No Jock for Steve Johnson (2 Viewers)

[Tony]

Freak Shooting Shelves NHRA Bike Points Leader’s Crew Chief

Jock Ervin, crew chief for Steve Johnson, expected to miss rest of the season.

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[Notch1320]

Keeping a loaded gun without the safety on is stupid...

 

[Scoe]

Glad that he's OK. That's the most important thing. People make mistakes in this world. Who knew? I'm sure he'll learn from it.

 

[GumbyWVU]

Keeping a loaded gun without the safety on is stupid...

I think you mean when the safety is off.

 

[you]

Glad he didn't think the phone was ringing.

 

[TSK]

Most semi-auto pistols do not have an external safety that you flip on or off.
Glocks, and others, have a safety on the trigger that must be depressed before the trigger can be pulled.
The weapons don’t discharge just by bumping them.

 

[Jim]

Glad that he's OK. That's the most important thing. People make mistakes in this world. Who knew? I'm sure he'll learn from it.

He is lucky he is alive to be able to learn.

 

[T.Smith]

...and for my next trick...

 

[ironpony]

something doesn't add up to me. Guns just do not go off, probably a 6lb trigger pull. ???????????????

 

[mgty3whlr]

He was lucky that this didn't happen in New Jersey. Out of state person carrying a gun there, There wouldn't be a good outcome let alone the injury. New Jersey is no joke about anything. When Brandon Bernstein went over the wall at Englishtown, The state police impounded his car until they did a full investigation!

 

[Scoe]

He is lucky he is alive to be able to learn.

Obviously. While bad, could've been worse. I'm sure he knows that.

 

[sammi]

Get well soon Jock. For all the speculators and haters, STFU.

 

[stitcherbob]

This is why I have a .45 revolver.......no safety and won't go off if you drop it

 

[Notch1320]

I've got two semi-automatic pistols and both of them have safeties. Wouldn't own a firearm without one.

 

[Cliff]

I have a 9mm Beretta & a 20 guage shotgun. A store I really like is J&G Sales in Prescott, AZ, about an hour drive from me. They have a few 50 Cal handguns there. I thought, how do you shoot a 50 Cal hand gun??? The recoil would knock me down. heh

 

[stitcherbob]

I have a 9mm Beretta & a 20 guage shotgun. A store I really like is J&G Sales in Prescott, AZ, about an hour drive from me. They have a few 50 Cal handguns there. I thought, how do you shoot a 50 Cal hand gun??? The recoil would knock me down. heh

The Smith and Wesson 500 Magnum….when you need to protect yourself from the killer, hiding behind the refrigerator, in the neighbor’s house, 2 doors down……

 

[Tybamf]

Keeping a loaded gun without the safety on is stupid...

Most striker-fired pistols such as Glock do no

The Smith and Wesson 500 Magnum….when you need to protect yourself from the killer, hiding behind the refrigerator, in the neighbor’s house, 2 doors down……

LOL!

 

[Tybamf]

I've got two semi-automatic pistols and both of them have safeties. Wouldn't own a firearm without one.

Yes, and I would assume they are hammer-fired pistols. Most striker-fired pistols, like Glock and many Sig Sauers, do not have an external safety. Your holster and trigger discipline is the safety.

 

[mikebcurve]

I’m not a gun guy. Just curious. Are a lot of people carrying loaded guns at the track? No one I’ve ever been around did. They could have had one concealed or put away somewhere. If so I wasn’t aware. I could see back in the day but I’m almost surprised the NHRA doesn’t frown upon it today.

 

[TSK]

I’m not a gun guy. Just curious. Are a lot of people carrying loaded guns at the track? No one I’ve ever been around did. They could have had one concealed or put away somewhere. If so I wasn’t aware. I could see back in the day but I’m almost surprised the NHRA doesn’t frown upon it today.

I’ve never felt the need to carry at a race. The race track is the one place where I didn’t mind letting my son and nephews roam the pits without my needing to keep a constant eye on them. I started taking them when they were 7 or 8 years old.
I figured if somebody started bugging them, all they would need to do is yell for help and there would be 5000 Bubbas ready to pound on whoever was bothering them.
Besides, asking who might be carrying will probably result in an answer of “not me.”