Oh really? so if someone runs a stop sign and no one is hurt does that mean that person should go to prison for the same sentence as T-boning a station wagon full of kids?
people have accidents in everything.
as far as AD versus ND, if correcting other people on irrelevant terminology is what makes you feel better about yourself then feel better about yourself. AD is perfectly correct term. by definition of the words used.
for that matter I can't say I feel that much better knowing a guy wears his credit cards around his neck because he can't tell the difference between a gun and a wallet is walking around carrying a gun, so there.
a range officer in Washington fired a shot in the air by accident at the WAC gun show, to the best of my knowledge he got a slap on the wrist too..... in states where accidental discharges are a crime it's universally a misdemeanor. and almost never prosecuted either. one shot goes to the floor, nicks the guy who fired it, and hurts no one else.... no it doesn't really strike me as something someone should lose their job over, or be criminally charged.