Washington Camas man shoots friend disassembling pistol

[clearconscience]

Police: Gun believed to accidentally discharge in Camas home, man treated for non-life-threatening injury


Another ignorant discharge.
Not following the simple rules of firearms safety.
From his age maybe a first time firearm owner.
Says there was several people in the home so he was probably trying to show off and ignored the rules.

Hopefully his friend heals up and gives him a whoopin

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[Stomper]

We should set this up outside his abode...

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Agreed that firearm safety rules were not followed.

I do like the phrase : "Sh!t Happens"...but in the world of firearms , when this happens people can be hurt or killed.
It never hurts to double check your firearm to see if it is loaded and keep that muzzle pointed in a safe direction....but failure to do so , can hurt , if not worse.
Andy

 

[powermad]

For myself when I'm goofing with a gun I still check to see if a round magically appears in the chamber even though I know that there's not and there is no live ammo around.
Pretty much if it leaves my hand I check it when I pick it back up. Most of the time I don't even think about it, I just do it.
I have a stack of old phone books that I dry fire at as well because ya know, sh!t happens and I would rather poke a hole in some phone books rather the water heater or wall.

 

[KKG]

Unfortunately, this kind of thing reflects badly on all the responsible gun owners.

 

[Alexx1401]

[Altfilish was disassembling a 9 mm handgun while Deschand was standing near him and the gun accidentally discharged.]
Translation, Altfilish squeezed the trigger and the gun did what it is made to do, fired. Stupidity should be painful. Some times it is, sadly not often enough.

 

[KKG]

Stupidity should be painful. Some times it is, sadly not often enough.

And in this case, it wasn't painful for the right person!

 

[jbett98]

I bet they're not friends anymore.

 

[titsonritz]

Police: Gun believed to accidentally discharge in Camas home, man treated for non-life-threatening injury

Altfilish was disassembling a 9 mm handgun while Deschand was standing near him and the gun accidentally discharged.

I just love how it's always the gun doing the "accidental discharging" as if an inanimate object can do anything.

How about...
"Altfilish negligently discharged a 9 mm handgun during disassembly striking Deschand who was standing near him."

 

[Andy54Hawken]

In my many years of looking at antique firearms...I have come across more than a few that were stored loaded and in some cases , capped....
In any of the above , the gun itself did nothing....its when a person mishandles a firearm , where the trouble starts.

Please note that I am not saying to store your muzzleloader loaded and capped...In general I think that is a unwise practice...not because of the firearm , but again , because some fool will disregard safe firearm handling practices.
Andy

 

[RVTECH]

How about... "Altfilish negligently discharged a 9 mm handgun during disassembly striking Deschand who was standing near him."

Because that would be reporting it logically and realistically - and that ain't gonna happen.

 

[2A-Jay]

If my gun is not on my hip or in use at the range the mag is removed and the slide is locked open at all times. when some one asks to see my pistols I hand it to them the same way, no mag in the well slide locked open. I never hand any one a loaded hand gun. As for my long guns (all bolt) I remove the bolt before handing the gun over. for lever guns I empty the tube (or remove the mag) and hand the gun with the lever open, No Ammo in the vicinity. I have dummy rounds made up for dry fire if needed and those are kept in a different room from where I store my live ammo.

 

[bbbass]

Musta bean one a dem Glocker thingamajigits.

 

[bbbass]

I bet they're not friends anymore.

"Nah Dude. We're cool Bro. Can I have another hit off that bong?"

 

[powermad]

I can see it now..
They are designing the Glock, one says to the other, Won't someone shoot themselves removing the slide?
Naw... who is that stupid?

 

[66PonyCar]

Repeat after me, "Negligent discharge!"

 

[CamoDeafie]

"Sh!t Happens

No. Sh!t takes time. Sh!t takes effort. It doesn't "just" happen. It gotta be eaten, then digested, then sh@t out.

 

[titsonritz]

Musta bean one a dem Glocker thingamajigits.

You can only dummy down a gun so much, dummies will still find a away to screw it up.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

No. Sh!t takes time. Sh!t takes effort. It doesn't "just" happen. It gotta be eaten, then digested, then sh@t out.

Well that may be so..but...
Having been in a world of sh!t , through four combat tours...there is at times , an awful lot of "happenings"...
Andy

 

[CamoDeafie]

You can only dummy down a gun so much, dummies will still find a away to screw it up.

Indeed. I learned a painful lesson with a vintage paintball gun many years ago... I had removed the hopper and emtpied the feed tube of paintballs but negleted to confirm that the breech was empty... wanted to show my friends that air itself was not gonna hurt had my hand in front of the muzzle at a few inches... approximate 280 fps of a .68 caliber paintball out of that thing at that close of a range... my left hand was numb for several hours from that point onwards, open the breech, slide, bolt, action and visually check for anything, double check