Accidental Shooting Statistics:

[Pazvolte]

Training and repetition make a big difference. A lot of accidents happen because people get careless with habits like keeping their finger off the trigger or knowing what’s beyond the target.

 

[SimonRL]

Interesting article.

"While four out of the top five states for accidental shooting deaths are permitless carry, all five of the states with the lowest accidental shooting deaths are also permitless carry. There’s no positive correlation between concealed carry and accidental shootings.''

I think this indicates that the mean number of stupid people is proportional from state to state.

 

[rcurtner]

Dumb *** unintentional discharge many, many years ago. 45acp 230 HST in my dinning room entry and exited thru two walls landed on patio floor.

 

[PAGunGuy]

LE Agencies wont disclose their numbers nor the military. Its a lot .
Oh, LE will only do it when it involves their P320 trigger being pulled when booger hook should have been off it

I am thinking there HAS to be something with teh 320.
Glocks are still used more and don't have manual safeties and we aren't haring about those lawsuits.

 

[KillerFord1977]

I am thinking there HAS to be something with teh 320.
Glocks are still used more and don't have manual safeties and we aren't haring about those lawsuits.

Folks dont want to admit they screwed up and had a negligent discharge, so a lot go for a defective gun since 320’s have that rap, in my opinion

 

[Bassbob]

Folks dont want to admit they screwed up and had a negligent discharge, so a lot go for a defective gun since 320’s have that rap, in my opinion

Seems especially prevalent with female cops.

 

[Wirenut]

I can't remember hearing about unintentional discharges with a revolver!!
Just sayin!!

 

[Bassbob]

I can't remember hearing about unintentional discharges with a revolver!!
Just sayin!!

Those would be better classified as negligent discharges.

 

[Model 457]

I experienced an AD once. In the 1997 / 1998 timeframe, a local firearms dealer had a sale on a S&W .45 pistol. It was such a good deal I bought 2. After shooting one of them at the range, I took it home, stripped it for cleaning, reassembled it, went to load it and BLAM!!! Fortunately nobody was injured. The next day, I called S&W to ask if they'd had any complaints to which they responded they hadn't. They did, however, ask me to ship mine to them for inspection. They did find a manufacturing flaw. I was shocked they actually admitted it to me. I told them I had a second pistol that was within the same serial number range and purchased at the same time that I hadn't yet fired. They asked me to ship that one in as well. They told me they didn't find an issue and the one that experienced the AD must've "slipped through" QC. To this day, I still don't trust the pistol that S&W said wasn't affected.

 

[Model 457]

While in the USAF I was a reserve LEO for the local town. A Officer discharged his backup gun (a 380) inside his patrol car denting the fire extinguisher.

Just happens the next week we were qualifying and they put him in a specific lane. When the targets turned there was a picture of a fire extinguisher on top of his B27.

Little bit of hazing is a good corrector…or at least it use to be!

We had this big ol boy that was terrified of snakes. Someone thought it would be funny to put a rubber snake on the front seat of his cruiser. The armorer issued his radio and shotgun after briefing and he proceeded down to "the pit" to get his car. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY expected him to shoot the hell outta his car with the 12ga to kill the snake! Mums the word to the day we die as to who put that rubber snake on the front seat. I think I'm one of only a couple of guys still alive that know who did it.

 

[BassCliff]

Hi,

I experienced an AD once. In the 1997 / 1998 timeframe, a local firearms dealer had a sale on a S&W .45 pistol. It was such a good deal I bought 2. After shooting one of them at the range, I took it home, stripped it for cleaning, reassembled it, went to load it and BLAM!!! Fortunately nobody was injured. The next day, I called S&W to ask if they'd had any complaints to which they responded they hadn't. They did, however, ask me to ship mine to them for inspection. They did find a manufacturing flaw. I was shocked they actually admitted it to me. I told them I had a second pistol that was within the same serial number range and purchased at the same time that I hadn't yet fired. They asked me to ship that one in as well. They told me they didn't find an issue and the one that experienced the AD must've "slipped through" QC. To this day, I still don't trust the pistol that S&W said wasn't affected.

A "slam fire"? Yeeeoow! I'm glad no one was hurt.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[PAGunGuy]

Folks dont want to admit they screwed up and had a negligent discharge, so a lot go for a defective gun since 320’s have that rap, in my opinion

certainly possible.
I am just saying that there's enough stories out there that it lends to some credibility that there may be an issue

 

[Pazvolte]

Training and repetition make a big difference. A lot of accidents happen because people get careless with habits like keeping their finger off the trigger or knowing what’s beyond the target.

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