I'm a professional firearms instructor and I can tell you from experience the scariest people I'm around that handle firearms are Law Enforcement. Military isn't real bad as they've had it drummed into their heads for years on end, most LEOs don't have that as most fire their firearms twice a year if that often.
That being even highly experienced firearms instructors (me included) have done something stupid or will do something stupid with a firearm. I took an AR-15 from my ready safe to clean before using it the next day. I like to drop the hammer before opening it. Turned off the safety, pointed it at the ceiling and pulled the trigger. BANG!!! What I had forgot and didn't notice there was a loaded shorty magazine in it. The mag was just about flush with the mag well. I had forgot I had one and in the rifle non-the-less. My mistake was not first clearing the rifle before pulling the trigger. The aftermath was luckly no one was hurt, my ears rang for a while, there was a hole in my ceiling, in the floor above, the ceiling above that. The bullet lodged in a 2x6 rafter.
I didn't have a an accidental discharge I had a negligent discharge. I knew better and didn't follow the rules or common sense. I relearned a very valuable lesson that day.
That being even highly experienced firearms instructors (me included) have done something stupid or will do something stupid with a firearm. I took an AR-15 from my ready safe to clean before using it the next day. I like to drop the hammer before opening it. Turned off the safety, pointed it at the ceiling and pulled the trigger. BANG!!! What I had forgot and didn't notice there was a loaded shorty magazine in it. The mag was just about flush with the mag well. I had forgot I had one and in the rifle non-the-less. My mistake was not first clearing the rifle before pulling the trigger. The aftermath was luckly no one was hurt, my ears rang for a while, there was a hole in my ceiling, in the floor above, the ceiling above that. The bullet lodged in a 2x6 rafter.
I didn't have a an accidental discharge I had a negligent discharge. I knew better and didn't follow the rules or common sense. I relearned a very valuable lesson that day.
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