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driven · Apr 11, 2006, 11:53 AM

Remember this guy?

He's going after the US Government for the release of that video.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0411061foot1.html

Dark Helmet · Apr 11, 2006, 12:23 PM

Personally if I was sitting in the audience I would sue him for being such a total idiot and putting my life in danger.

rickey939 · Apr 11, 2006, 12:27 PM

Thats it, I am suing my pencil eraser for leaving a streak on the paper.

Dark Helmet · Apr 11, 2006, 12:34 PM

The video was pretty damn funny.

the_glassman · Apr 11, 2006, 12:47 PM

Damn that dude is hard, he shoots himself and still gives a presentation! If I only had dollar for every time someone said the internet ruined their life.

faragbre967 · Apr 11, 2006, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by the_glassman

Damn that dude is hard, he shoots himself and still gives a presentation! If I only had dollar for every time someone said the internet ruined their life.

Haha ya that guy is crazy. I'd be screaming and crying like a baby!

Dark Helmet · Apr 11, 2006, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by the_glassman

Damn that dude is hard, he shoots himself and still gives a presentation!

I thought he was giving a presentation and THEN shot himself in the foot. I assume it came to a quick end after he had a hole in his foot.

driven · Apr 11, 2006, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

I thought he was giving a presentation and THEN shot himself in the foot. I assume it came to a quick end after he had a hole in his foot.

Actually he went on for a while after he shot himself in the foot.

Tough guy ... I wouldn't want to tangle with him. I'm fairly certain that I'd be screaming also.

Dark Helmet · Apr 11, 2006, 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by driven

Actually he went on for a while after he shot himself in the foot.

Tough guy ... I wouldn't want to tangle with him. I'm fairly certain that I'd be screaming also.

He was probably in shock and embarrassed as hell.

Some of the more traumatic things I have done to myself didn't hurt in the slightest till later.

Spliffdaddy · Apr 11, 2006, 03:05 PM

Did you see the reaction of the audience when he asked for the 'big' gun?

They were like "hell no, you fartknocker...you almost killed us with the Glock .40"

yakkiebah · Apr 11, 2006, 03:16 PM

Those kids won't play with guns ever. Maybe he didn't do such a bad job afterall.

Dark Helmet · Apr 11, 2006, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by yakkiebah

Those kids won't play with guns ever. Maybe he didn't do such a bad job afterall.

Unless they think guns are a great comedic tool now.

production_coordinator · Apr 11, 2006, 03:31 PM

THE GUY DOESN'T HAVE A LEG TO STAND ON!

But seriously... it wasn't the governments video. They simply acquired the tape... I'm sure to review (considering he inappropriately and dangerously discharged his weapon)

The accident was filmed by an audience member, and the tape, Paige claims, was turned over to the DEA. The drug agency subsequently "improperly, illegally, willfully and/or intentionally" allowed the tape to be disseminated. As a result, Paige--pictured above in a still from the video--has been the "target of jokes, derision, ridicule, and disparaging comments" directed at him in restaurants, grocery stores, and airports. Paige, who writes that he was "once regarded as one of the best undercover agents, if not the best, in the DEA," points to the clip's recent airing on popular television shows and via the Internet as the reason he can no longer work undercover.

It sounds like he is a typical police officer on another ego trip. "If not the best, in the DEA"

waxcrash · Apr 11, 2006, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

Personally if I was sitting in the audience I would sue him for being such a total idiot and putting my life in danger.

Exactly. Why the hell was a loading gun brought into a classroom in the first place?

driven · Apr 11, 2006, 04:33 PM

.. self confidence is NOT one of his issues.

I'm sure that the video torments him quite a bit though. (I'd probably feel the same way ... but I doubt that I'd sue .. that would just make things worse. Mistakes happen ... shake it off.)

Granted ... he can't be undercover with the DEA anymore since everyone knows his face, and now his name. Perhaps the CIA can use him as a covert agent. :-)

ghporter · Apr 11, 2006, 08:47 PM

Being on duty, he probably had to keep the weapon loaded. But he should have known how to properly unload the thing BEFORE he started horsing around with it. Weapon safety is the FIRST thing taught whenever someone is taught to use a weapon. Mr. DEA did not show that he retained much from that part of the lesson.

He DESERVES to be made fun of; he scared the crap out of a classroom full of little kids AND wounded himself. I hope the school sues HIM for putting a hole in their floor!

Doofy · Apr 11, 2006, 09:03 PM

What kind of knobhead takes a loaded Glock (no conventional safety) out of its holster in a room full of kids?

production_coordinator · Apr 11, 2006, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by Doofy

What kind of knobhead takes a loaded Glock (no conventional safety) out of its holster in a room full of kids?

Agreed... he sounds like an egomaniac...

Skeptik · Apr 12, 2006, 05:19 AM

If he wanted to remain incognito why was he giving a lecture in public & allowing someone to tape it?

Kevin · Apr 12, 2006, 05:43 AM

He looks more like a Chippendale Dancer than a DEA agent.

Eriamjh · Apr 12, 2006, 06:02 AM

This idiot shot himself. He doesn't deserve to work.

He should go on tour promoting PROPER gun safety using the video as a classic example.

Who said it was the government's responsbility to protect this idiot's career? It isn't.

wallinbl · Apr 12, 2006, 06:36 AM

Guy fires a gun in a room full of kids. You'd think the lawsuit that came out of that wouldn't be from him!

ghporter · Apr 12, 2006, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by Doofy

What kind of knobhead takes a loaded Glock (no conventional safety) out of its holster in a room full of kids?

As I said, he probably had to keep it loaded because he was on duty. But CLEARING a pistol (ANY auto pistol) is so simple and direct that my dog could do it-even without thumbs!

Really: Keeping everything well away from the trigger, release the magazine and stow it, then, with the pistol pointed in a safe (straight down in this case) direction, firmly grasp the grip in one hand and pull back the slide with the other. The cartridge in the chamber is ejected (if you're at all slick, you hold the slide so that the cartridge lands in your hand), and while the slide is back, you push the slide stop up to lock the slide back. Done.

It comes down to the guy NOT KNOWING HOW TO PROPERLY HANDLE HIS DUTY WEAPON. That's criminal. No matter how "inherently safe" a Glock pistol is, HE is NOT SAFE and should find work with tools that are less dangerous. Street sweeping or circus cleanup sound like his speed.

wallinbl · Apr 12, 2006, 08:51 AM

Originally Posted by ghporter

As I said, he probably had to keep it loaded because he was on duty. But CLEARING a pistol (ANY auto pistol) is so simple and direct that my dog could do it-even without thumbs!

Keep the loaded gun in the holster and do the demo with other weapons. There's no reason to take any risk at all.

driven · Apr 12, 2006, 11:26 AM

I think he shot himself on purpose to impress on the young people how dangerous a weapon could be even in the hands of a trained professional.

I think he's shot himself dozens of times. He's keeping foot surgeons in business all by himself. Of course the whole thing lost it's impact when everyone saw it on the Internet. That's why he's upset now ... he has to find a new way to impress the minds of these youts.

(Well, he could have tried that story anyway ....) <smile>

davesimondotcom · Apr 12, 2006, 12:07 PM

Doesn't he say in the video that the weapon is unloaded? He walks off camera right and asks for the unloaded one.

Not that he should trust whoever was giving him the gun that it was unloaded, but still.

Tough guy to get shot and keep going. But he should have been a LOT more cautious. And to sue because of it? Gimme a break!

Doofy · Apr 12, 2006, 01:34 PM

I'm still wondering why he had to do the demo with a real gun at all. Are all those kids really going to start heckling him with "that's not a real Glock 40, that's a non-firing film prop"?

mydog8mymac · Apr 12, 2006, 01:52 PM

"Paige, who writes that he was 'once regarded as one of the best undercover agents, if not the best, in the DEA...' "

No wonder we're losing the war on drugs!