Nancy Reagan's Protective Agent Shoots Self In Hip

(AP) - A Secret Service agent assigned to protect Nancy Reagan is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the hip at a sheriff's department shooting range.

Ventura County sheriff's spokesman Capt. Mike Aranda says the gun went off as the agent was putting it back in its holster Friday at the range in Camarillo. The agent was hospitalized with a non-life-threatening injury to his hip. His name was not released.
Nobody else was injured.

The Ventura County Star reports the agent was assigned to the Reagan Protective Division of the Secret Service, which handles security for the former first lady.

Aranda says the Secret Service is handling the investigation of the incident.

Comments

[AndyWright68]

03:29 PM on 02/08/2011

Trained by the government I am surprised he didn't shoot Nancy. And what does she need armed guards for anyway?

[jeffp26]

01:50 PM on 02/07/2011

See: guns are dangerous. They pull their own triggers.

[CadOps]

01:28 PM on 02/07/2011

I betcha he has free fricken health care...thanks to us

[noralou]

01:22 PM on 02/07/2011

Wow, that sounds like a rookie mistake. It's a good thing it happened at a gun range instead of when he was protecting Ms Reagan.

[Rooster Coburn]

09:11 PM on 02/07/2011

Famous DEA agent video.  Only ones professional enough to handle a Glock .40 and all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj4yUpR1PB0

[noretreatnosurrender]

12:56 PM on 02/07/2011

Nancy is not safe with this "shoot self in the hip" secret service agent around her.

[robllawrence]

12:51 PM on 02/07/2011

Probably showing off for the locals. Heh, seriously, glad he's going to be OK.

[entropeet]

12:28 PM on 02/07/2011

I wonder if the people that are complaining about the cost of prviding Nancy Reagan with Secret Service will feel the same some day when they are providing it for Michell Obama.

[Dan Stewart]

12:04 PM on 02/07/2011

This accident has nothing to do with training, it the result of negligence.  Even people who are trained can be negligent.

[Dan Stewart]

12:01 PM on 02/07/2011

This is embarrassing.

[Freesia2]

11:46 AM on 02/07/2011

If Nancy had had a gun this wouldn't have happened.

[HarpoSnarx]

11:44 AM on 02/07/2011

Are you sure that this is the REAL story? I heard Nancy's tough on the help.

[Channa]

11:27 AM on 02/07/2011

Couldn't he just have asked for a transfer?

[dukeitout]

11:22 AM on 02/07/2011

Didn't this nearly occur in Mayberry several times? That's why Barney always carried one slug separately in his shirt pocket.

Seriously, this should never happen. How 'bout a gun refresher course fellow?

[LittleMittens]

11:19 AM on 02/07/2011

wow, how horrible must she be as a person when agents start shooting themselves to get out of being on her detail...

[An Independent Woman]

10:44 AM on 02/07/2011

Why does Nancy Reagan still have Secret Service protection. Do Jimmy and Rosalyn still have it? Does Hillary? I thought it has a 10-year limit. More money down the toilet.....