handgun discharged at gun show today..10/12/08

paid4c4 · 10-05-2010, 03:47 PM

Being an avid gun show participant in the winter months I'm surprised there aren't more AD's. However there can't be an AD unless weapons have a mechanical malfunction and self discharge. AD's are caused because a human being didn't follow proper safety gun handling protocol. You can't have an AD if you checked and cleared a weapon when picking it up. If you hand me an unloaded weapon the first thing I'm going to do is check it and clear it. I primarily collect M1 Garands and each of them have a breech flag, over kill probably. I'm over cautious with weapons. In my line of work I've seen several dead people who were killed with an empty weapon and a bunch of shot injured people who were shot with an unloaded weapon. Boils down to keeping our fingers off the triggers until we have personally checked and cleared weapons we handle. You check them for me and I'll check them for you. I practice what I preach because years ago I had an AD which could have ended a career and hurt someone. Lucky it didn't have bad results but I learned a valuable lesson. I was also at fault and responsible.
Bill

10-05-2010, 03:47 PM	#39
paid4c4 User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Northern Kentucky Posts: 62 Thanks: 1 Thanked 5 Times in 2 Posts	Being an avid gun show participant in the winter months I'm surprised there aren't more AD's. However there can't be an AD unless weapons have a mechanical malfunction and self discharge. AD's are caused because a human being didn't follow proper safety gun handling protocol. You can't have an AD if you checked and cleared a weapon when picking it up. If you hand me an unloaded weapon the first thing I'm going to do is check it and clear it. I primarily collect M1 Garands and each of them have a breech flag, over kill probably. I'm over cautious with weapons. In my line of work I've seen several dead people who were killed with an empty weapon and a bunch of shot injured people who were shot with an unloaded weapon. Boils down to keeping our fingers off the triggers until we have personally checked and cleared weapons we handle. You check them for me and I'll check them for you. I practice what I preach because years ago I had an AD which could have ended a career and hurt someone. Lucky it didn't have bad results but I learned a valuable lesson. I was also at fault and responsible. Bill