This is short and sweet - big time law enforcement fail in Texas, courtesy of FAIL Blog:

A good effort, but for the all-time classic try this 2004 gun safety lecture in which a Drug Enforcement Agency operative demonstrates why you really shouldn't play with a Glock 40:

And before you start crying foul, here's Snopes' analysis of the incident. ®

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