Some hilarity from Snopes.com:
"A federal drug agent shot himself in the leg during a gun safety presentation to children and his bosses are investigating...He drew his .40-caliber duty weapon and removed the magazine, according to the police report...Witnesses said the gun was pointed at the floor and when he released the slide, one shot fired into the top of his left thigh."
But wait, there's more. Somebody videotaped it all (see the video), and it turns out that the DEA didn't suspend this agent wafter he shot himself in close quarters with children, oh no, they only suspended him after the video surfaced and the DEA was humiliated. Then, they began an investigation to find out who taped it. As we all know, it is a serious crime to expose federal idiocy.
The best part in the video is when the students start to make fun of the agent following the shooting.
"According to one press account, the distribution of the video prompted the DEA to suspend the agent involved and begin an investigation into the source of the tape:
An agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency was been suspended after video surfaced showing the man shooting himself during a gun safety class in front of a group of Orlando fourth-graders.
An investigation has been launched to determine who leaked the home video of the undercover DEA agent shooting himself at an event sponsored by the Orlando Minority Youth Golf Association.
Experts in the field said that the undercover agent should never have been videotaped because it could put the agent's life at risk.
'It puts a lot of undercover agents in jeopardy if their faces are videotaped,' a masked agent told Local 6 News. 'His identity is burned. His identity is known as a police officer and its a potential personal safety hazard to himself as well as his family members.'"
If his face is so hush hush, why is he making PSA's in front of large groups? Ridiculous.
