Remember “The Only One in This Room Professional Enough…”

“…to handle this Glock .40”?

Seems that Lee Paige, the DEA agent in question – who was so professional, he shot himself in the foot in front of the class after making that proclamation – is suing the U.S. government for letting the tape get into the public domain. The Smoking Gun has the, well, smoking gun:

A Drug Enforcement Administration agent who stars in a popular online video that shows him shooting himself in the foot during a weapons demonstration for Florida children is suing over the tape’s release, claiming that his career has been crippled and he’s become a laughingstock due to the embarrassing clip’s distribution. Lee Paige, 45, blames the video’s release on DEA officials in an April 7 federal lawsuit filed against the U.S. government.

Crippled his career? What about his foot??

Interestingly, the complaint indicates that the DEA took possession of the original (privately filmed) tape, and they censored out the (forgive me) footage of Agent Paige making an example of himself. Therefore someone or someones unknown inside the DEA released the footage. Further, the complaint claims, Google records some 347,000 hits for “DEA Agent shoots himself.”

Is this an example of someone shooting himself in the other foot?

Or, hey! He’s famous! Perhaps he should run for the Florida State Senate!