Decoligny
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I was talking to a gentleman that I work with (No it is not a "codename" for me) and he told me about his "screw up" last night. He is single, no kids in the house.
Apparently he was cleaning his HK .40 in his living room, magazine and ammo safely on the floor, gun and cleaning materials on the coffee table.
He finished cleaning the gun and then he put the full magazine back in and chambered a round.
He then set the gun back on the coffee table next to the cleaning materials (first mistake) and he went into the kitchen to get a quick snack. After finishing his snack he went back into the living room, picked up the gun and proceeded to do a post cleaning "dry fire", momentarily forgetting that he had put the magazine in and had a round chambered, and failing to verify that the gun was indeed unloaded (second mistake).
He proceeded to point the gun at his brand new HD DVR (third mistake), and then he pulled the trigger (fourth mistake).
I would love to have seen the look on his face when it went "BOOM" instead of "click".
After the initial second or two of panic and adrenaline, he dropped the magazine out and put the gun into his safe. A few minutes later he realized, "It a semi-automatic, there's still a round in the chamber!" and he went back to properly clear the weapon (finally).
The good thing is that he is only out an HD DVR (put a round right through the middle of it) and he needs to spackle a small hole in his wall (bullet stopped after the drywall, didn't penetrate to the outside). He has no injuries, and nobody else was hurt either.
It CAN happen to anyone, because it only take one tiny distraction, or one moment of inattention.
Before dry firing:
1. Check to ensure the weapon is unloaded. If not, unload in a safe area, if the gun goes off, know where the bullet is going.
2. Check again to ensure that the gun is unloaded.
3. Repeat as often as necessary to ensure weapon really is unloaded.
I was talking to a gentleman that I work with (No it is not a "codename" for me) and he told me about his "screw up" last night. He is single, no kids in the house.
Apparently he was cleaning his HK .40 in his living room, magazine and ammo safely on the floor, gun and cleaning materials on the coffee table.
He finished cleaning the gun and then he put the full magazine back in and chambered a round.
He then set the gun back on the coffee table next to the cleaning materials (first mistake) and he went into the kitchen to get a quick snack. After finishing his snack he went back into the living room, picked up the gun and proceeded to do a post cleaning "dry fire", momentarily forgetting that he had put the magazine in and had a round chambered, and failing to verify that the gun was indeed unloaded (second mistake).
He proceeded to point the gun at his brand new HD DVR (third mistake), and then he pulled the trigger (fourth mistake).
I would love to have seen the look on his face when it went "BOOM" instead of "click".
After the initial second or two of panic and adrenaline, he dropped the magazine out and put the gun into his safe. A few minutes later he realized, "It a semi-automatic, there's still a round in the chamber!" and he went back to properly clear the weapon (finally).
The good thing is that he is only out an HD DVR (put a round right through the middle of it) and he needs to spackle a small hole in his wall (bullet stopped after the drywall, didn't penetrate to the outside). He has no injuries, and nobody else was hurt either.
It CAN happen to anyone, because it only take one tiny distraction, or one moment of inattention.
Before dry firing:
1. Check to ensure the weapon is unloaded. If not, unload in a safe area, if the gun goes off, know where the bullet is going.
2. Check again to ensure that the gun is unloaded.
3. Repeat as often as necessary to ensure weapon really is unloaded.