cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/42502544

A retired federal agent rehired by ICE as part of Kristi Noem’s mass recruitment push accidentally discharged his gun in a hotel room, firing one round through the wall that came to rest in the headboard of the bed in the room next door.

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      There are like a tonn of memes about this. And, yes, many hotels do have thin walls that you can easily break with a hammer and some free time. And the same issue exists with many other residential buildings. Finding a non-load-bearing wall made of bricks even with thickness of half a brick is a jackpot now.

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    His (Bradley Shaver, 53, an Ohio-based Border Patrol veteran who retired in 2023 but was rehired) weapon is a Glock 19. As others have pointed out in other discussions, the safety on a Glock 19 is on the trigger, so there’s no way this weapon could have discharged without his finger on the trigger. Negligence like this should be criminal.

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    There was a tactical shooting range outside my city that ran three day courses like a shotgunners course, run and gun handgun, western freestyle, etc. When you arrive on-site the instructors are quick to get you settled into your assigned solid brick hotel room and point out ALL the divots in the wall that represented some idiot discharging their weapon. They didn’t fix the divots, just painted over them.

    The second thing they say is that there’s no such thing as an “accidental” discharge. If you discharged your weapon outside of designated areas without permission from an instructor, you were immediately sent home with no refund and those courses weren’t cheap or discounted on Groupon.

    I’ve seen grown men cry as they had to do the walk of shame back to their vehicle.