December 28, 2012, 07:50 AM | #26 |
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This was a negligent discharge. Not accidental.
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December 28, 2012, 07:55 AM | #27 |
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I'm glad no one was hurt, and hope he learned his lesson. I'm sure he now realizes the seriousness of his mistake.
Now that all ended well....we can laugh at him.
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I hope it never occurs again because you will not repeat the same behavior ever again.
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You learn. you pray nothing bad happens and if you were otherwise safe and didn't shoot your favorite beer mug or your mother in law in the tush you can relax, have a nervous giggle and know that you won't do that stupid thing again unless you are a real idiot. I know people who lost their TV sets and have quick draw scars on their legs, they are not people I want walking behind me in the woods and are not invited to shoot on my land. A man who makes a mistake, admits a mistake and his otherwise safe habits prevented a tragedy is a man who won't make that mistake again and I will be happy to shoot with him. Only time I am dead bone super critical about safe gun handling is when I am on the firing line or running the firing line. Put a hole in the wrong target I will laugh, put a hole in my shooting bench and I will get a bit owly but sweep somebody with a gun barrel or handle a firearm when somebody is down range will get me on your neck big time and you won't be shooting again on that range. It's a big club like I said and most of us are in it. Those who are not in it are not in it yet or are lying so never say never. Be careful out there but don't take things so seriously or you will have a very miserable life.
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December 28, 2012, 06:07 PM | #30 |
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^ agreed with O.G.
Same with riding a motorcycle; eventually...
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December 28, 2012, 06:11 PM | #31 |
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I had a firearms instructor once who said that the more you handle a firearm the closer you get to that unintended discharge. Glad nobody got hurt and the only damage was to property which can be fixed or replaced (most of the time). On the job I have access to several Mossberg 500s with 18.5 inch barrels. The shot will open up but it takes more than 5 feet to do it. In the size of a normal room in a house the shot would spread to roughly 1 foot. Like others I heard the stories that a shotgun with such a short barrel would spread near 5 feet wide at a 12 foot distance but the truth is that the spread is not quite that drastic.
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LockedBreech, I'm not that easily offended. Here is a scenario.
You get home from the range and walk in the house with your Sig still holstered. You go into the study and set down your gear. Unholster your weapon and lay it on the table. Your five year old son comes in and runs to you for a hug. You walk to the kitchen with him to ask Mommy if Johnny can have a cookie. Mommy says okay. You look around and Johnny is not in sight. You hotfoot it into the study and there stands Johnny looking down at the Sig. You sweep it up and holster it. The weapon was last made safe at the range, then holstered for the ride home. It is safe ... until 15 minutes later you finally get ready to clean it and find one in the chamber. How is that for an "oops moment"? There are a million of these situations waiting for us. |
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Unless you meant one guy shot his TV and has more than one of those quick draw scars...
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December 28, 2012, 10:40 PM | #36 |
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well it happens, sometimes the more you handle guns the more complacent you get. my dad had an Army buddy that shot his finger off after removing the mag from his 1911, forgetting to eject the round that was in the chamber. glad no one was hurt
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LockedBreech,
That's why I keep reading on TFL after so long. I learn something nearly everytime I log in. One guy can't have all the experience here. |
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A man who practices quick draw with a loaded gun isn't just having a moment of carelessness, he is being recklessly dangerous and stupid, that is a whole nother class of dumb and one must be very sure it won't be a repeat experience. I can forgive a lot but losing my water tight integrity to a hot dog is high on my list of undesired.
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