First Accidental Discharge, feeling pretty bad

[pythonguy]

Tripping and falling so your gun goes off is an accident, checking trigger creep on a KNOWN loaded weapon is INSANE. There is a difference, its not OK, its not something that should ever happen, and as others have said, if you can't be safe with your weapon you shouldn't have one, period.

 

[mainebear]

Don't beat yourself to death! Do something about it.

In 1979 I shot out the window of a brand new pickup with a Ruger Mk 1, while going down the road at 65 mph. Stupid, Stupid, Stupid!
I felt like i should just sell my guns and quit. But, I got some good training, and more good training, and never ever forgot how easily I could have killed someone. I think of that incident everytime I pick up a firearm. I tell every new shooter that story, and then teach them the correct way to handle firearms.

I guess this is my way to atone for my careless act. If i can pass proper firearms handling along to newcomers, maybe I can save someone from feeling the way i did, or worse.

Anyway, my .02 worth. There isn't any excuse for being careless, but after it's over...Now What Are You Going To Do About It?

 

[Ron James]

Mistakes happen, I did the same thing you did, stupid yes. This why I don't like cocked and locked. Sooner or later a UD will happen, why make it easy. This has happened to the best and most experience people. I'm not trying to flame or start a rant but if anyone states that they are too carefull to ever have it happen are just deluting themself. It will happen, sooner or later. I have personly seen a highly trained and experience 1911 user clear his gun forgeting to drop the mag, chamber a round , and then pull the trigger to drop the hammer. After he stoped shaking, I thought he was going to cry( he didn't but his head was hanging low). Remember The only perfect man was JC and they hung him on a cross, so yes it can. will and does happen.

 

[pythonguy]

Funny but the only ones who say that are ones that did it.......

 

[Ron James]

Yes PythonGuy, and I know it will never, never happen to you. Perhaps when you've had 50 years of firearm experience and you've never had a U/D I will then pat you on the back. Good luck and shoot safe.

 

[FTF]

I had a near AD not too long ago and I'm hesitant to even post it.

Not really close to an AD, but somehow I swept the safety off my .45 while holstering or unholstering. At least, that's what I think happened, I can't imagine taking it off safe any other time. I took it off at home and went through the routine of pointing it at the floor in the laundry room, dropped mage,unsafe and dropped mag and *crap* it was already off safe. Nobody was in any danger but it scared me a tad... I know better... I vaguely remember messing with the position of my holster and I think I may have swept it off by some massive brain fart.

I'm on time-out right now... I'm still packing, and luckily I follow the 4 rules but it was a nice wake up... I try not to worry about AD's.. it's much easier to just think "4 rules, 4 rules" while handling firearms than worrying about "No, AD's, No AD's.".... I'm knocking on wood like mad god knows bad luck hits everyone eventually but geesh... I wish to God I was perfect. As long as I never point the darn thing at anyone I should be ok even if lightning strikes. I would like to be the perfect guy who chides everyone with an AD or ND for not following the rules, but on the other hand, you're still running the risk of getting T-Boned by somone for that .10 second you turn on the yellow arrow while some doofus hauls butt in his crappy Honda trying to get the jump on a crappy Toyota in the other direction. Moral of the story... #### happens... as long as it doesn't happen to you it's all good!

 

[aaronrkelly]

I find the safety swept off on my Kimber quite frequently.....your still perfectly safe if the gun is in a proper holster covering the trigger and you dont put your finger on the trigger.

 

[feedthehogs]

but if anyone states that they are too carefull to ever have it happen are just deluting themself. It will happen, sooner or later.

Ron,
Your wrong period. Been handling firearms for 45 years. Know lots of folks who have the same or more time handling guns. None of them never had AD's.

None of us are perfect or claim to be. But if the definition of being perfect is following safe gun handling 100% of the time, then I'm guilty.
That's it. It's really that simple.

Other people's ad's never used to bother me but it seems to happen more often, they are taken too lightly, I or someone I know could be the victim of an AD from someone else and what really torques me is the growing trend of "it can happen to anyone".

Being a highly trained or experienced gun handler means absolutely nothing if you ignore the safety rules.

This ain't brain surgery folks. But it sure is treated as such it seems.

 

[tegemu]

I'll respond to SixForSure's question, no, alcohol was not involved. However STUPIDITY was running rampant in the Negligent discharge I described. I don't think there is such a thing as an accidental discharge.

 

[AirForceShooter]

We learn by doing it WRONG, not by doing it right.
Lesson Learned.

AFS

 

[feedthehogs]

We learn by doing it WRONG, not by doing it right.

So does that mean a pilot can't learn to fly a plane correctly unless he crashes it first?

I guess when I learned to fly, I just shoulda stole a plane and figured it out after crashin a time or two.
Shame I wasted all that time and money with an instructor.
What was I thinkin?

Learn to do things the right way first. Its possible you know.

There are such things as schools, teachers, instructors, trainers and such.

No really, there are.

 

[PX15]

Where's the "smilie" for "beating a dead horse" when ya need it?

It seems roughly 8 out of 10 who responded to this thread understand that humans make mistakes..

The other two disagree..

Everyone is entitled to an opinion, we've all expressed ours, so we should probably just let this issue die of it's own weight..

Anyone need rental property?


JMOFO

Best Wishes,

J. Pomeroy

 

[hankdatank1362]

Yeah, I appreciate all your guy's concern and all (even you guys who have never had a ND or a car wreck or skidmarks in your underwear)...

but this is major PITW. I shot a hole in my porch. I wasn't drunk. Just stupid. I thought this thread died a long time ago...

 

[feedthehogs]

Where's the "smilie" for "beating a dead horse" when ya need it?

Yea, your right.

Gun safety discussions around here are like beating a dead horse.
Or is that accidently shooting a dead horse?

 

[XavierBreath]

Yep, This 'un's done.

Be safe folks.

If you would like to start a new, general thread about gun safety concepts, feel free.