NRA Instructor Shoots Student

Posted on 21 February 2010 by J. Donetelli.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Yesterday an incident occurred at a church in Orlando where a student was shot while attending a Glock gun instruction course and there’s two kickers here.

First the course was being taught by an NRA instructor, a title which by the looks of this incident can’t mean too much, and second it was being held at a church.

According to police Robert Frauman Jr. was shot when instructor Michael Phillips’ firearm discharged, sending the bullet through a table and into Frauman’s foot.

After the past events surrounding NBA Washington Wizards player Gilbert Arenas and a teammate having guns in their locker room and NFL player Plaxico Burress shooting himself in the leg while out clubbing in New York, this most recent event is another example that gives prosecutors justification to file aggressive charges against people mishandling weapons.

While Burress is currently serving time for his crime and Arenas awaits his fate, this most recent bonehead incident makes us wonder how many careless people are carrying concealed weapons around our streets.

Currently in prison garb, Burress is paying a hefty price for taking a loaded gun out in public and Arenas is also expected to spend time behind bars. Phillips directed a loaded gun at a student and allowed it to fire, how much time should he get?

Regardless of the obvious wrong-doing surrounding this incident, with the NRA’s strong-armed political clout especially in the Dab Nab South in places like Georgia and Florida, some expect Phillips to walk away with a simple slap on the wrist, maybe with probation or community service hours, some bullshit like that.

This story also brings another question to mind.

Shouldn’t that be an oxymoron, a “gun” class at a church?

And while we’re on the topic of boneheaded gun instructors, another shooting occurred in the past when another gun instructor shot himself in the thigh while teaching a gun course.

See that video below then ask yourself, do you really want any citizens regardless of title or affiliation having the right to carry a weapon on the streets.