I don’t think it’s so much that it is a black doll, but the term golli “wog”, which is offensive.

After all, cabbage patch dolls are predominantly white – yet they no more resemble a white boy or girl than does a gollie a black boy or girl.

The Canadians take their beer seriously.

“It’s okay to enter the U.S. in one of our aircraft to commit terrorism south of the border…but you don’t want to get caught stealin’ beer from the service trolly ” said RCMP Sergeant Doug MacKenzie.:D

IS that Deputy Doug?

Warning someone of a known fault/problem doesn’t eliminate the fault/problem nor does it wash your hands of any responsibility. I’m sure he was trained on the holster but again no training or warning can’t guarantee 100% success if the gear is faulty.

One word. Professionalism.

I’m still not convinced. Authorised users would have been trained, and warned of the potential for this to happen.

IMV members of the NRA will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes. 😉

The pilot is human and therefore prone to making a mistake?

FOUR (by my count) mistakes!! :eek::eek:

He was a Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO – armed pilot) who was stowing his gun when the lock on the holster discharged the weapon. The locking holster requires the padlock to be slipped behind the trigger to prevent it from firing. In this case the padlock was slipped in front of the trigger and when the weapon was fully seated in the holster the trigger was depressed. There’s a video out there that demonstrates the locking holster and how a padlock can be accidentally misaligned when attaching it.

That still doesn’t explain why the gun was loaded, there was a bullet in the chamber AND the safety was off.