Worst Cop Ever

From Dailymail:
An airport police officer who found a pistol in a passenger's carry-on bag shot himself in the face - after he discharged the firearm by accident.

The bungling officer at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport grazed the left side of his face during the incident.

Security screeners had spotted Richard Popkin's .22-caliber pistol - loaded with five rounds of 'snake shot' ammunition used to kill small animals - as the bag was passed through an X-ray machine.

They passed it on to Atlanta police officer NJ Phillips who pointed the weapon at a screening table.
While talking to Popkin about how to clear the pistol, he unintentionally fired a shot - and was grazed by a pellet fragment on the left side of his face. He reported not suffering any visible injuries.

Richard Popkins: idiot

Nothing like forgetting you are packing a gun in an airport and watching a cop almost blow half his face off with it when he tries to clear it. Classic. Wish there was a video of this shit going down. Double idiots.

Can you imagine how much everyone freaks out in an airport when a gun goes off? Everyone running around hiding behind shit, beating the fuck out of anyone who looks Middle Eastern and screaming "Not on my watch bitch!" Old ladies crying and shit. Just chaos. 

And dear police officers, please know how to safely clear a gun. I mean fuck if you're allowed to carry one motherfucker you better know how to work it.