XD Accidental Discharge

[ichy_trigger]

[quote=ThePainkiller;235279]Well, I guess he had loaded it and was going to set it down when he pulled the trigger.[quote]

There, I fixed it for you...

[JonXD]

Wow this is a three year old thread.

[nickb]

Originally Posted by ThePainkiller

Okay, now before I hear, "There is no such thing as an accidental discharge," I dont like calling them just negligent. So, I hearby invent AND...the Accidental Negligent Discharge. Now, on to what happened...

My friend Josh had come over to show me his new XD9. We had been sitting around for awhile watching some horror flicks. He had his unloaded and open XD9 sitting out. I had stood up to change, because I wanted to go out. As I was changing my shorts, a bright flash came from my right periph coinciding with a loud BAM. I wa shocked and so was my friend. For an milisecond, I didnt know what happened. Then it hit me, "Oh my God, he fired his gun! Where the hell is the bullet?!" I checked myself for holes, then started lookin around. The bullet had grazed my bed behind me and went into my wall. The trajectory was perhaps a foot from my lower back.

After I found the entrance point, I began praying that the bullet had not passed through the wall and ended up in someplace else, or someone. The bullet passed through my bedroom drywall but did not exit the outer layer of my apartments siding. Im not sure what it is, but it aparently is bullet resistent. I was shocked it did not pass through. It was a WWB 9mm FMJ round. The round travelled 3 yards at best before hitting the wall. My friend couldnt tell me how it happened. So, we were really lucky tonight. Me, him, and anyone who may have been in the next building. Perhaps God came down and stopped that M***er F***ing bullet as John Travolta would say. In any event, remember, ALWAYS TREAT A GUN AS IF IT WAS LOADED and NEVER PUT YOUR FINGER ON THE TRIGGER UNLESS READY TO FIRE

Then he should not be touching a firearm.

It works like this.Load a round, pull the trigger, bang! This will happen damn near 100% of the times you do it.

[hialti2d]

that could have been bad

[hialti2d]

I'd not let him have any more guns as well.

[nonosrcng]

Now maybe I am lucky. But I am 31 years of age and have been shooting for as long as I can remember. Was given my first BB gun at the age of 5. Now I say maybe I am luck because I have only ever had a firearm go off in my hands when I wasnt suspecting it and that was due to a new target rifle I had just bought. While at the range with the barrel pointed at the target i put my finger on the trigger and not thinking about it, I repositioned the rifle on my shoulder and when i moved it pulled the very light trigger and set one down range. That scared the hell out of me. I cant imagine how scared you or your friend were nor do I ever want to know. With that said I am telling you like everyone else has, THERE IS NO WAY TO ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGE AN XD. pure negligence. Time to take your friend out in the woods and come home alone.

[JustSomeGuy]

Originally Posted by therooster

here is a solution to your problem:


print these out and memorize/live by them.

4 laws of firearm safety

1. ALL guns are loaded at ALL times

2. NEVER point a weapon at anything you DO NOT intend to destroy

3. keep your finger OFF of the trigger until your sights are on target

4. ALWAYS be sure of your target and what lies beyond it



if you have any questions... ask.

+1 on this... there are more rules of gun safety, but I have always held that if you follow these 4... particularly these 4, you will NEVER have an "incident" like the one in this thread. The only difference between my rules and the rooster's is the semantic one for #1... I always say: THE GUN IS ALWAYS LOADED! Heck I know some old bullseye shooters who won't even point a FINGER at you, let alone a gun!

[pheenix11]

I still don't understand how it went off, what did your friend say he did?

[Gorky_Park]

Lesson learned-glad noone is injured or dead

[pcdigiman]

Originally Posted by jonxd

wow this is a three year old thread.

yes