There are two kinds of people, those that have had a negligent discharge and those that will have a negligent discharge.
We all have been taught gun safety and we all practice gun safety. But sometimes we get careless or distracted and BOOM! It has happened to me once. I hope it was my first and last.
I had recently finished building my 3rd or 4th AR, the one that I would use for home defense. Oh, it was something, light weight, fast handling, accurate. I had it beside the bed ready for action should I need it. I had read about a fellow that had bought the latest, baddest, tactical, operator inspired charging handle that had ever been made. Well, I needed one of those to make my AR and my life complete. I whipped out my credit card and placed my order.
The day finally arrived and my super duper charging handle had arrived. I rushed to the bedroom and grabbed the AR. It had a loaded magazine in it but the chamber was empty. I pushed out the takedown pin and broke it open. I removed the bolt and charging handle, grabbed the new charging handle and put it back together. In my rush, I did not remove the magazine.
I grabbed that new, sweet charging handle and pulled it back. Wow, what a great feeling. How did I ever survive without one of these before? I released the handle and let the bolt slam home. The muzzle was pointed toward the floor and I pulled the trigger. BOOM!!!!
All kinds of thoughts rushed through my feeble brain at one time; I can't believe I did that, Hmm, that wasn't as loud as I thought it would be, Oh shit, there's another round in the chamber, What will I tell the wife? Well, the wife was yelling asking if I just shot a gun in the house. Of course not, it was just a blank round one of the guys gave me.
The round went through the carpet and the carpet closed up and no hole was visible. Wow, I'm home free, shook up but I think I've gotten away with it.
Fast forward about an hour and a half and I notice it's getting warmer in the house. I check the thermostat and everything is running but not cooling. Oh, shit, I shot through the AC line. I grab my phone and go outside and call a buddy and ask if he knows a good AC guy. He tells me to call his cousin. I told my buddy what had happened and all I could hear was uncontrollable laughter. Haha, yeah, it's funny.
I called the AC guy and told him what happened and of course he had to laugh for a few minutes. I told him to fix it and not say a word about what had happened. He laughed more and agreed.
I had centered a freon line perfectly. He replaced the line and charged the system up. I paid him and he left. This was about 5 years ago and to this day my wife still doesn't know what happened. On the following Sunday I went to my buddy's range, as always, and they already had a plaque made up with the section of line with the hole and a sign that read One Shot, One Kill. What pals! Oh, I still haven't found that round of brass.
Will any of you admit to a negligent discharge?
We all have been taught gun safety and we all practice gun safety. But sometimes we get careless or distracted and BOOM! It has happened to me once. I hope it was my first and last.
I had recently finished building my 3rd or 4th AR, the one that I would use for home defense. Oh, it was something, light weight, fast handling, accurate. I had it beside the bed ready for action should I need it. I had read about a fellow that had bought the latest, baddest, tactical, operator inspired charging handle that had ever been made. Well, I needed one of those to make my AR and my life complete. I whipped out my credit card and placed my order.
The day finally arrived and my super duper charging handle had arrived. I rushed to the bedroom and grabbed the AR. It had a loaded magazine in it but the chamber was empty. I pushed out the takedown pin and broke it open. I removed the bolt and charging handle, grabbed the new charging handle and put it back together. In my rush, I did not remove the magazine.
I grabbed that new, sweet charging handle and pulled it back. Wow, what a great feeling. How did I ever survive without one of these before? I released the handle and let the bolt slam home. The muzzle was pointed toward the floor and I pulled the trigger. BOOM!!!!
All kinds of thoughts rushed through my feeble brain at one time; I can't believe I did that, Hmm, that wasn't as loud as I thought it would be, Oh shit, there's another round in the chamber, What will I tell the wife? Well, the wife was yelling asking if I just shot a gun in the house. Of course not, it was just a blank round one of the guys gave me.
The round went through the carpet and the carpet closed up and no hole was visible. Wow, I'm home free, shook up but I think I've gotten away with it.
Fast forward about an hour and a half and I notice it's getting warmer in the house. I check the thermostat and everything is running but not cooling. Oh, shit, I shot through the AC line. I grab my phone and go outside and call a buddy and ask if he knows a good AC guy. He tells me to call his cousin. I told my buddy what had happened and all I could hear was uncontrollable laughter. Haha, yeah, it's funny.
I called the AC guy and told him what happened and of course he had to laugh for a few minutes. I told him to fix it and not say a word about what had happened. He laughed more and agreed.
I had centered a freon line perfectly. He replaced the line and charged the system up. I paid him and he left. This was about 5 years ago and to this day my wife still doesn't know what happened. On the following Sunday I went to my buddy's range, as always, and they already had a plaque made up with the section of line with the hole and a sign that read One Shot, One Kill. What pals! Oh, I still haven't found that round of brass.
Will any of you admit to a negligent discharge?