Accidental Discharge (Graphic Pics)

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Yesterday was life changing for me. I was standing in the kitchen unloading the dishwasher after a great afternoon of target practice when BOOM!, my friend had an AD. He broke all the rules gun owners should live by. He put a 9mm magtech hollow point through his hand. We took him to the hospital and I was in such a hurry I left my license at home. So I dropped him at the ER and went back home to get it. When I got home we found the bullet and it had buried itself in the back of the cabinet door inches from where I was standing. (He was on the other side of the bar at the dining room table) This was a real eye opener to the REAL destructive capabilities of a firearm. I am very, very thankful that God was looking out for me (as well as my negligent friend) and no one was fatally injured. Firearm ownership is a very serious responsibility and should not be taken lightly. I really hate he had to learn a lesson the hard way but if you follow the three rules of firearms this will never happen. Lucky for him it was a flesh wound and he'll still be able to use is hand. The rules of my household have forever changed. It'll be just like competition, before you enter you must show clear and drop the hammer (or striker or however you would like to say it). To all of my fellow gun nuts, please be safe and remember to handle your firearms in a responsible manner.

Edit:i made a mistake in usage. He had a Negligent discharge not accidental.
 

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What a shame.

Atleast no one was terribly hurt, but wow! I can't believe the bullet missed you by inches! Someone is sure looking out for you.

Those are gnarly pictures, too.
 
I'm not 100% sure but ill give you my opinion. My buddy just bought a S&W sigma 9mm. Hes shot plenty of my guns but is a relatively new first time owner. He asked me if he could use my supplies to clean his weapon and of course i said yes. Moments later is when the AD happened. So i Take is he was just negligent on clearing the gun before he began to break it down. Although I'm not sure why it was loaded to begin with. i guess you could call it on of those mysterious "shot myself while cleaning my gun" stories LOL. I believe that's why Springfield changed the XDm to be able to field strip without having to pull the trigger before disassembly.
 
The Lord was DEFINATELY LOOKING OUT FOR YOU TWO!

The Lord was absolutely looking out for both of you.

You can heal wounds, you cannot bring someone back to life!

This will bond your friendship like never before, however, it is a heck of a way to do it!

Thanks for sharing this with us, it really does go to show that you cannot for a split second take guns for granted. Every RULE MUST BE CONTINUOUSLY FOLLOWED FOR ALL THE RULES OF GUN SAFETY TO WORK!
 
One consolation is you can see that the hollow points were working, small hole in, large hole out.

OUCH, is RIGHT!

YEEEOUUUUCCCCCHHHH!:eek:
 
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...i´d definitely force everyone to show me a clear chamber .. once they enter my house armed.
 
My guess would be the "tried and true" foible of removing the magazine and forgetting about that round in the chamber.

This is why magazine disconnectors (that we all hate) are installed in some autoloaders.

OK. Let the magazine disconnector vs. no magazine disconnector controversy begin...
 
You are luckier than you know.
We all know that with owning firearms comes responsibility. For some of us that responsibility was taught at an early age. I am talking knee high to a tree toad. My son knows when he is gets a firearm passed over to him he locks the action open and places his little finger inside to "feel" the empty chamber. I have done this as a rule all of my life.
I have had an uncle in the early seventies who "proved to his wife that the 38 special was "unloaded". He is no longer with us.
I have had a brother in law who did the exact same thing as a "joke" he pulled on his brother. I am very sure he thought that firearm was "unloaded" as well.
Respect for a firearm is taught.
 
your friend was handling his firearm and had an AD/ND. So now when people come over to your house you will make them handle a firearm instead of telling them to "leave it alone, don't touch or show it to me".

It' your house and your rules. I'm just pointing out that as you posted he was handling a loaded firearm. What was he doing with said firearm? Cleaning, clearing, loading or playing with?
 
Not good. Hope your friend is OK and learned something. Near miss on your part.I just had to forward this w/pics to one of my sons as he thinks 'that don't really happen'.
 
It's funny, I've seen the same type of injury posted here and elsewhere a few times. It's almost always the same time of injury.

Cause: Having to pull the trigger while pulling that stupid release bar down to remove the slide. NEVER, EVER, will I own a gun that the trigger must be pulled for disassembly. Design flaw in my opinion.

I know "the safeties between my ears" and all that, but the trigger is for shooting not for cleaning. I also know the Glock guys are gonna chime in to save the good face of their sacred pistol design, to which their will be no refute that will be accepted by all.

Be safe, gentlemen.
 
I am very sorry to hear about your friend and I hope that his hand heals up fine. I can't believe that people still try to clean a loaded firearm (if this is what happened with your buddy). It just makes no sense to me at all. Maybe it is just the training that gets beaten into you from Day One in the military, but I just can't see how anyone who knew the basics of firearms handling would *not* know whether a weapon was clear. It's just senseless and stupid.
 
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Cause: Having to pull the trigger while pulling that stupid release bar down to remove the slide. NEVER, EVER, will I own a gun that the trigger must be pulled for disassembly. Design flaw in my opinion.
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If the owner cleared the weapon BEFORE he/she began cleaning, then this would never happen, trigger pull or not.
 
Ok, I would agree with that, halfded... :)

I will have to admit that the trigger slide release on my Springfield XD gave me pause at first, but then I realized that this would not be an issue so long as the weapon was clear before attempting to clean it (which I always, always, always do). Whether you own a Glock or XD, the real culprit is firearm ignorance.

I've even seen people at local ranges look down the barrel to see if their weapon was loaded, to which I quickly "educated" them (more like arse-chewing) on the dangers, notified the RO, and then left the range promptly. This stuff makes my blood run cold...
 
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Glad you weren't hurt also. People have to start taking gun ownership more seriously than other activities like bowling, Most of us do .There should be procedures in place that are followed to the letter each time you remove or replace a firearm. This should include where one does this along with when and how. I am sorry about your friend, but he could have killed you or another family member. We seem to have a growing number of folks getting involved with the hobby, which is good. But like everything else when too many people get involved in doing something, rules are ignored or set aside. Why did he have his loaded pistol out in your kitchen in the first place? Did he remove the gun to unload the machine? just curious. I wish him a speedy recovery and hope he has not caused extensive nerve damage.
 
not much to say that has not already been said. Utterly mind boggling how anybody could not be aware their weapon is loaded. When I am handling a firearm, the fact that it is loaded is nearly the only thing on my mind (right behind the awareness of muzzle direction and location of trigger finger) How anybody "forgets" a weapon is loaded, and neglects to CHECK it even if they "know" it is unloaded is unfathomable to me.
 
I own a Glock that needs to have the trigger pulled as part of removing the slide.What puzzles me is why would someone point the gun at themselves and pull the trigger?Someone needs to go back to the 10 commandments of firearm safety.This was a major safety failure.
 
People who get in the habit of dropping the hammer, in my opinion, are just waiting for an AD to happen. Dropping the hammer means you have to pull the trigger. I don't pull the trigger on any gun unless I want it to go bang. The ONLY exception is if I am doing dry fire practice, and before that I REMOVE the magazine, check three times it is clear, and still point in a safe direction.
 
pbearperry said:
I own a Glock that needs to have the trigger pulled as part of removing the slide.What puzzles me is why would someone point the gun at themselves and pull the trigger?Someone needs to go back to the 10 commandments of firearm safety.This was a major safety failure.
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Because we thrive on consistency. When we we pull the trigger, the gun is supposed to go bang. But on these guns, sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't. So it causes a mental shift. Now I'm "just cleaning" so, I pull the trigger to disassemble, forgetting that the primary function of that trigger is to make the gun go bang.

Being task oriented, the current task is taking off the slide, so the rest is momentarily forgotten. It just part of the way our brains work. Try the count the basketball passes video and you will totally ignore the gorilla walking through the game.

I've seen too many postings from very experienced people have this happen. I'm a constant clearer and checker, but I too will never own a gun like this. It's too easy to buy something that is inherently safer.
 
Seuss, I sincerely hope your friend heals without any disabilities (lost of hand articulation, etc). If you get the opportunity, perhaps you can give us some updates concerning the healing progress for your buddy. Maybe a follow-up in a month or so.
 
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