Accidental Discharges

[D.R. Middlebrooks]

As I said in my book, I don't believe Firearms Safety can be over emphasized. Here's why...

http://www.tacticalshooting.com/webs/academy/images/hand2.jpg


More pics to follow...

[D.R. Middlebrooks]

Muzzle blast, anyone?

http://www.tacticalshooting.com/webs/academy/images/hand.jpg

[D.R. Middlebrooks]

Here's a military instructor I know who shot himself in the hand with a Beretta 9mm...

http://www.tacticalshooting.com/webs/academy/photos/hand1.jpg

http://www.tacticalshooting.com/webs/academy/photos/hand3.jpg

He ended up having to have the finger amputated. :eek:

But then, hey, stupid should hurt, right? :cool:

[D.R. Middlebrooks]

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY.com) -- a 24-year Navy veteran died Saturday after he was accidently shot during firearms qualifications.


53-year-old Petty Officer 1st Class Ronald D. Spivey of Franklin died from a gunshot wound to the chest.


The news release from the Navy describing the incident did not specify who fired the gun from which the bullet that struck Spivey came.
The Navy issued the following news release describing the incident and including the victim's biography:

A Sailor with the Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group (NAVELSG) died Saturday after an accidental handgun discharge during a weapons exercise at Naval Weapons Stations Yorktown- Cheatham Annex in Williamsburg.


Petty Officer 1st Class Ronald D. Spivey, 53, of Franklin, Va., died from a gunshot wound to the chest during a scheduled weapons qualification exercise at the Cheatham Annex live firing range. Spivey was among approximately 40 service members qualifying with 9mm handguns at about 3:15 p.m. Saturday when the incident occurred. Spivey was treated at the scene by a Navy hospital corpsman and taken by ambulance to Riverside Medical Center in Newport News. He was pronounced dead at 4:33 p.m.
The Navy is investigating the incident.


Petty Officer Spivey has been a member of the reserve component for 24 years. He was mobilized in June 2005 for a seven-month deployment to Kuwait as part of Navy Customs Battalion PAPA. Spivey was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal for his support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In May 2008, Spivey affiliated with the Norfolk-based reserve detachment of NAVELSG's Expeditionary Support Unit.



NAVELSG is a tenant command of NWS Yorktown-Cheatham Annex.