Sunday, August 3, 2014
Police firearms instructor will miss two months of work after shooting himself during lesson.
The firearms instructor for the Hewitt Police Department is recovering from surgery after accidentally shooting himself in the left hand while teaching family members to shoot.
Sgt. Heath Vanek will miss at least two months of work while rehabilitating from surgery to repair a wound from his personal 9mm pistol, Hewitt Police Chief Jim Devlin said.
The incident occurred July 15 on Vanek’s family property near the McLennan and Falls county lines and did not involve any Hewitt-issued guns or equipment.
Devlin said Vanek, 35, declined comment Friday about his accidental injury.
The chief went on to day that Vanek was teaching a family member how to clear a chamber after jamming, when he was shot in the hand.
“He said, ‘I made a classic mistake,’ ” Devlin said. “We are human, too. We are not infallible. We make mistakes, and when we mess up, we mess up and do our best to correct it and get back to giving the public the best service we can.”
Yeah and if this kind of thing can happen to a trained professional, who has been a police firearms instructor for five years, just imagine how often it can happen when more and more people are encouraged to own handguns and are told repeatedly that doing so will keep them safe.
Remember accidental shootings do not always hit just the hand, or the person handling the weapon.
Guns kill, and though they may not kill all on their own, it certainly does not take much encouragement before they perform the function that they were created to perform.
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