Real Life Quick Draw McGraw Cop Shoots Up Des Moines Airport

[mick silver]

A Des Moines police officer accidentally fired his service weapon while practicing his “quick draw” while on-duty at the city’s local airport.
Officer Brady Pratt, 23, reported he was in the airport facing a west wall when he drew his firearm from his holster to practice his "quick draw" skills. The gun went off and a bullet shot through the wall and up a hallway.

​It was a holiday miracle no one was hurt.
According to Pratt, he "unknowingly had his finger on the trigger” when he rapidly pulled the gun out of the holster, discharging “a round into the ceiling tile."

​Hearing about this incident, it’s hard not to think of Quick Draw McGraw, the fictional anthropomorphic horse who served as a bumbling, if inept, cowboy sheriff in the Hanna Barbera Cartoons of the same name.



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[mick silver]

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[madfranks]

The gun went off and a bullet shot through the wall and up a hallway.

Notice, it is the gun that "went off," not the man who pulled the trigger.

[Cebu_4_2]

Also notice that the bullet went through a wall into a hallway AND went into a ceiling tile... which one is it?

[JohnQPublic]

Also notice that the bullet went through a wall into a hallway AND went into a ceiling tile... which one is it?

Just invoke the "Kennedy Effect" whereby ballistics do amazing and contorted things to fit an agenda.

[Dogman]

Having shot multiple thousands of rounds, I am still amazed how bullets can be deflected by the smallest things and can change directions.

Just saying.

[Hitch]

Officer Brady Pratt, 23, reported he was in the airport facing a west wall when he drew his firearm from his holster to practice his "quick draw" skills. The gun went off and a bullet shot through the wall and up a hallway.

Translation: He graduated academy at the age of 21 dead last in firearm qualifications. He gets assigned airport duty, because real cops want to be out on the street. 2 years go by with absolutely no practice at all with his firearm. He goes to re-qualify with his firearm and get checked off, per dept standards. He fails miserably. The dept says he has one more chance to pass before being relieved of duty. He panics, tries to practice non-stop, even while on duty, and discharges his gun because he has no clue what he's doing.

Conclusion: Moron.

[Cebu_4_2]

Can someone 'splain this?




Officer Brady Pratt, 23, reported he was in the airport facing a west wall when he drew his firearm from his holster to practice his "quick draw" skills. The gun went off and a bullet shot through the wall and up a hallway.

​It was a holiday miracle no one was hurt.
According to Pratt, he "unknowingly had his finger on the trigger” when he rapidly pulled the gun out of the holster, discharging “a round into the ceiling tile."


Seriously it's in almost the same sentence.