Unidentified (Of Course) Retired NYPD Officer: Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day

By Robert Farago

We’ve heard a lot of debate about Florida’s “Docs with GLOCKs” law, prohibiting physicians from asking patients about their firearms. While that law remains stuck in the courts, it’s also true that some conversations between doctor and patient go better than others. abc7ny.com reports on a tete-a-tete that went seriously awry: “It happened at about 10:30 a.m. inside the office of Dr. Matthew Nester, a podiatrist, on Long Beach Road in Oceanside. According to Nassau County police, the 77-year-old retired officer had removed his licensed .10-mm semi-automatic pistol from a leather briefcase to show to the doctor.” Yes, .10mm. And here’s what happened . . .

The weapon accidentally discharged a round, which struck the owner in the thigh and continued through his leg and into doctor’s right foot.

“They both came out on a stretcher,” witness Hope Pearlstein said. “They were very alert, and then I heard that he was showing the doctor his gun, and he accidentally shot him in the foot.”

Business people next door and patients were rattled when they heard the shot, and that another doctor had to rush in and apply a tourniquet.

Both victims were taken to an area hospital for treatment of non-life …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns