ProShooter wrote:
An accidental discharge is a failure of the weapon
A negligient discharge is a failure by the shooter.
I present an anecdotal situation:
When my ex-girlfriend and I moved into our first apartment together, I was going thru the process of showing her where I intended to keep my XD9 while at home, and where it was going to be stored. After this, I started to teach her proper gun safety, in case she ever needed it for self defense when I wasn't home. Then this happened: As the weapon was always kept loaded, full 10 in the mag and one in the pipe, I proceeded to clear the weapon. Pointed the muzzle at an exterior wall, dropped the mag and went to clear the chamber, when the firearm discharged, breech partially open. As I was already working the slide, the empty shell casing slammed backwards, hit the front of the strike plate, and fell out of the magazine well onto the floor. The striker indicator was in the "fired" position, for those of you familiar with the XD series, and there was an obvious primer strike, altho it was much shallower than strikes on brass from the range. This pistol is not supposed to fire from an open battery.
I promptly called Alexandria City 911 to report an accidental discharge, since I was sure one of my neighbors would have already made a call, and informed the operator that the front door would be open, with the weapon on the table unloaded when the police arrived. After inspecting the casing, and seeing that there were no extractor/ejector marks on it, the police left without an arrest, thank god.
This gun was retired that night, as it was out of warranty, and once bitten and all that. I picked up an M&P .40 a week or so later and have had no issues. Also, the ex NEVER EVER wanted to see a pistol again, and refused to learn how to use one. My refusal to not own one or more was a slight contributing factor in our breakup.
In conclusion, what would you all classify this as, AD or ND?
