AIWB gun goes off...

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Caught on video, for once, from “before” to “after”.

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/20...ered-pistol-discharges-negligent-or-accident/

The actors:

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Dude loads his gun, cocks it, and holsters it:

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He takes a few steps, and bends to pick something:

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BANG.


AAHHHHHRGH!!! YAAAAARRRRGH!!!!! AAAAAAAAHHHAAAAAAAAAHHHHRRRRRRRRRGH!!!

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I ain’t even going to waste my fingertips discussing this one...

Y’all think it’s smart to carry there? Be my guest...

Y’all think that “Safe Action” is the cat’s meow? Be my guest, bless y’alls heart...

After all, there are still people out there who believe that communism is a good idea, so who am I to judge others’ opinions.
 
Either the holster was no of good quality or the gun malfunctioned like hammer slipper off the sear. Either way that's some bad luck!
 
Folks are free to do as they please but you'll never catch me carrying appendix.

It'll be interesting to see if we ever hear what actually caused it.

At least the guys stable and hopefully learned something from this experience.
 
Video looks staged to me.

If it happens to be real, he had a major holstering fail since for a gun to "go off" in a gcode by bending the gun had to a) not be seated fully AND b) have something in the trigger guard.

Personally when I carry AIWB I holster properly first, then clip the holster on.

Also, even at 4 oclock (as many like to say is "safer") You are holstering without visually seeing a clear holster and, depending on can't, possibly pointing the barrel at the base of your spine.
 
Appendix carry violates one of the four basic rules of gun safety: never point a gun at anything you are not willing to destroy. I will pass.

I will also pass on carrying a striker fired gun for CCW unless it’s a Kahr.
 
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Another thing I notice.... can't really say I blame the guy...but...he pulls the gun out and chucks it on the floor.

Now if this was a malfunctioning firearm (worn/ broken sear or some such what have you) that could have caused another AD possibly causing further injury or worse.
 
I don't care for those striker fired pistols, they are basically half cocked and take little trigger movement to make them go bang. Give me a double action revolver any day, it is much harder to shoot yourself with a wheel gun.
 
Lycidas Janwor said:
Not sure if it's a gun flaw or a holster flaw? It appears the gun is very easy to rack the slide, maybe too easy?
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rskent said:
Glocks, like every other gun, don't just go off by themselves. I can't tell by the video, but something had to be in the holster to trip the trigger when he bent over.
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Both the gun and the holster could be fully functioning, within factory specs, and this could still happen.

Something pulled that trigger, yes. It could be a fold of the undershirt, or the guy’s boxers, or anything.

Something DID NOT prevent the gun from being fired, whether that “something” was part of the gun, or part of the holster.

This would not have happened with a multitude of gun designs, if nothing more than the pistol’s SOP had been applied.

This could have happened with a number of other gun designs, sharing similar controls (or lack thereof) philosophy.

All gun designs are not the same.
 
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So.....it goes BANG, then he chucks it on the floor.....followed by the holster. Then he unbuckles his pants and right at the very end of the video pulls something long and black out and throw that on the floor. Comb perhaps? Pen? I can't tell what it was...but believe it to be the actor that actually pushed the trigger to fire the gun. Check it out right at the very end of the video and see if you all can tell what it is that he pulls out and chucks on the floor.
 
Kano383 said:
Both the gun and the holster could be fully functioning, within factory specs, and this could still happen.
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Was it the holster, the gun,or the man?
Kano383 said:
Something DID NOT prevent the gun from being fired, whether that “something” was part of the gun, or part of the holster.
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Or did the man not check to see that his holster was clear?
Kano383 said:
All gun designs are not the same.
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Very true. And the cool thing is that you get to pick the one that you like best, and the one that you think will work best for you.

Be safe and try not to shoot yourself in the ...........
 
Interesting.

Someone posts a video of someone shooting themselves with a pistol and the responses are:
  • Must be something wrong with the holster (post #3)
  • How the holster was placed (post #4)
  • It's fake (post #6)
  • Malfunctioning gun (post #10)
  • Interference with the trigger (post #14)
  • It's a problem with striker fired pistols (post #16)
  • The carrier's underwear (post #18)
  • It was an actor intentionally pushing the trigger (post #19)
Yet nobody accepts that this might have been an accidental or negligent discharge with full involvement of the shooter/victim.

Interesting how the community here will go to such lengths as to assert the video is fake to avoid the obvious conclusion that the shooter did this to himself as a consequence of a lack of familiarity with his own gun and his own holster.
 
Well, the video does look staged, IMO.

But if not the "something stuck in the holster/trigger" posts pretty much sum it up correctly.

Yep, if so, his fault. Gotta check your holster and ensure its seated correctly when holstering, that's part of safe gun handling 101.

It just doesn't look real to me.
 
Whatever the cause, I have never been and will never be comfortable with appendix carry. I don't believe intentionally pointing a gun at myself to be a good idea because mechanical items fail. I carry IWB and OWB at 3:00 to 4:30 and at the worst I'd graze my butt cheek. That can be stitched up easily enough. Blowing a hole through my leg or gonads, not such an easy fix.
 
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