What dangerous experiences have you had with firearms?

[Excalibur01]

Originally Posted by NavyGuy

Two weeks ago I was getting ready to goto the local gun show. I have a rule in my house, I never keep a round in the chamber. But the night before I had been out late at a friends house, I had been CCing. Well I get home, but the gun in my safe and goto bed. I wake u the next morning get my gun out drop the mag set it on my bed. I go and take a shower get dressed, and holster the gun. I happen to look down and see that the firing in indicator is back(I don't like keeping the spring under tension) so I remove the gun from the holster and pull the trigger. well I fired a .40 cal hydro-shock round into my floor. I live in an apartment complex, second floor. I called the police and tell them what happened, they tell me there is a chance im going to goto jail. well after they check the apartment under me, witch was vacant, and see there was no damage I was told that I got lucky and take it as a learning experience.

Yeah seriously. Always confirm that your gun is unloaded even if you know for a fact it isn't loaded and you saw a round come out when you rack, you visually make sure and have that repetition.

Always brass check your weapon

And from what you just said, it means you carry your gun in condition 3. That is just not right. When you carry, you should start loading your gun. Otherwise, that few seconds to unholster and rack can mean the difference between life and death.

[dw32005]

Originally Posted by Nologic

I think mine tops them all. I had a ND with a mark19 in afghanistan. hitting the hesko wall on the other side of the FOB. I havent been let around a grenade launcher since.

That made me laugh, my ignorance makes me imagine a building blowing up. Haha

[memo]

Originally Posted by ta2dave76

When I was 8 or 9, I was at a friends house. His mom had gone to the store to get something. His older brother and three or for of his friends were there. They were in jr high. So the mom leaves, and they decide to get into his dads guns. One of them held me down, while the others were pointing and pulling the triggers on various rifles and pistols at me. I remember being able to see the rotation of the revolver cylinder. When they had their fun they let me up, and I ran home. Told my folks. They called the other parents. I'm pretty sure the kids dad beat the crap out of him for it.

My God man, that's... holy balls. Frankly, I'm appalled at every level of that failure. Particularly, the failure of the parents to properly secure their weapons (seriously, as a parent who leaves kids alone in the house, how do you *not* invest in a combo-lock safe?!)... and then the kids for clearly never being told how to properly respect firearms.

I'm surprised at the lack of a newspaper article reading something like, "Father drags son to town square, whips child to within an inch of his life. Police applaud 'solid parenting' in action"...

[TCS_XDM]

Originally Posted by NavyGuy

Two weeks ago I was getting ready to goto the local gun show. I have a rule in my house, I never keep a round in the chamber. But the night before I had been out late at a friends house, I had been CCing. Well I get home, but the gun in my safe and goto bed. I wake u the next morning get my gun out drop the mag set it on my bed. I go and take a shower get dressed, and holster the gun. I happen to look down and see that the firing in indicator is back(I don't like keeping the spring under tension) so I remove the gun from the holster and pull the trigger. well I fired a .40 cal hydro-shock round into my floor. I live in an apartment complex, second floor. I called the police and tell them what happened, they tell me there is a chance im going to goto jail. well after they check the apartment under me, witch was vacant, and see there was no damage I was told that I got lucky and take it as a learning experience.

Atleast you did the right thing and called the police on your on behalf. I know some people would try to hide it and get in way more trouble.

[jguillet]

a couple of times I have had careless people I was hunting with point their muzzles at me. I said something to them, and made a point not to hunt with them again. Once hunting by my self in some heavy brush with a Marlin Lever action .44 mag rifle Hammer down on a loaded chamber suddenly the rifle discharged un expectedly. Fortunatly all I got was a ringing in my ears for a few minutes. My head was still in place and undamaged. All I can figure is the hammer got caught up on some brush, then the trigger also, causing the weapon to discharge. Lesson learned, and pretty cheap too. I carry it empty until in my stand and ready to shoot, I can quickly work the lever when I need to.

[jguillet]

Originally Posted by TCS_XDM

Atleast you did the right thing and called the police on your on behalf. I know some people would try to hide it and get in way more trouble.

Good Post. I am not preaching because we all make mistakes, unloaded guns kill people all the time. I have made mistakes also and am still here to talk about it.

Frist rule All guns are loaded all the time. If I see you clear the weapon and you hand it to me, I will check it. Just a habit I have formed. Like putting on my seatbelt before I start my vehicle. Every time.

[Roklok]

My most dangerous experiences have all been with ignorant shooters at the gun range. I have withdrawn from the firing on more than one occasion because of people using unsafe handling practices.

[CJm5.7]

I had a the drunk friend of my wife over one night, and she was talking about how she had her CCW, and carried a Glock in her car. I showed her my gun, aKel Tec PF9, after unloading it. She gave it back to me, and I reloaded it. I then set it on the counter. I walked to the back door and was fixing something on it when I heard a bang, and dropped to the floor instictively. My wife's friend had shot our fridge. Fridges don't stop bullets, they are mostly foam.

I don't leave my gun out loaded anymore no matter who is at my house.

[Vhyrus]

I figured a fridge would stop a bullet. Thats good info.

[Superorb]

Reading through all of these I'm surprised with how many ND's are due to not checking if the gun is loaded. It's the first rule of gun safety for Christ sake. Come on people. The gun is ALWAYS loaded until you verify that it isn't.