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easyloot@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 23 days ago

ICE agents keep accidentally shooting themselves

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ICE agents keep accidentally shooting themselves

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easyloot@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 23 days ago
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Three ICE agents accidentally shot themselves in the leg during routine training exercises within two days last year.
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    Never forget: Hitler was the only person to ever kill Hitler.

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      And that also makes him the greatest artist.

      I mean consider this… using nothing but the concrete walls of the Führerbunker as canvas, his own grey matter as paint, and his trusty sidearm as a brush, he created the most impactful painting of humanity.

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        That thought just made my day a bit brighter, hopefully Trump will make a similar piece soon.

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          He does every day, but it’s in his diaper.

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            Torpedo tube 1 loaded. Tube 1 now flooded. Safeties off for point blank firing solution. Fire! Direct hit.

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          Unfortunately he lacks the self awareness. But nonetheless. His every choice leads him toward that end.

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        If only we had footage to make fun gifs out of

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          Doubtless a picture-generating AI could do it.

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            Removed by mod

            • RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              Left leaning in the end.

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              If you’re gonna post that I’d hide it behind a spoiler

              • trashcan@sh.itjust.works
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                I tried to put a lot of space. I’ll edit. Sorry.

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                  All good, I’m pretty desensitized to violent imagery online at this point, just trying to look out for others. Your edit worked, I appreciate it. Also lol at “irony”

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                Is that his actual death though? To me it just looks like sarcastic acting.

                Like he’s making fun of the idea of getting shot.

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                  It’s sarcastic editing in fact.

                  Edit: my trigger warnings were genuine, despite a bit of humour in the last one.

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        Wait, was it a gun? Or was it cyanide pills?

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          Both. Swallowed cyanide in case the bullet didn’t work

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        It’ll be a national holiday when Trump goes. Just need to think up a properly passive aggressive name for it. Liberation day kinda works, but might be too ironic.

        • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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          It’ll be a national holiday when Trump goes.

          Not like you think. Boomers will gather in parks and shit their pants in honor of the Orange Fuhrer.

          April 30 was never made a Jewish Holiday.

        • Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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          Regan-Trump geriatric awareness day?

          Celebrated by organizing against people in government who are too fucking old to be driving a car, let alone running the country?

          It will also be effectively legal to shit on gravesites that day. Not because of any change in the law, but because it would take too much work to enforce on dementia day.

          • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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            Nancy Reagan wanted the Republicans to increase funding of dementia research, they ignored her.

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            Cause of death awareness bay would be a positive spin I supposed.

            Or pick something like ureathra health day, and sell urinal cakes with his face or gravestone on them.

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          Call it maga day, but with an intonation that now that he’s gone we can actually make a better society

          Maybe long live the king day.

          Honesty I’m down for the just glad he’s dead and hope his movement follows soon day

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      Yeah, but he also killed the guy who killed Hitler.

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    Keep up the good work assholes Death to AmeriKKKa Death to AmeriKKKa Death to AmeriKKKa

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    Well good. It’s about time they shoot someone who deserves it.

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      Google: how to give multiple upvotes on Lemmy

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        Ask a friend.

        You got a friend in me.

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    Two former senior ICE officials told Newsweek that accidental discharges were not uncommon and often involved experienced agents rather than new hires.

    What?

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      Coming from a multigenerational family of LE and Military I can tell you first hand that NDs are never common. Not even slightly.

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        Depends who you talk to. I know a guy in construction who has had to patch bullet holes in several LEO houses. Also at the sport men’s club I’m a member of, the only shooting injury we’ve had was from a state trooper during a training excercise. You’re point is valid, though. NDs are supposed to be minimalized through training and adherence to the 4 gun rules. These guys are morons.

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          It’s dangerous.

          Don’t touch that.

          Not that way.

          What an I missing? Is the fourth also the first?

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            1. Keep your finger off the boom trigger until your ready to fire.
            2. know your target and what’s behind it.
            3. assume the gun is always loaded, even when you know it isn’t.
            4. never point it at something you aren’t willing to completely and utterly destroy.
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              I was missing:

              • remember to wear your x-ray glasses.
        • pet the cat, walk the dog@lemmy.world
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          Reminds me of ‘Being a cop isn’t that dangerous’.

        • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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          Those guys are just typical gun owners. US has 44,000 accidental gun injuries a year, likely 5X more accidental discharges no one knows about.

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        I know very few Leo’s or vets, like only a couple. But one that I do know NDed himself in the thigh while servicing his gun.

        So you 0/N is somewhat offset by my 1/4.

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          Servicing a gun with a round in the chamber is negligent unless you’re in active combat.

          There’s no context provided, but I can’t see any situation where you service a loaded firearm and point it at your thigh.

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            Oh yeah totally negligent. Which was my point. There are plenty of negligent cops and service members for every careful one.

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          Are you saying he was cleaning a loaded gun? Or am I misunderstanding?

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            Was a friend of my brothers and I think he did it while attempting to clear it before cleaning.

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              Ah, thank you for the clarification.

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      They shoot themselves in the foot to get out of work.

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      yah… “Doubt” on that one

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      Familiarity breeds passivity

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      I wouldn’t be surprised if ‘experienced’ agents are generally also incompetent. Pre-trump they would have mostly had pretty mundane duties, maybe manning a border station checking paperwork, maybe even desk jockeys. Sure “enforcement” actions were a thing, but I suspect a large number of people were never anywhere close to ‘action’.

      A reporter that went through the hiring process included the detail that while desk work was a possibility that a recruit had to be prepared for, it was a critical priority to get as many people on the streets with guns.

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    Sometimes, you need a bad guy with a gun to stop a bad guy with a gun.

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    Since they cant handle firearms safely then they shouldnt be permitted to have any.

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      That is a most un-American thing to say.

      As a gun owner, I approve.

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        “You can’t have guns.” – Trump, 27 Jan 2026

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          As a convicted felon, he certainly can’t.

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            He can’t vote either.

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      Unless they only use it to shoot themselves / each other.

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        About that…

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      whoa there…Americans not in death squads shoot each other or themselves accidently over 44,000 times a year.

      The right to be idiots is in the constitatuition.

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      Sorry sir, doing my best

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        We are surrounded by assholes!

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          Yo!

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          Now playing Dennis Leary - Asshole

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            I naturally read that in Siri’s voice.

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    Call me when it’s in the head. Although I doubt that would be lethal for an ICE agent.

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      Agreed. They’d have to hit a vital spot.

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        Zombie rules it is.

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          Well for these gravy seals it’s not the head - it’s the cankles.

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            I was thinking brain stem.

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              *Null void stem

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    When will ice agents extrajudicially execute themselves over it? They’re attacking law enforcement.

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    They don’t even need the Sig P320s

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      They’re certainly welcome to them though.

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        Fuck that, you can build a flux raider for $7-800 easy because how much people hate 320s. Which is much better than paying Sig the $1800 they want for a new one.

        That being said: cops and military will shoot themselves microwaves if left unattended.

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          OMG that Raider 365 marketing video is hilarious 😂

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            I haven’t seen it.

            But I do know the founder daily carries one everywhere, and just won like the highest rank in PCC shooting with one. He had to change the brace to a stock tho to enter lmao.

            They all look mall ninja as shit, and really shouldn’t be legal. But they’re ridiculously fun and actually practical, well, as practical as you can get when 99.999% of gun owners never come close to needing one.

            That shit might not keep being true for long tho.

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              As a side, not as an argument, people don’t need a lot of things to merely survive. Like paint. You could argue you never need paint. But somebody who paints for a hobby certainly needs it for their hobby.

              Words, fickle bitches they are.

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    All three firearm discharges occurred during quarterly training sessions while agents were holstering their weapons, a routine but potentially high-risk moment in firearms handling.

    Author throwing some shade there.

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    Finally a shooting statistic I can get behind.

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      Ironically, the solution is more guns

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    Task failed successfully? They are hurting the violent people.

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      The worst of the worst

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    Finally a good use of bullets.

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    It’s always nice when the trash takes itself out.

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