View Full Version : Soldier accidentally kills self with own gun
Chaplain4me
January 7th, 2010, 10:27 PM
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Jan 7, 2010 15:07:22 EST
CRESTVIEW, Fla. — Sheriff’s investigators say an Army paratrooper on leave from Iraq accidentally shot and killed himself while showing his family his new handgun.
Army Spc. Andrew Steven Faulkner, 21, died Friday in Crestview.
Investigators say he was showing his mother, aunt, young cousin and others a Glock .40 caliber handgun when he accidentally fired it into his chest while trying to remove the magazine from the weapon.
Faulkner had been on leave since November following a yearlong deployment with the 82nd Airborne Division to Iraq.
kswat07
January 7th, 2010, 10:48 PM
This is so sad. I know of several military members that have died while on leave or just returning from war. R.I.P. brother. My prayers go out to him and his family.
Phantom
January 7th, 2010, 10:56 PM
Rest in Peace Trooper
(lets make a gun safety a different topic and give this fallen warrior the respect and not threadjack)
PFC Lowe
January 7th, 2010, 10:58 PM
It's sad to see this happen to anyone. R.I.P.
Chaplain4me
January 7th, 2010, 11:27 PM
Rest in Peace Trooper
(lets make a gun safety a different topic and give this fallen warrior the respect and not threadjack)
Indeed, let it be so. When I read this my heart sank.
matthew.ritchie
January 8th, 2010, 07:14 AM
This also highlights the need for everyone around firearms to always handle them safely. Only point a firearm at something you want to shoot, even if it's unloaded. One of the saddest sentences in any language: "I didn't think it was loaded."
Your friendly local NRA (http://www.nra.org) can help in this regard. They have safety classes for owners and for non-owners (to include children).
shortnsweet8
January 8th, 2010, 09:01 AM
Sorry to hear this happened. I can only imagine the life-long horrors his mother, aunt, and young cousin will remember seeing of him last.
RIP Soldier
Wayne09
January 17th, 2010, 01:13 PM
This also highlights the need for everyone around firearms to always handle them safely. Only point a firearm at something you want to shoot, even if it's unloaded. One of the saddest sentences in any language: "I didn't think it was loaded."
Your friendly local NRA (http://www.nra.org) can help in this regard. They have safety classes for owners and for non-owners (to include children).
Amen to that Sir. In Ohio to obtain a CCW license you have to take classes and gun safety is highly stressed. Something all gun owners should take.
My prayers go out to Spc. Faulkner's family.
leeyo32
January 17th, 2010, 04:03 PM
Weapon safety is no joke.. Sad to hear this