Who Guards the Guards: Police Instructor Shoots Self

This quote sums it up:  “People ask how these things happen, but this goes to show you that if you get complacent or get in a hurry accidents can happen.” As we’ve long said, and continue to maintain, guns need to be treated with respect. But last week a retired police officer, and who is now an instructor, accidentally shot himself during a demonstration to recruits. The Dayton Daily News noted:

“Robert J. Stewart, 55, was demonstrating the use of a 9mm Smith & Wesson semiautomatic pistol at about 7:51 p.m. at the firing range when he shot himself in the upper right thigh in front of 24 recruits and several instructors at Butler Tech’s Public Safety Education Center, said Butler County Sheriff’s Sgt. Chuck Laymon.”

We wish Stewart a speedy recovery, and hope that the recruits also learn from this mistake.