If the trigger was exposed the safety may have been exposed too. It's entirely possible that the kid (or one of the kids) switched the safety off.Excaliber wrote:The internal memo will go something like this:VoiceofReason wrote:I did a search and didn't see this posted.
S. California elementary school student pulls trigger on police rifle, 3 kids hurt by shrapnel
The AR-15 was locked to the side of the motorcycle that was on display at Newman Elementary School
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I just don't know what to say.
Dear Chief:
The reason I thought it would be a good idea to keep a chambered round in my AR on my motorcycle with the safety off while displaying said motorcycle at an elementary school is because.....(here's where the hard part starts.)
It will take more than the usual amount of law enforcement creativity and ingenuity to complete that sentence.
That doesn't excuse the officer (or the teacher) for not monitoring the kids as they explored the bike, but the story didn't really give enough details to pass judgement.