negligent discharge

[ikd2]

Thank God I've not had an AD/ND that wasn't aimed down range. I did one time attempt to replace my loaded pocket pistol (Kel-Tec P-32) into the holster while the holster was in my pocket. I SUDDENLY thought *** am I doing as I realized that the top portion of the holster was pressing against the trigger! Now every time I place a pocket pistol into the holster I pull the holster from the pocket, Place the gun into the holster & then place the whole thing into the pocket. Thank God there wasn't an AD/ND.

 

[Atticus]

Glad to hear that no one was injured and that you have (hopefully) become a compulsive safety nut. Your story sounds hauntingly familiar to me. I did nearly the same thing, but I had racked the slide of my G30 from the front end, and my second to last knuckle was in front of the muzzle when I pulled the trigger. Gold dot .45acp HP's work as advertised. As terrible as my experience was, I consider myself to be very lucky, and I have become a MUCH wiser shooter as a result. Now, in addition to following the 4- rules more closely, I never practice dry firing when I am not 100% mentally alert- I have no ammo or mags within reach while I'm practing - and when I'm finished dry firing, the gun is put away (stops, starts and interuptions are a recipe for disaster). Be safe.

 

[FourDeuce]

AD's, etc.

In the Army when you test for the Expert Infantryman's Badge you have to do a 12-mile march, then you go immediately to the M16 station for that test. You have to disassemble & assemble the weapon and then do a function check. If you fail the disassembly part you have to repeat the 12 mile march again. The first step in the disassembly process is to remove the magazine and make sure the weapon is safe and unloaded. That's a good motivator, if nothing else is.
I've never had an AD/ND, and plan to do my best to make sure I never do. A related question I've had, though, is How many admitted AD/ND's do you think it would take before you'd question whether a gun "expert" is REALLY a gun expert? I've heard of one person who claims to be a Master of the Gun who has actually shot himself accidentally and almost shot himself a bunch of times.

 

[oldman]

A few ND's and AD's when I was working the ranges.

1) a security guard shooting for re-qualification shoots his left finger tip off

2) a girl who was being taught how to shoot has a jam, the friend tries to
clear it himself instead of having us do it. He shoots himself in the right
leg.

3) a son shoots his father in the butt when he moves his .22 rifle from one
pistol stall to another

4) a girl taking a shooting lesson has a hot shell go down her shirt, she
naturally jumps around and then puts a round in her right knee.

This is just a few of the scary ACCIDENTAL shootings while working a range. You wouldn't believe the deliberate ones.

 

[fourdeuce82d]

Posted it before, but willing to show my @$$ again in support of someone who 'fesses up.

put a 9mm triton +P HP down through my groin and out the back of my right leg trying to remove a mini glock from IWB frontside.

Missed everything important, just went through fat/muscle, but with a really neat example of a near-contact wound-much, much bigger than the exit wound.

Worst thing about it was hearing my wonderful girlfriend screaming "Oh God please don't die I love you."

That, and the whole wondering if I'd shot off one of my testicles- muzzle blast down the shorts HURTS- going down to Ben Taub, having a stranger stick what felt like his entire hand up my fundament, wearing a cut-up Kotex over the open wound for a week or so till it stopped bleeding, still winding up with blood all over my pants in a restaurant, the smelly infection weeping pus, etc..

No lasting damage, and it hurt less than you might think. Still sucked rocks however.

Took a whole lot of wind/pride out of my sails. Kept remembering the GF screaming, kept remembering that second or two wondering if I was going to see arterial spurting, whether or not I'd lost one of my little friends, etc.

Had a fear of carrying, made the decision to start carrying 24/7 (I carried maybe once or twice every three months before) 4-5 o'clock IWB...switched to a 1911!


Shiite happens...learn from it.

And never, ever forget there are no brakes, no resets, no mulligans, no swerving back into your own lane, no rewinds. When you hear the bang, it's already over.

Glad nobody got hurt- learn from it.

 

[wardog]

fourduece82d,

Wow! Sorry to hear about that. Horrifying.

Reinforces my thinking that a manual safety on a Glock would be a very good thing.

(not trying to flame any Glock fans here, just a thought.)

 

[BluesBear]

Reinforces my thinking that a manual safety on a Glock would be a very good thing.

Well you can install a Cominolli Safety on a Glock.

It operates just like a 1911 safety.

 

[wardog]

BluesBear,

Yeah, I've read about those, but never had a chance to see / feel one in person. When I heard about them I pictured a 1911 style pivoting type lever. Not sure I'd like that one. Would want to try one first.

 

[N3rday]

Damn, i see people have actually shot themselves here...good thing it missed the arteries and the family jewels!

Even having only shot about 100 rounds I have a reflex for keeping my finger well away from the trigger, and I always knew whether or not my chamber was clear. However, I never had to CLEAN the gun or store it, so I never had to worry about that stuff