135gr .40 Hydra Shock *Graphic* Accidental Discharge
- Thread starter Bullwhip
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peckerwood
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- PalePony, Yukon
Good to see he finally posted the pics...I must have missed it when he did
Ouchie
Ouchie
- Location
- Alberta land of many guns
Capp 325,
I agree with you. Not paying attention, ( or paying respect, as I prefer to call it) can and will get you injured or killed. Carrying loaded guns is dangerous, but as you mentioned no more dangerous than any other everyday activity requiring the use of a tool. The difference is in the results. Firearms were designed for killing, lets not beat around the bush. Knowing this simply proves how ignorant this guy was. He was carrying it for the intended purpose of defending himself, one would hope he comprehends the effects of such a tool. Obviously, he had a lapse in his thought process. My question is whether he had a momentary lapse or if he's been conducting himself this way from the start of his firearms handling.
CF
I agree with you. Not paying attention, ( or paying respect, as I prefer to call it) can and will get you injured or killed. Carrying loaded guns is dangerous, but as you mentioned no more dangerous than any other everyday activity requiring the use of a tool. The difference is in the results. Firearms were designed for killing, lets not beat around the bush. Knowing this simply proves how ignorant this guy was. He was carrying it for the intended purpose of defending himself, one would hope he comprehends the effects of such a tool. Obviously, he had a lapse in his thought process. My question is whether he had a momentary lapse or if he's been conducting himself this way from the start of his firearms handling.
CF
Carrying a loaded gun in a day to day routine is very different from going the range every few weeks. I think this example shows how easy it is to become complacent and sloppy with something you do on a regular basis.
As others have pointed out, you could get the same result if you fall into bad habits with any other dangerous item like power tools etc.
As others have pointed out, you could get the same result if you fall into bad habits with any other dangerous item like power tools etc.
This guy's misfortune is a classic of 'familiarity breeds contempt'...
I have heard similar examples of carelessness abound amongst a lot of individuals who are armed as part of their everyday experience.
There is no difference between a pistol and a chainsaw in that regard... either
are capable of serious injury/death in the hands of the unwitting, careless or
poorly trained..thus endeth the lesson.
I have heard similar examples of carelessness abound amongst a lot of individuals who are armed as part of their everyday experience.
There is no difference between a pistol and a chainsaw in that regard... either
are capable of serious injury/death in the hands of the unwitting, careless or
poorly trained..thus endeth the lesson.
beltfed said:
I agree, everyone calls them ADs, when I was in the Marines, they called them NDs. It was the first time I had heard them refferred to as NDs and they will crucify you for having one.
Personally, as I have said everytime one of these incidents comes to the boards, the biggest cause of these which is also part of complacency, is that he broke his routine. One inadvertantly establishes routines for doing things. If something distracts you from your routine, in this case, clearing your firearm for cleaning, then sure as #### your setting the stage for Mr. Murphy to show up. The solution is simple, if you are going to be doing anything with your firearms, you best not have any distractions that will cause you to alter your established routine whether it be for clearing, cleaning, loading, shooting, etc etc. Do it the same way everytime and keep you mind on the task at hand and you will not suffer from an ND....that leaves only a hardware malfuntion which could cause your ND, in which case, there was not much you could do to prevent it....making it an actual AD...
My routine includes never putting anything in front of the barrel unless I have my thumb or a bore light or SOMETHING in the chamber, but then I'm a little on the paranoid side. I like my body to have the same number of holes in it that it does now.
