A few months ago I started seeing folks using the words negligent discharge. I even saw one post here taking issue with someone who used the term accidental discharge. I don't want to start a fight and hope we can take the high road on this issue and address the issue without getting nasty. I don't know how this started but I don't like it. The term negligent is a legal term with specific legal meaning. The term accident means an unintended action or result. Not all unintended firearm discharges are negligent discharges. For example, if one takes his new semiautomatic firearm to the range and puts two rounds in the magazine, chambers one of them and pulls the trigger one time and and the rifle fires both rounds, it seems quite a stretch to call the action of the shooter negligent. Someone else maybe, but not the shooter. A neglegent discharge can also be done on purpose by pulling the trigger, but not at a safe place. For example if one goes outside and shoots into the air. That is not accidental, but is certainly negligent. I think some folks are attempting to make a point, but accuracy suffers.