June 29, 2008
Range Saftey Failure....
Steven Den Beste reports on a terrible accident at a French Marine Corps open house.
While giving a dog and pony show for the public a soldier fired his rifle at a crowd.
Instead of blanks however the weapon was loaded with live ammo.
17 people were hit, including some children, fortunately no one has died. Without even knowing what weapon he was firing it is not really possible to say muchiven but given the probability that people were very tightly packed it seems likely that he pulled the trigger for a very short time before realizing what had happened.
There is already some speculation that this must have been a deliberate act on the part of the armorer or the soldier. However, it should be remembered that the USAF recently unwittingly flew several atomic warheads over the US before the mistake was caught.
Awful things can happen without a plot or malice.
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While giving a dog and pony show for the public a soldier fired his rifle at a crowd.
Instead of blanks however the weapon was loaded with live ammo.
17 people were hit, including some children, fortunately no one has died. Without even knowing what weapon he was firing it is not really possible to say muchiven but given the probability that people were very tightly packed it seems likely that he pulled the trigger for a very short time before realizing what had happened.
There is already some speculation that this must have been a deliberate act on the part of the armorer or the soldier. However, it should be remembered that the USAF recently unwittingly flew several atomic warheads over the US before the mistake was caught.
Awful things can happen without a plot or malice.
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