Likely most of us have experienced Murphy’s Law during our various pursuits; hopefully without too serious of consequences. Here’s a case where Murphy’s Law converted a highly controlled “simulated” firearms’ training exercise into a very real officer down incident.
At the range in Quantico, the firearm’s instructors were training students in the art of making an arrest of an armed suspect. Simulation equipment utilized in the simulation arrest included a role playing armed bad guy, pistols with plugged barrels, blank 9mm ammunition, and a cardboard replica of a bullet proof shield that provides protection for officers in risky arrest situations.
As the trainee carrying the simulated shield approached the “bad guy”, the bad guy fired his 9mm pistol and dropped the student. Surprisingly Murhy’s Law prevailed, despite all of the simulation.
What went wrong:
The firearms’ trainers had 2 types of blank 9mm ammunition. One for operating the actions of pistols, and one with more gun powder necessary to operate the actions of sub machine guns. Well, the more powerful 9mm SMG blanks were mistakingly loaded into the bad guy’s pistol.When he fired at the student, the more powerful blank blew out the plug in the barrel, sending it through the cardboard shield, and into the student’s chest, much to the shock of all present. Fortunately the student survived. Murphy demonstrated once again the validity of his law.
At the range in Quantico, the firearm’s instructors were training students in the art of making an arrest of an armed suspect. Simulation equipment utilized in the simulation arrest included a role playing armed bad guy, pistols with plugged barrels, blank 9mm ammunition, and a cardboard replica of a bullet proof shield that provides protection for officers in risky arrest situations.
As the trainee carrying the simulated shield approached the “bad guy”, the bad guy fired his 9mm pistol and dropped the student. Surprisingly Murhy’s Law prevailed, despite all of the simulation.
What went wrong:
The firearms’ trainers had 2 types of blank 9mm ammunition. One for operating the actions of pistols, and one with more gun powder necessary to operate the actions of sub machine guns. Well, the more powerful 9mm SMG blanks were mistakingly loaded into the bad guy’s pistol.When he fired at the student, the more powerful blank blew out the plug in the barrel, sending it through the cardboard shield, and into the student’s chest, much to the shock of all present. Fortunately the student survived. Murphy demonstrated once again the validity of his law.
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