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Because she didn't know my last name sucker!I paid child support for almost ten years after my first negligent discharge
"eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"Was clearing a Glock 26 in the garage and got moving too fast for my own good. Racked slide to clear gun a split second before dropping mag. Pulled trigger expecting a click and got a bang.
Gun in safe direction but my left index finger was close to muzzle and got a little bruised and powder burned. Very lucky that was all.
And my ears are not happy.
Go slow and be careful!
He used the word he was expected to use. He wasn't negligent. For starters he did no harm. He did everything right. Primarily by keeping the gun in a safe direction when he pressed the trigger. .He accidentally missed a round. Not for lack of trying. There's a reason why we clear a gun and still point it in a safe direction when we press the trigger.Um. OP said it himself. I think he'd know before anyone else would.
He used the word he was expected to use. He wasn't negligent. For starters he did no harm. He did everything right. Primarily by keeping the gun in a safe direction when he pressed the trigger. .He accidentally missed a round. Not for lack of trying. There's a reason why we clear a gun and still point it in a safe direction when we press the trigger.
Nope. Damage is done at the exact time of the noise. Now - you just have to give it time and hope there's no hearing loss or permanent tinnitus.
One of the most convoluted f***ed up nd events i ever heard of involved a BHP with a mag safety.Nah, mag safeties are there to get you killed in the middle of a reload.
It's not semantics. Negligence implies wrong doing and liability. He wemt through all of the steps. He made a mistake. Mistakes happen. I never said he should fluff it off. He learned to be even more careful next time. But he was acting like any reasonable person would act. He had a multi tiered system to insure safety. In this case even though he missed the live round the fact that he also pointed the gun in a safe direction prevented him from doing harm. Yes he made a mistake but he also proved that he had a system to prevent a disaster. I found the following paragraph in a long article about negligence. "After all, no one is perfect, and even reasonable people make mistakes and do absent-minded things. Reasonable people have off days where they misplace their car keys and burn their toast. But reasonable people never get behind the wheel and drive drunk, because they know they could injure or kill someone."It's semantics, but to the extent that those are important, I don't think he'd agree that "he did everything right." I wouldn't agree, either.
He followed the rules and spared himself from injury, but he still let a round off without intending to. I've done that before too, twice a long time ago, and both times it was definitely a mistake, by me. An "accident" is uncontrollable. Handling a firearm properly is controllable.
I think it's very proper that the OP is being critical of himself. My hat's off to him. But this wasn't a cosmic confluence of random events: it was an error. It's fine to call it that.
A Bosnian guy I work with had a friend in the old country that accidentally killed his wife that way. Was about to clean his AK, dropped the mag, didnt clear the chamber. Round killed his wife in the other room.Shit happens. I did the same in my basement but with an ak47. Lesson learned. Don't do it again
It went away eventually in my case at least. No ND, but I was taking a pistol course indoors. Beginning of the course, instructor was demonstrating a drill. (no rounds had been fired yet at this point by anyone) I was having a hard time hearing her so I had slid one side of my ear pro up off of my left ear (side facing her) on to the side of my head. She demonstrates again but this time let off a round. I was prob no more than 3 or 4 feet away. Jumped out of my skin and ear was ringing for a good while but it eventually faded away.Do any of you know if there’s anything that can be done by doc or ER to mitigate any hearing damage? Local ER is not that great and I don’t feel like waiting 6 hours for nothing.
Why do people dry fire firearms? I've never understood the point of that. I grew up hunting a lot and was always told to never dry fire a gun.
This is interesting. I will have to do some reading.Steroid injection by an ENT doc might mitigate hearing loss if done soon enough.
Kudos for having the courage to post this because we all need reminders and I'm very glad it wasn't worse!Was clearing a Glock 26 in the garage and got moving too fast for my own good. Racked slide to clear gun a split second before dropping mag. Pulled trigger expecting a click and got a bang.
Gun in safe direction but my left index finger was close to muzzle and got a little bruised and powder burned. Very lucky that was all.
And my ears are not happy.
Go slow and be careful!
Why do people dry fire firearms? I've never understood the point of that. I grew up hunting a lot and was always told to never dry fire a gun.
OK, I must be tired. I read "Mantis" as "Martinis". That would be undisciplined training. LOLBecause, done in a disciplined way, it's useful training. Moreso with training aids like a Mantis.
This is interesting. I will have to do some reading.
Steroids can sometimes work for spontaneous nerve damage . Sadly most people wait to long to get it looked at and then it's too late. Ask me how I know ;(This is interesting. I will have to do some reading.
Lol dry fire practice mixed in helps a lot... if you think it doesn't you obviously haven't done it enough. I had a friend of mine who was working his ass off for like 6 months and only had about 30 minutes a week to play with guns... he was dry firing several times a week at home during those intervals.... and then when I finally got to go shooting with him his skills had increased precipitously. I always knew it helped but it was interesting to see the comparison it was literally like night and day difference. He was just about calling shots with his Glocks instead of chasing around common errors.Wouldn't actual shooting be better to make you better at shooting?
Steroids can sometimes work for spontaneous nerve damage . Sadly most people wait to long to get it looked at and then it's too late. Ask me how I know ;(
I was going about my business one day and my ear suddenly felt like it was blocked or like it had water in it. Seemed to get a little better over the next few days so I waited. By the time I went in to a Dr it was too late for a steroid. Basically that ear doesn't work anymore.I didn’t know this til seeing Rob’s post. My kid had hearing loss but luckily was just temporary.
WTF? Any explanation from the dr?I was going about my business one day and my ear suddenly felt like it was blocked or like it had water in it. Seemed to get a little better over the next few days so I waited. By the time I went in to a Dr it was too late for a steroid. Basically that ear doesn't work anymore.