Shot Myself/ Negligent Discharge

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Thanks for sharing. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

I'd like to point out that three of the Four Rules were broken in this case: Finger off the trigger until ready to fire, don't let the muzzle cover anything you're not willing to destroy, and all guns are always loaded.

The single most critical aspect to this sequence, however, seems to be the speed with which the "unloading" sequence too place. The OP says he racked the slide, dropped the mag, and pulled the trigger in 1.5 seconds - too fast to be conscious of every step.

Thanks - lessons learned on my part for sure, and others will find benefit from your story as well.
 
Be strong, and learn from your lesson. I T-Boned a car going 55 on a motorcycle.... Many people said to give up riding, as many will try to convince you. Just learn from your mistake as we all do.

And, we will all learn from yours.

I wish you a fast and complete recovery.
 
Man, that's terrible. I always lock the slide back after unloading and check the chamber. It was out of mindless habit, now I think I will take the action even more seriously. If your wounding has convinced even one careless gun owner to change his/her ways, then it is not in vain. Even though I'm pretty safe around my gun, especially when unloading, this incident may have me reverting back to paranoid and triple checking the gun every time, instead of just doing a quick look with the slide locked back.
 
mcdonl said:
Be strong, and learn from your lesson. I T-Boned a car going 55 on a motorcycle.... Many people said to give up riding, as many will try to convince you. Just learn from your mistake as we all do.

And, we will all learn from yours.

I wish you a fast and complete recovery.
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@mcdonl. Thank GOD someone has gotten the point. Get back on, dust yourself off, and learn from it! I'm glad that you're ok. God had a plan for you. Take care buddy. Also thanks for the prayers and well wishes to all the others.
 
I did the same thing but thank god it was with a 22mag NAA. The hospital did notify the local authourities and lost my weapons for 1 week before getting them back.they didn't press charges.
 
+ 1

A few decades back I had 2 A/D's and they were my fault.

I learned from them both [ very different circumstances ] and now I am much safer.

But the rule of not pointing at anything I could not afford to replace was what saved me from your predicament.

Thanks for sharing and ,DO NOT DO THAT AGAIN !!.
 
I try to make it a point to learn from others mistakes, so it's not in vain. This is a reminder that will help me stay safe, and I personally appreciate your sharing. I hope never to have a similar story to share, but if I do I certainly will.

Good luck with the healing process, both mentally and physically.
 
I did the exact same thing with a Glock, however, I shot myself in the knee, not the ankle.

I hope you recover as well as I did.
 
Darminator said:
Shot myself in the ankle while unloading my Glock. I was sitting at my computer desk, pointed the gun in between my legs toward the floor. Racked the slide, THEN ,ejected the mag, pulled the trigger, all in less than 1.5 seconds. Had nothing but boxers and a T-shirt on. Muzzle blast burned my leg as well. Grabbed a sweatshirt from my bed and tied it around my lower leg for a tourniquet. Was rushed to the hospital by my sister. Hospital informed police of my GSW.
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Been there, done that! Except I put a .45acp between two toes (left foot, 3rd & 4th from big toe) when I was 16 (52 now) got lucky that was all i hit seeing that I had the pistol in the same position. Didn't feel it at first cause of the adrenaline, but boy did it hurt after I got home from the hospital and the meds wore off. I can only image what you're going through with that ankle hit with a hollow point no less! :what: You'll definately feel the weather change as you get older.

Like you the LEO show up and ask a bunch of questions. One was whether I was suicidal, mother told him that if wanted to get rid of my problems I would have shot my siblings not myself. Needless to say the LEO didn't think that answer was very funny.

My dad to remind me of my stupidity, dug the FMJ ball out of the basement floor and had it plated and hung on a silver chain to wear around my neck to remind me not to mess with his guns (Lesson learnt!) Still got the bullet in safe keeping to teach the grand kids along with the mangled toes as proof.

Just be thankful that what you got is the worst you got, it could've been far worst and luckily no one else was involved. I wish you a speedy recovery and thank you for passing on the lesson learnt.
 
It could have been worse, your lucky. There's been a lot of holes put inside Police cars with Revolvers. A friend of mine was killed when the the bullet hit the door post then hit him in the head. ALL GUNS must be handled with care. Today if a Gun is fired in a Police Car everyone knows, In the old days no one knew. I know one person that has done it three times, lucky he never killed anyone, and all times was with a Revolver. You would have thought he would have learned from the first time. I think common sense comes into play. Some people have none.
 
drop the mag first... drop the mag first... drop the mag first"
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OK guys, The order of events didnt cause the injury. I hear all of this talk about the 4 rules. Bottom line is simply muzzle control. When the muzzle is pointed in a safe direction there cant be an injury. Forget all about the other 3 and dwell on muzzle control.

My 13 yr old son shot himself on his first bird hunting trip. It was his first hunting trip ever. I didnt take him b/c I didnt think he was ready yet. He has had a bb gun since he was 4. He got his first real gun when he was 9. I have beat him over the head with gun safety. He shoots at our gun club on a regular basis. He has been through the scholastic clay target program at our club. Our instructors are second to none when it comes to safety. All of my friends have always commented on how safety conscious he is. He was right beside me when it happened.

He was putting some shells in his vest . He put the muzzle in the dirt. I told him that would pack his barrel and cause a bad problem when fired. We looked at the muzzle to see if it was packed. It wasnt it was clear. We went back to watching for dove. I looked over and he had one or two more shells he was trying to put in his vest. This time he had the bbl in a nuetral direction. I turned away again. I looked back and he had the bbl sitting on the end of his shoe. I told him you know better than that. I turned away again. Directly I hear a boom. I look over and he is standing there with a blank look.

I asked did you shoot yourself? He replied I dont know. I looked at his shoe and he had a perfect black circle on the end of it. I told him to take his shoe off so we could look. There was a little blood and his sock was torn up. I said lets go to the ER and have it looked at. I threw him over my shoulder and packed him a little over 300 yds back tot he truck. When we got to the ER he had severed half of his second toe on his right foot. It had to be removed in surgery.

I was very concerned for several reasons. One being that he has wrestled since he was 4 and lived to do it. I thought he would have disability from the injury. Of course being disfigured at a young age was eating away at me too. Turns out there is no disability associated with his injury b/c it wasnt one of his outside toes that was lost. The outside toes deal with balance. He healed up right before wrestling season kicked off. W/o ever practicing he hit the first tournament of the yr. He went 6-0 that night beating 2 kids from Perry which is one of the toughest wrestling schools in our state. He went 2-2 in the next tournament and 3-1 in another. The ER Dr's told me take half of peoples feet off quite frequently with shotgun accidents. The fact that he had the bbl right on his shoe and not 6-8 inches above it made a huge difference.

Now being that he had a ND accident nothing would have happened other than a little embarassment if he had the bbl pointed in a neutral direction.

Muzzle control, dont point a gun at anything you dont want to destroy. Thats the end all gun safety rule.
 
Paul, sorry for your loss.

I really don't understand why anyone would pull the slide back, drop the mag, and then pull the trigger, all in that order. It doesn't make any sense. To the OP, sorry to hear about your mishap but I hope you learned not to do that again. Now, did the cops have anything to say to you while at the hospital?
 
I would also like to say thanks for having the courage to share, and this will no doubt help some people avoid accidents.

I am really not trying to be a jerk here and please don't start arguing about brands or whether or not Glocks are good or whatever....

I remember doing research before I bought my M&P and Smith was bragging about the sear disconnect and how pulling the trigger was not a step in disassembly. I remember thinking that it wasn't a big deal to me and I couldn't really imagine a responsible person having a problem as long as you checked the chamber and didn't point the gun at yourself or anyone else. But seeing this makes me realize that accidents DO happen, and can happen to anyone even people who have had that weapon for some time.

Don't take it as a knock on Glocks or a nod for Smith, just an observation. And another reason for me to say thank you to the OP for bringing this to people's attention.
 
1. It's not a Glock thing. The same thing will occur with any semi-auto pistol.
2. It's not an AD--it's an ND. There is a difference between the two...and the dfference is worth noting.

Not picking on you, OP, but you clearly violated at least the first three of the Four Rules at one time. Some would say you violated all four at once.

The Four Rules were developed over a period of time, and in a layered fashion. Violating one will not result in serious consequences. You may get yelled at, but you won't hurt yourself or anyone else.

Violating several at once, as you have discovered, may result in serious consequences. At least no-one died.

And lest you think me holier than thou, I have had an ND, many years ago, before I ever heard of the Four Rules. Put a round into the wall one night--scared the crap out of me and my roommate.

We all live and learn. The way we learn is by accepting responsibility for what we did, and vowing to never do it again.

Then try to prevent others from doing it.
 
I'm very sorry, I will share my father's story of his near death gun handling experience.

So, when he was 13, he had a custom "John Wayne" rifle as he put it (its some lever action winchester I think). So he was cleaning it, he yanked the lever to open the breach, oiled and cleaned the parts, and did not look to see if a cartridge was chambered. He replaced the lever to closed, but accidentally pulled the trigger. He recalls not hearing the report as the bullet ricocheted around the room, embedding itself in his parents bed beside him. He will receive the very same bed when his parents die, because they believe it was intended for him...

Anyways I won't preach what other have said, but did the bullet fracture anything and were the docs able to remove all of it? The video shows a hollow point bullet, I assume it expanded in your foot?
 
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