policy wise?
Well, I think a certain infamous Town Meeting has pretty much proven that there is no place or circumstance under which the wielding of a “personal” firearm won’t be tolerated!
said Sheriff Hill.
Riiiiighhht.
That part of the story, I don’t believe.
If it was a revolver, the deputy either knew or did not know. There is no guessing about whether the gun is loaded.
If his gun was an automatic, the deputy may have claimed lack of knowledge of a round in the chamber and the Sheriff decided to let it go, regardless of the implausibility of scenario.
What’s wrong with saying: the deputy didn’t realize it was a bad idea to play with a loaded gun in the courthouse but at least the deputy maintained muzzle control? Mmmm? Let’s face it, that’s not much worse than the story in the paper without suspending a shit load of disbelief.
Imagine if one of us lay folks had brought a loaded weapon into a courthouse and it fired on its own. We’d be up in prison for years in no time.
LOL Julie: I had forgotten about Wyoming. I’ve been there. The highway signs have bullet holes in them. Yet, you check your guns in at the bar door. I am not sure about getting busted for Not having a weapon out there, but it would not surprise me.