The Most Common Types of Negligent Discharge

hey everyone; Thanks for Sharing your NG anecdotes. I know that many of these events are embarrassing and many were damned scary when they happened. All of them can be helpful to prevent others from making perhaps very costly mistakes. So again, thank you.

The 2 loudest sounds: A Bang when you're expecting a Click and a Click when you're expecting a Bang.

I tried a negligent discharge joke, it didn't go off like expected.

My teaching was simple: the only time the chamber is empty is when you are looking at the empty chamber. As soon as you can't see the chamber, the gun is loaded.

An ugly one: When I was in the Norwegian Army in the early 70s, a guy in the neighboring company for whatever reason forgot a live round in the chamber when taking the magazine out after a day on the range. He didn't find out until the cleaning session later that day. Then the round went off and his comrade was fatally hit in the abdomen. A very tragic and very effective lesson. 45 years later I still remember this incident like yesterday...

He could pull an RPG out of his pocket and casually use it to explain something, and i would just accept it.

One day, while out hunting, I got lost. Knowing that the proper distress signal is ‘firing three shots in the air’, I proceeded to do so. Nobody came, so I did it again. I waited a while longer and fired three more shots. Finally, another hunter found me and took me back to the lodge. On the way back, I said “It’s a good thing that you found me. I was almost out of arrows”. 😂

About 15 years ago, I failed to remove the magazine and empty the chamber in the right order. Left a loaded rifle on the table while I went to get my cleaning supplies. My brother picked the rifle up and checked to ensure it was unloaded as proper gun safety measures dictate. He found it had been loaded the entire time. Thinking about what could have happened still gives me a feeling of absolute dread.

This video is definitely going to appear in court as a reference soon....

I started carrying a gun after an attempted mugging a few years ago.... ...since then my mugging attempts have been a lot more successful.

Important thing to remember, "lot of people are bit by dogs that don't bite and get shot by guns that aren't loaded."

The year was 2000 I came home after a long day of work and had an accident discharge. My son now 21 loves your videos.

I once had an accidental discharge (not negligent). I was shooting an old 380 makarov pistol and went to clear it from fully loaded and chambered position. I dropped the mag and flipped the safety on with the intention of immediately afterward clearing the chamber. Instead, the safety being flipped to the safe position caused the gun to fire the round still in the chamber. Luckily gun safety was so natural at that point to me that I still had the gun pointed down range the entire time I was handling it. The craziest part of this story is after the round fired and while I was looking down at the gun, more than a little shocked and startled, I noticed the bullet that I had just accidentally fired literally roll up to my boot and stop an inch away. I still have that bullet and will remember the incident for the rest of my life, as a reminder of why gun safety is so so important.

Paul: I could go on about holsters all day Me: My schedule looks clear

One time I was handed a rifle at a gun shop, and naturally I checked the chamber. The employee huffed and asked "Do you really think I would hand you a loaded weapon?" That kind of cavalier attitude to the readiness condition of a firearm is what often leads to NDs.

Ill give you one, I prevented a negligent discharge a few months back. I work in a small mom&pop bass proshop type store. One day a customer walks in with an Remington 7400, wanted me to boresight it. I'm standing at the cash register, guy lays the case on counter and opens it. Gun was locked, mag was out and empty. I grab the rifle and rack the bolt once; nothing happens. I then VISUALLY INSPECT THE CHAMBER and there it was; one live round in the chamber staring at me. I tell the guy '' WTF there's a live round in there'' the guy went '' Are you serious?'' I rack the bolt again and still nothing. I let the bolt go forward and gave it a tap then cock it back, and on the floor went a nice vortex 30-06 plastic tip round. I work in a store surrounded by firearms and ammo. I know each and every gun on my rack, I still ALWAYS VISUALLY INSPECT each chamber when I take one off the rack. Its second nature to me.

I just had my first one yesterday. I was on an unsupervised range in the middle of nowhere, I was testing handloads in my BFR .500 Magnum. It single action, everytime I cock it I have to move my supporting hand to reach the hammer and then carefully regrip my hands. Well, I'm not 100% sure what I did, because I had gloves on, but somehow I must of touched the trigger and shot the dirt about a yard from my feet. The gun went flying and landed about 10 feet away. I feel so terrible, I'm not sure I've ever felt this bad about anything in my life.

Proving Rule 0: "The gun is always loaded, especially when it isn't."

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I've had a BB gun in my hands at 7 years old and knew the 5 rules. One thing I can be thankful for, is a dad that taught me a healthy fear and respect for firearms. Once you see what they can do later on in life, it just reinforces that respect. You are carrying around a death finger. That said, I have never had a negligent discharge in my whole life. I think the biggest thing that causes this, is simply not paying full attention to what you are doing with what's in your hands.