# How easily do dropped handguns fire? (The Dancing FBI Agent)

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 6, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-do-dropped-handguns-fire-the-dancing-fbi-agent/815534 "2018-06-06T13:15:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-do-dropped-handguns-fire-the-dancing-fbi-agent/815534/101 "2018-07-11T15:17:08Z")

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> [@Leo\_Bloom](#):
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> **[Dancing F.B.I. Agent Facing Assault Charge Can Carry Gun Again, Judge Rules](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/us/dancing-fbi-agent-backflip-gun.html)**
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> _Chase Bishop, 30, is facing a felony second-degree assault charge after the authorities said his gun went off while he was off-duty at a Denver club, injuring another patron._
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> The article has these exact words only, in reference to the main event: “his gun went off” and “his gun discharged after he was seen reaching for it.”
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> Discuss editorial decisions in another forum, if so desired.

That’s standard journalism practice, to respect the presumption of innocence, and also I respect defamation laws.

Describe the events of an alleged criminal act as factually as possible, but do not attribute criminal liability until the courts have ruled on the issue.

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