No such thing as an accidental discharge- and no ticket?

[EVT1]

Still kind of current:

bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2014/01/08/pikeville-lawmaker-accidentally-discharges-gun-in-capitol-annex/comment-page-1/

     “I strongly support our Second Amendment rights and our state’s concealed-carry law, and believe just as strongly that gun safety and education must be part of that equation,” Combs said

     In her statement, Combs urged “everyone to be extremely cautious with their firearm.”

     “I know from personal experience how easy it is to discharge a firearm accidentally,” she said

Ummm-no.  It is not easy to discharge a firearm accidentally- damn near impossible.  Just admit you were playing with it and move on- and maybe take your own advice.

[workpublic]

good thing she wasn't scratching her ass with it.

why do people assume/give the benefit of the doubt that politicians are smart? they are evil and get where they are through connections, not intelligence.

[reader79]

Anyone else think she was threatening this other guy?

Combs, a Pikeville Democrat who’s served in the House since 2007, said Rep. Jeff Greer, D-Brandenburg, was the only other person in the office when the gun fired.

Combs said the gun was pointed in the proper direction — away from her and Greer — as she unloaded the gun, as she has been trained.

“I was particularly careful,” she said. “Rep. Greer was on the other side of the room ... No one was in harm’s way. I made sure of that.”

www.courier-journal.com/article/20140108/news0101/301080097/kentucky-lawmaker-accidental-gun-discharge-happens-

[Tennesseer]

Jan 29, 2014 11:09:09 GMT -5 reader79 said:

Anyone else think she was threatening this other guy?

Combs, a Pikeville Democrat who’s served in the House since 2007, said Rep. Jeff Greer, D-Brandenburg, was the only other person in the office when the gun fired.

Combs said the gun was pointed in the proper direction — away from her and Greer — as she unloaded the gun, as she has been trained.

“I was particularly careful,” she said. “Rep. Greer was on the other side of the room ... No one was in harm’s way. I made sure of that.”

www.courier-journal.com/article/20140108/news0101/301080097/kentucky-lawmaker-accidental-gun-discharge-happens-

What makes you think she might have been threatening this guy?

[NoNamePerson]

Jan 29, 2014 10:40:34 GMT -5 workpublic said:

good thing she wasn't scratching her ass with it.

why do people assume/give the benefit of the doubt that politicians are smart? they are evil and get where they are through connections, not intelligence.

 First thing that popped into my mind too!!

[zibazinski]

Wait a minute! This DIDN'T happen in Florida.

[Virgil Showlion]

Ummm-no. It is not easy to discharge a firearm accidentally- damn near impossible. Just admit you were playing with it and move on- and maybe take your own advice.

I went to a firing range not long ago and asked about this.

The fellow who was supervising us told me accidental discharges happened often enough that the range had to keep a running log of the incidents.

In his experience, the usual cause is when a gun (which is heavy and somewhat awkward, especially if you have to keep it pointing in a specific direction) slips or drops, and the holder reaches out purely on instinct to catch it or stabilize it, inadvertently pulling the trigger.

So I say 'busted' to your "damn near impossible" myth.

[workpublic]

Wait a minute! This DIDN'T happen in Florida.

or an old angry white guy, or a repub, or a right wing religious "nut".

[reader79]

Jan 29, 2014 11:31:40 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Jan 29, 2014 11:09:09 GMT -5 reader79 said:

Anyone else think she was threatening this other guy?


www.courier-journal.com/article/20140108/news0101/301080097/kentucky-lawmaker-accidental-gun-discharge-happens-

What makes you think she might have been threatening this guy?

They were in the office alone and a shot was fired. It's not inconceivable that she was pointing the gun at him. If it was to scare him, clearly it worked because he hasn't said anything against her. Or, I just watch too much ID network.

[Sum Dum Gai]

It's somewhat easy to accidentally discharge a firearm if you're handling it with the safety off. The question is why was the safety off.

[NoNamePerson]

Jan 29, 2014 17:31:27 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

It's somewhat easy to accidentally discharge a firearm if you're handling it with the safety off. The question is why was the safety off.

            

[EVT1]

Jan 29, 2014 12:53:31 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

Ummm-no. It is not easy to discharge a firearm accidentally- damn near impossible. Just admit you were playing with it and move on- and maybe take your own advice.

I went to a firing range not long ago and asked about this.

The fellow who was supervising us told me accidental discharges happened often enough that the range had to keep a running log of the incidents.

In his experience, the usual cause is when a gun (which is heavy and somewhat awkward, especially if you have to keep it pointing in a specific direction) slips or drops, and the holder reaches out purely on instinct to catch it or stabilize it, inadvertently pulling the trigger.

So I say 'busted' to your "damn near impossible" myth.

Perhaps the problem is 'accidental' does not mean the same thing to me as you.  I would call the firing range incidents negligent discharges.  A gun should not slip or drop- it has grips ya know.  

Note to self- stay the hell away from Virgil's local gun range.

[Virgil Showlion]

Jan 29, 2014 18:15:06 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

Jan 29, 2014 12:53:31 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

I went to a firing range not long ago and asked about this.

The fellow who was supervising us told me accidental discharges happened often enough that the range had to keep a running log of the incidents.

In his experience, the usual cause is when a gun (which is heavy and somewhat awkward, especially if you have to keep it pointing in a specific direction) slips or drops, and the holder reaches out purely on instinct to catch it or stabilize it, inadvertently pulling the trigger.

So I say 'busted' to your "damn near impossible" myth.

Perhaps the problem is 'accidental' does not mean the same thing to me as you.  I would call the firing range incidents negligent discharges.  A gun should not slip or drop- it has grips ya know.  

Note to self- stay the hell away from Virgil's local gun range.

It's probably not an everyday thing, but if you've got X0 million gun owners out and about...

I would think it's impossible to choke to death on a ballpoint pen, and yet a dozen people manage to do it every year.

[EVT1]

Jan 29, 2014 17:31:27 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

It's somewhat easy to accidentally discharge a firearm if you're handling it with the safety off. The question is why was the safety off.

How is it easy?  I will say that a semi-auto with the hammer back would be easier because of the light trigger pull- but that's about it.  Still not firing without the trigger being pulled though.  Hard to accidentally do that.  

[Sum Dum Gai]

The military spends a lot of time teaching trigger control, unless you're actively planning on firing the weapon you keep your finger outside the trigger guard at all times, because if you aren't diligent about it you'll have accidental discharges while handling the weapon.  Loading or unloading, turning the safety on or off, bobbling the weapon.  If you have your finger inside the trigger guard stuff can happen.

[DVM gone riding]

Yes first thing of gun safety I was taught was to treat all guns as if they are loaded at all times even when you have them open and clearly unloaded. Second thing I was taught was to keep my damn finger out of the trigger guard until I was ready to pull it. But "unintentional" might be a better word than accidental. Accidental DOES happen Such as when a gun is dropped or percussed in some manner with no trigger pull or a cartridge wedges isn't cleared properly and the gun goes off later