Do not leave your firearm sitting in the cupholder of your car in plain sight and then compound the problem by negligently messing with it. Bad things happen as a result:
The Detroit News: Man charged after co-worker's accidental shooting in Auburn Hills
As the victim entered the car, Wright, who has a concealed pistol license, tried to take his handgun from the cupholder and place it in the backseat, according to the prosecutor's office. As he did, the gun was discharged, and the bullet struck the victim’s hip.
Really, don't do that. Have the firearm properly secured in a holster or at the very least in a secure and safe location in the car where you don't have to move it when you have a passenger accompany you in the vehicle.
The victim was injured, which is bad enough, but thankfully not killed by this stupidity.
You cannot afford to become complacent with handling your firearm, nor its proper storage.
2 comments:
How do you ever apologize for accidently shooting someone???
Matthew W: Profusely, repeatedly, and very remorsefully, I would expect. Much better to be focused, careful, and always aware in order to never create a set of circumstances where that could happen. Having the gun in his cupholder rather than in a proper holster or container began the dumb chain of events that led him to manipulate it and the negligent discharge to occur.
Stuff happens because people get complacent in situations that can lead to incidents like this whether with firearms or other items (cars, power tools etc). We're all human and we all will make a mistake at some point.
The idea is to be as aware as possible and develop good habits so that when the mistake we make does happen, the consequences are as low-stakes and non-dangerous to life as possible.
In a negligent discharge incident , even as I hope and do my best to take steps so I'm not negligent enough to cause one, I'd rather if it happens due to my mistake to have the firearm in a safe direction so I stupidly put a hole in an inanimate object (which will still suck) and not a person.
That negligent discharge may never occur if I keep doing my part and always practice safe habits, but if it does, I don't want it ever happening with the firearm pointing at a living being.
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