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Heck, I couldn't read through the entire list of replies on this one, but I noticed from a page or two that nobody mentioned this - in giving a demonstration like this, especially in front of children, in a school, the use of practice (snapcaps/etc) ammunition should've been used with an entirely different handgun other than the officers. It would have been more professional to have brought in another gun (prop) with a separate magazine loaded with inert, practice cartridges. This would have enabled the officer to have completed the entire demonstration without - (1) creating a dangerous situation for a discharge when clearing his own weapon (2) handling live ammunition not on a range (3) having him unload his own personal handgun.
There was simply no reason for this to have been done. These things are most likely planned well in advance, and an instructor worth his title should have the appropriate props and tools to do his job safely.
EricO
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