The case in hand is a pistol. That doesn't make anyone's experience getting shot with their own firearm any better, tho.
It does have to be asked how the bullet managed to hit you when closing the bolt. Apparently either the muzzle was pointed at your body, or it ricocheted. In the first case, firearms safety addresses it - always point the muzzle where you intend to shoot. Nowhere else.
In the second, we learn by others examples. Bullets have been known to come straight back after hitting a hard object. People have been injured, in the rare case, killed. Goes to another safety rule, know your backstop.
A lot of us do understand the concern about things happening. Some of us let things like that happen to us, and it was due entirely to a lack of making the right decision. That doesn't mean others don't have their heads screwed on right, or can't make the observation that safety was violated.
I got hit by a falling tree limb and had three ribs broken on both ends, a wedged vertebra, plus a compound fracture that required a titanium rod to repair my leg. Entirely self inflicted because I violated a safety rule. I also manned up and accepted it as being my fault entirely.
What I do see in the general public is an unwillingness to do the same - "The gun went off accidentally and I shot" whatever. Well, precisely because people DO make mistakes, and specifically because they are human and don't always foresee an unintentional consequence, we have safety rules. Nonetheless, it's up to the individual to think about what they are doing and prepare for that worst case - or accept the consequences.
Basically, yelling about it at others and inviting further criticism isn't really settling the issue for you. Like the teacher in the toilet, any way you cut it, she shot herself, and so did you. You put unwarranted trust in the safety mechanism of a man made object that you alone are responsible to keep in good working order.
It wasn't a pleasant experience, and there might be some long term consequences ( as I very well know.) But what you do from that point forward in examining the results and modifying your behavior is what counts.
Six months after I was injured, I was right back in my yard cutting down a tangled mess of trees still left from that same tornado that caused my earlier injury. I had plenty of time to research and improve my safety awareness. I took my time and gave each situation some thought, got the limbs cut up, and didn't get tangled in them as they slid down a 45 degree slope as they became loose.
I can't make that recommendation for everyone. Some just need to stop and walk away. The necessary ability to see a risk doesn't exist. Others simply make a small mistake amplified by the impact of a bullet. They have the ability, what they didn't have at that moment was the discipline to make the right decision every time. And that is entirely human.
It can happen to any of us.
BTW, anyone who read my previous post with a straight face and took it verbatim, here's a clue:
