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.
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.
