Tag Archives: negligent discharge

Somewhat graphic video, so be warned, and watch carefully: The gun store clerk didn’t check the pistol before removing it from the display. In my opinion this may be a pattern of behavior at this gun store (or with this particular clerk), because the loaded pistol was placed into the case beforehand and left their waiting for someone to remove it. The police officer didn’t safety check the pistol after it was handed to him. …

Right here in NC two (assumed) CCW permit holders shot themselves while fiddling with their blasters in parking lots. From the Hickory Record: On Sunday afternoon, a 42-year-old man in the parking lot of Academy Sports on U.S. Route 70 accidentally shot himself in the leg while changing the ammunition in his handgun. The day before… The day before, a 24-year-old man accidentally shot himself–also in the leg, and also while he was sitting in …

A Kentucky legislator didn’t clear the chamber of her concealed carry pistol, and had an negligent discharge in her office on Wednesday. The Misguided Moms apparently made a statement that actually makes perfect sense: The Kentucky chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America said lawmakers should be held to the highest standards and never put others at risk. As someone who holds a lot of contempt for most of our elected officials …

Most of the local media outlets are reporting on a story about a Cumberland County Sheriff’s Deputy who was shot when his pistol “accidentally discharged”. Both WRAL, and the Fayetteville Observer are reporting that the Deputy was leaving his home to go to work, when he had the pistol packed in a bag. Apparently another item in the bag engaged the trigger, firing the .40 S&W pistol, which hit the Deputy. I don’t want to …