I WILL NOT FORGET ABOUT IT. The wife and I had a good talk about it before we went to bed. To nite I am going to clean out and rearrange my safe so that my pistols are stored separately then the mags. and when I put guns away after a range trip they will be stored this way. But it will not replace checking and double checking them when I pull them out for inspection or to go shooting. Longbow
Longbow,
I am also glad noone was hurt and I know you learned your lesson and it could happen to any of us.
BUT, I am not going to let you off that easy and nor should you if a ND was to happen to me or anyone else on here that would post it.
First, you need to understand the difference between an AD and a ND. Another poster already corrected you letting you know it was a Negligent Discharge and not an Accidental Discharge but didn't describe the difference. I am sure you know but others might not. An AD is beyond your control, a true malfunction of the weapon. The other (AD) which is by far the most common is user error, which is what you described or anything other than a true malfunction of the weapon.
Next, in your new "rules" you and your wife talked about no where do you head caution to the exact reason why you had the ND in the first place.
Please add "NEVER EVER PULL THE TRIGGER" unless I am ready to fire. I don't care what anyone say's, dry firing a weapon out of habit can and will cause a ND sooner or later. If you feel you need to do the rest that is fine but your new rules should have started of with never touch the trigger!
You may remember reading that I posted about a friend who almost shot me due to doing what you did,
PULLING THE TRIGGER! I will never understand why anyone feel's the need to dry fire a weapon while showing or before handing a gun off to a buddy to show them. WHY? I don't get it! You said it was out of habit, I say it is lack of training. I never ever touch my trigger until I am ready to fire whether it is on the range or to protect myself or if I am taking down a Glock and have no choice but that is in a controlled situation with rules that apply.
My friend had this same habit, he had two ND's within a week or two of each other. The second time I almost took a dirt nap. I don't shoot with him any longer because he has a nasty habit of wanting to pull the trigger EVERY TIME he picks up a gun and also has a bad habit of flagging you with the gun with his finger on the trigger. I have no idea why he does this, we have discussed it many times to the point where I told him if I saw his finger going for the trigger at anytime other than he was ready to fire the weapon I was going to break his finger in several places.
Apparently that threat didn't work because after a long stint away from one another do to the ND he was interested in a handgun I was selling, he came over to check the firearm out, he picked it up and instantly put his finger on the trigger to check it I guess or out of "habit". He didn't even check to see if the weapon was clear! I was shocked and came this [] close to kicking the crap out of him right then and there. But instead I pulled his arm back over the top and behind his back, wenched on it in major discomfort for him and removed the gun from his hand, put it in the box and back in the safe and gave him the option to leave or it was on. He left!
I hated to do that but I am not going to sugar coat something as serious as almost dying do to him being stupid. I am not calling you stupid at all LB, it was a mistake but like my friend, repeat that mistake several times and don't stop or learn from it then you become not only dangerous but stupid. My friend is dangerous and stupid and can't be taught, he has made that very clear. I know you won't make the same mistakes as him but I think this needed to be said if nothing else it can sink in that much further for all of us.
Ti