Counselor Shot at Valley Forge Military Camp

**ihunt49** · July 17th, 2008, 09:14 PM

Counselor Shot At Valley Forge Military Camp

WAYNE (CBS 3) ― Police are investigating a shooting at a day camp at the Valley Forge Military Academy in Delaware County.

Authorities said an 18-year-old camp counselor was putting away a .22 caliber gun when it accidentally discharged, striking the counselor in the foot.

The counselor was taken by ambulance from the health center in the 1000 block of Eagle Road in Wayne to Crozier Chester Medical Center.

There were no campers around at the time of the incident. Radnor Township Police are investigating.

**General Geoff** · July 17th, 2008, 09:20 PM

$10 says he didn't keep his booger hook off the bang switch.

**headcase** · July 17th, 2008, 09:21 PM

Originally Posted by ihunt49

Counselor Shot At Valley Forge Military Camp

WAYNE (CBS 3) ― Police are investigating a shooting at a day camp at the Valley Forge Military Academy in Delaware County.

Authorities said an 18-year-old camp counselor was putting away a .22 caliber gun when it accidentally discharged, striking the counselor in the foot.

The counselor was taken by ambulance from the health center in the 1000 block of Eagle Road in Wayne to Crozier Chester Medical Center.

There were no campers around at the time of the incident. Radnor Township Police are investigating.

UGH. How does a stupid ass, shooting himself in the foot, get reported as he got shot? He f'ed up, the gun didn't accidentally anything, his negligence did.

**Agent Smith** · July 17th, 2008, 09:41 PM

Originally Posted by headcase

UGH. How does a stupid ass, shooting himself in the foot, get reported as he got shot? He f'ed up, the gun didn't accidentally anything, his negligence did.

Well, he did technically get shot, but yes, I agree, this was pure negligence, not an accident.

**Statkowski** · July 17th, 2008, 09:55 PM

Duh, aren't rifles supposed to put away empty? Isn't someone supposed to check to make sure that it's empty?

**Philadelphia** · July 17th, 2008, 10:59 PM

Originally Posted by Statkowski

Duh, aren't rifles supposed to put away empty? Isn't someone supposed to check to make sure that it's empty?

Not just someone. Everyone.

The old long forgotten rules: never hand anyone a loaded gun; never accept a loaded gun (there are a few exceptions for training purposes, but very few). Always clear a gun yourself before believing it is administratively unloaded.

**ErSwnn** · July 17th, 2008, 11:18 PM

I hope that after learning gun safety the hard way he doesn't forget the lesson.

**Brown-Bear** · July 17th, 2008, 11:26 PM

The title lead me to believe that a man was shot during the commision of a violent act on a military base. So yeah I got interested. If the title had read " kid shoots himself in the foot, while putting guns away" I'd probably not have opened it. I hate how these things get reported, makes us all look like morons.

Dave

**Arcana71** · July 17th, 2008, 11:33 PM

Isn't this how the movie Taps started? Sort of... with an AD?
(For those who don't know, the movie was filmed at VFMA.)

Links:
Taps
VFMA

**c.sander** · July 18th, 2008, 10:57 AM

i went there every summer all summer as a kid and i had always wondered why the people over seeing the handguns and rifles were the same 17/18yr old counselers who were basically babysitting