I know that many of you are perfect, and always check your guns, and would NEVER have an accidental discharge. And I pray you never do, but for all the rest of us lowly humans, I offer this story, and tis true. A friend of mine, whom I knew when working for several years in Colorado, was a patrloman for the Colorado State Patrol, and was one time preparing for a "short notice" inspection by the Governor of Colo. He happened to be on duty, and had cleaned his car, etc, and was wiping down his S&W Model 66 (or 686, can't rmember which they carried at the time), and had a slight loss of memory for a split second, and thought he had emptied the gun before "dusting it off" one more time. Probably because of rushing around, cleaning and spit polishing everything. Well, seated in his cruiser, he pulled the trigger to move the cylinder flute, put a .38+P though the roof of the car, and was immediately taken out of the show, and had to go hide with the car while the surprise visit took place. He was suspended for a day or two, everyone laughed, and got over it. Less than two years later, they made him a firearms instructor (he was a great officer, excellent shot, and perfect choice), partly BECAUSE he had a personal "war" story to relate. He later became a sgt, Lt, and I believe retired as a captain. Colorado Trooper Staff are apparently much more sympathetic and understanding of such "human" lapses, more so than the Ohio State Patrol, who probably would have used the officer to set an example, by firing and humiliating, thus scaring the others. I was not an Ohio trooper, but I was trained at their academy, having been sent there by my agency, an Ohio municipality. I think Ohio tries to piss of their trooper regularly, so they take it out on the public by being agressive with the ticketbook. Just makes their high stress job more stressful.