Shot Myself/ Negligent Discharge

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What kind of bullet ended up hitting your ankle? Was it an HST?

I too have a negligent discharge in my past. Luckily my only victim was some drywall. I hate that you got hurt as part of yours, but it's one of those things you'll chalk up to experience and probably be a better man for it.
 
I hope you heal fast & thanks for sharing. I do have a question to any Glock owner. I've never owned one but I've read a couple times you have to pull the trigger to disasemble. But WHY rack the action PRIOR to ejecting the Mag??? I always eject mag first, then rack action to clear chamber then dry fire.

Did I miss something or not understand what actually happened??
 
Hope you have a fast a full recovery.

Its the simple things that become part of a routine that we start to over look or simply forget and when we do we get a powerful reminder.
 
Well the firwall here at work blocks the video but your description is more than enough for me.
I am happy for you it was not more serious.

Last....Bruno,what a heart stopping day that must have been with you over your boys A/D!!
Wow.
 
Out of curiosity, are there any legal consequences for accidental discharges such as yours? In particular, did they take any/all of your firearms? And if so do you ever get them back?
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Good question. I am curious as well.
 
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.
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It's about familiarity & routine. I shoot every week, and I teach gun safety. While muzzle control has always been a constant, thank goodness, the remaining rules get lost for a number of reasons. Being exhausted, over-familiar, distracted, (like the OP on the computer; doing two things at once), it can happen. I vaporized a lamp 15 years ago w/ a Glock @ 2am. Couldn't sleep, shouldn't have picked it up half-awake.

This ND is one of the primary reasons I have started teaching gun safety to student groups when I have opportunity (we participate in a home-school co-op). Precisely because IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE. The 10-14 year old's in my classes nearly ALWAYS tell me my instructor's pistol is unloaded when the magazine is removed, then I get to see their wide-eyes when I shuck that snap-cap onto the table.

Glock has a serious problem with a design that requires pulling the trigger for disassembly. The OP is not the first to post an ND w/ a Glock. There are several in this thread alone, now to include mine.

They are great weapons, I own them, but they assume a mindset that flawed human beings do not necessarily have 100% of the time, and as this thread shows, that is all it takes.
 
I have heard of many cases of Glock Foot
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Please edit this post. It's inaccurate and a text book example of how internet rumors get started. If you're able to show us how being a GLOCK had anything to do with it, I'll retract. It seems everytime someone ends up in your wife 's ER with a ND it's considered GLOCK"S fault? :cuss:

To the OP - thanks for sharing and the reminder. It takes a big man to admit a mistake. Glad you're going to be ok.
 
I have also had a negligent discharge. I do not remember why I though it was a good idea to lower the hammer of my Browning High Power on a chambered round, but I did not do it right and shot my piano.

I am glad you were not hurt more seriously.
 
I use revolvers for HD. There are a couple of reasons, but the most important is that you want something simple, safe, reliable, that can stay loaded for the next 50 years and still pop.

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Following any of the 4 rules means that no one gets hurt. IN order to get hurt, you have to be breaking all of the rules simultaneously.
 
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The hospital did notify the local authorities and lost my weapons for 1 week before getting them back.
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Why did the police take all your weapons instead of just the one you accidentally shot yourself with? Did the police actually come to your house and instruct you to surrender ALL your weapons to them? What if you just gave them the one and said this is the only one I have? I'm curious because it seems like an intrusion of your rights for accidentally shooting yourself. If your bullet went flying across the street and into the neighbor's house, then it would make more sense to take all your firearms until an investigation could be completed.
 
The OP didn't say a word about trying to disassemble the pistol. He said he was trying to UNLOAD the pistol. So, he would have shot himself with any pistol that does not have a "magazine disconnect safety", and that is plenty more designs than just Glock.

Obviously it is a hard lesson to learn sometimes, but you have to be smart enough to be able to check the chamber to safely own a gun, period. Doesn't matter if it is a Glock or anything else.

Folks can blame the Glock if it makes them feel better, but the bottom line is that if you aren't safe with a Glock, you aren't safe with anything, and vice versa.
 
So sorry to hear about your injury and I hope everything heals up properly. As a new member here I'm amazed that you felt comfortable to post your accident. Just as amazed at the wonderful responses that have been posted in reply.

I also want to say this post is a testamony to how great this site is. It takes a lot to admit on a public forum that you made a huge mistake. Based on the responses here this truely is "The High Road".
 
Thank you for the courage to share. Good or bad, most shooters if they do it long enough will have one of those "Oh crap!" moments. And regardless of what everybody will tell you, "It'll or never has happened to me." The OP had it dead to rights, it only takes one careless second where you are reacting instead of thinking.

Good practices, safe habits (visually checking chamber each and every time the booger hook is near the trigger), and thinking slowly and carefully before acting are the only actions that will keep you safe.

God bless and please be extra careful.
 
Get well fast.

I have always found the method taught for unloading any auto pistol to be somewhat flawed. Yes we all know you drop the mag, then rack the slide. I have been taught this over and over and have seen it in 100 videos. The major flaw I see with the method being taught in this manner is that it leaves no room for simple human error. The method should be taught and ingrained into all of us to: drop the mag, rack the slide, then rack the slide again, one extra step to weed out the possibility that you did it backwards the first time. I do this every time I unload and auto and lone and behold about two years ago on my second time racking the slide while unloading my glock a live round flew out. It happens.
 
ledgehammer,

Around here all the cops & security guards carry Glocks.
They came up with that term when one of them would shoot himself pushing the gun in his hoster & not taking his finger off the trigger.
It appears you don't like it but it happens.
 
I have an uncle who shot himself with a 22 lr revolver, right into his ankle. He had the hammer cocked back and tried to release it but it slipped out of his hands when he pulled the trigger and went off. They were going to leave the bullet in but it ended up causing him a lot of pain so they finally took it out.
 
It can happen!!
I'm glad you are on the mend.
I usually keep snap caps in all my firearms, except the one I carry. So, I have to be extra careful to remind myself "It's not a snap cap, don't do it."


I guess I won't make my usual snarky comment about the Glock trigger safety.
 
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