When you get comfortable, that’s when it gets dangerous.
Good news no one got hurt
Good news no one got hurt
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As much as I despise the advice and the overall negligence...as an instructor of multiple skillets, you're father is/was so correct. To be human is error. We can only control our actions. One is to keep our finger off the GD trigger until it's time lol.My father told me once that one day I would have a ND …. He said as much as we handle firearms, as much as we shoot and tinker around with them cleaning them, wiping them down, pulling them out of the holster, putting them in, etc, etc, etc….that the odds were just against you. You are bound to have a negligent discharge !
Then he told me that is why you always try to keep a gun pointed in a safe direction no matter what.
No matter if you are alone, if you are with someone, if you are in the woods, in your bedroom or car….always always always keep it pointed in a safe direction !!
That was some 40 odd years ago when he told me that….and you know what ?? He is right !
About 20+ - years ago I shot a hole through my floor clearing a .45auto. IT HAPPENS !!
You just have to make sure you ALWAYS have one pointed in the safe direction no matter what !!
I am glad nobody got hurt in your ND S shootstraight78 - just have to mark it down as a learning experience and be thankful all turned out ok.
Be safe and carry on folks !!
truth. I'm a believer now. I really think I made three mistakes: 1) assuming the magazine was empty, 2) locking the slide back and looking at the chamber was the same thing as verifying no rounds, 3) pulling the trigger. I was very, very fortunate today. Going to have a side discussion with the instructor.It’s obvious now, but you didn’t actually clear your gun. If you’re clearing it, it’s not just racking the slide.
Lock the slide to the rear, visually verify the chamber is empty. Visually verify there is no magazine or alternative ammo source. If you felt like you did it out of habit while half paying attention,
or you aren’t 1000% sure it is empty, repeat the process until you’re sure. Glad no one was hurt.
That *was* a hollow point - full home defense round. Maybe I misread your post. I might leave the round in the desk as a reminder. I'm just glad the weapon was pointed down. My son was in the garage protected by 2 layers of sheetrock.Uhhh...revisit a safety course and follow the rules, keep your finger off the trigger. That would have avoided the situation entirely. Other than that, why you got fmj's and not hollows for home defense. Wouldn't have penetrated as far
I disagree with alot here posted...its called NEGLIGENT for a reason.
You here it but your soul's not living it...the deadlist weapon out there is a unloaded weapon! Ultimately, your finger is the only safety.
Nuff bashing (+1), glad your alright.
Okay, I don't need anyone calling me names or what not. I own this stupidity, and I never want it to happen again.
I want to know what I did wrong (other than being stupid). Wife is seriously pissed - as she should be. Just pile on some more. Anyway... the good news, no one is hurt. The bad news, I might need surgery to take a dump again.
I keep my .40 S&W in my desk drawer. It's been there for over a year. I work at the front of my house, so what good is a pistol all the way upstairs? All of the ammo is upstairs in the bedroom closet - or so I thought all of the ammo. Clearly for good reasons. I was cleaning out my middle desk drawer, had two empty magazines, was moving the pistol, so cleared the rack (or so I thought). Bang. Round passed through two CDs, two small manuals, out the bottom of the middle desk drawer and lodged in the base of the desk (solid oak thank God).
While I'm typing this, it occurs to me that when I see LEOs clearing pistols, they slide the rack multiple times. That might have avoided my mistake, and avoiding being careless with the trigger. "Always treat a firearm as if it's loaded" has become very ****ing real to me. To say I'm still shaking is to put it mildly.
Other than calling me a dumbass (just +1 the post), looking for technical and safety observations. I clearly allowed myself to get rusty, and it almost cost me. Posting for anyone else out there that this might help.