Accidental shooting

[straight-shooter]

I've known this man for about 30 years and am shocked to find out he had a accidental self inflicted gun shot. Appears he fell down and the gun fired. May have been a cheap holster or no holster, i'm not sure. Either way the trigger must have became exposed. At least the good news is Frank is going to survive.

Man falls, accidentally shoots himself

 

[joshualee49]

Wow. Glad he is going to make it. That would ruin anyones day...

 

[JetGirl]

I've known this man for about 30 years

Do you know what make/model the gun is?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Glad your friend will be OK.

Thank you for posting this to INGO. Too many at INGO do not believe that guns discharge when triggers are not pulled. We need this type of education here.

 

[gunman41mag]

Now you know why I like guns with a safety

 

[straight-shooter]

Do you know what make/model the gun is?

Unfortunately i do not. I haven't seen Frank in a while but I will have to stop by the business on my way home and talk with him when he's up to it.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Now you know why I like guns with a safety

What if the gun had a safety?

Lots of guns have discharged without triggers being pulled and killed their owners, regarding of a safety.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

You need to tell each and every INGOer in this thread about your friend's accident.

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...6772-guns_do_just_go_off_chicago_edition.html

 

[churchmouse]

Having experienced an AD (accidental discharge) it is nothing to take lightly. Will not get to wordy but it does happen and it is not always easy to explain. Machines fail, things break, mechanisms do not latch up as designed. It does happen.

 

[straight-shooter]

You need to tell each and every INGOer in this thread about your friend's accident.

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...6772-guns_do_just_go_off_chicago_edition.html

When i get more details I'll consider it. At this point i'm like anyone else that has read the news article. It's all speculation for me until I actually stand there in front of Frank and find out what happened.

 

[straight-shooter]

Having experienced an AD (accidental discharge) it is nothing to take lightly. Will not get to wordy but it does happen and it is not always easy to explain. Machines fail, things break, mechanisms do not latch up as designed. It does happen.

Very well stated and I have the belief that the minute I start to "trust" my guns, well then, I've become to laxed. If I think it can't happen to me, I've also became to laxed. Every move made with a gun requires full attention and thought.

Unfortunately Murphy is always in the shadows.

 

[JetGirl]

This sums it all up...

Now you know why I like guns with a safety

What if the gun had a safety?

Machines fail, things break

Yup.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I know I bring up Steve Malloy a lot, especially when someone is hurt or dies with a gun is dropped and discharges but your gun's safety can fail. Malloy was carrying a Colt 1903 which has BOTH a grip safety and the Browning thumb safety (blocking the sear and hammer). It failed and the pistol bounced off the deck and shot him in the little gun writer.

My 870 at Shootrite (Nooo, Kirk, we've heard it all before--tough until everyone at INGO believes that guns fire without triggers being depressed we are going to hear it over and over) had the safety on as I closed it home and it went bang.

We as a gun culture as far too blase about our weapons and need to respect them more IMHO.

 

[Mackey]

Glad your friend will be OK.

Thank you for posting this to INGO. Too many at INGO do not believe that guns discharge when triggers are not pulled. We need this type of education here.

Deja Vu... seems like I've read this somewhere before.
Clearly, this is instructive.

 

[Dirtebiker]

Glad your friend will be OK.

Thank you for posting this to INGO. Too many at INGO do not believe that guns discharge when triggers are not pulled. We need this type of education here.

Unless I missed part of the article, I didn't see where it said that a "gun discharged without the trigger being pulled"!
We don't know how it happened! I just hope the guy is o.k. and that everyone that hears about it can learn from his incident!

Now you know why I like guns with a safety

Did it say "his gun has no safety"?

Having experienced an AD (accidental discharge) it is nothing to take lightly. Will not get to wordy but it does happen and it is not always easy to explain. Machines fail, things break, mechanisms do not latch up as designed. It does happen.

Again....... WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, machines fail, break, etc.!
And PEOPLE make mistakes, have accidents, etc.!

The story I read said nothing about the type of gun, whether it had a safety or not, whether the trigger was depressed ( or the gun owner, for that matter!), whether the gun BROKE, FAILED, or JUMPED OUT OF THE HOLSTER AND SHOT THE GUY!!!
There are many ways in which a person can trip or otherwise take a fall, and somehow, his gun discharge! Maybe an accident, maybe negligence, maybe a failure with the weapon, maybe a suicide attempt, WE DON'T KNOW!!!!!

What we DO know, is that GUNS ARE DANGEROUS AND DEADLY!!!
Take all precautions, be careful, know your weapons, follow all the safety rules, and realize that bad s**t can and does happen! Don't let it happen to YOU!

 

[Caleb]

Do you know what make/model the gun is?

Probably a glock

 

[rgrimm01]

The report said that it is suspected the man fell and the gun misfired striking him once. If it were a Glock, would it more likely have read "the man was hit multiple times with slide shrapnel when the gun blew up when fired once"?

 

[Caleb]

The report said that it is suspected the man fell and the gun misfired striking him once. If it were a Glock, would it more likely have read "the man was hit multiple times with slide shrapnel when the gun blew up when fired once"?

Not necessarily, my kimber has multiple safeties...the glock really only has one(booger hook off the bang switch).

 

[handgun]

Kirk... guns do not just go off!!! I have never had any gun or heard of anyones loaded gun in a safe just randomly discharging.

I dont feel the need for safetys on a gun, they are a false sense of security. I have never had a decocker fail or heard of a discharge from that. The safety is the operator..

Now droping a gun, would be a form of manipulation. Fingering the trigger another. Decocking, slamming, falling, throwing, vibrating... letting the bolt slam down on a tech nine with an inproperetc.. maybe expecially the fingering.

I have dropped my gun loaded before.. and i cried about it. The pocket gun has dropped to.the floor in its holster and in the pants more times than i can count.. when official bathroom business.. forget its in the pocket sometimes.

Bottom line is.. sure components can fail..

 

[Tony7141]

The article says he fell causing the gun to missfire, I don't think the person writing the article knows very much about guns!