Pocket Gun discharge in pocket - Page 3

DMan · May 11th, 2008, 03:33 PM

As Tankdriver said -
2 rules when pocket carrying
1) always use a proper holster
2) NOTHING goes in the pocket but the gun and its holster!

Zach and Holly · May 11th, 2008, 06:39 PM

At least he was shot in the leg and not in between the legs. Good Lord, can you imagine. This has also been in the back of my mind; one of the reasons I haven't been carrying chambered yet.

jofrdo · May 11th, 2008, 09:42 PM

I prefer carrying my .40 Glock 23 but when wardrobe prevents it, I pocket carry my 9mm Kel-Tec in a Galco holster. I've never had any issues or bad experience since the trigger is guarded by the holster and I carry nothing else in that pocket.

althemean · May 11th, 2008, 11:57 PM

I had friend about 8 years ago who was paralyzed from the chest down from a pocket gun (derringer I think) that went off and shot him in the chest. The bullet lodged against his spine where it could not be removed. It was his own fault as he left the gun in the pants when he took them off. His room mate reached in to get a lighter that was in the pocket and threw the pants back down onto a tile floor, that is what discharged the gun.

BlackPR · May 12th, 2008, 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DMan

As Tankdriver said -
2 rules when pocket carrying
1) always use a proper holster
2) NOTHING goes in the pocket but the gun and its holster!

+1. Hard and fast rules. Nothing short of those are safe. It should be considered "basic rules of safety" for carrying a pocket gun.

razz · May 12th, 2008, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted By Bklyn_Irish:
Long story short- I responded to a call last night where a man had his first negligent discharge....right into his ass. Pocket carrying condition one sans holster is not the smartest thing in the world.

Nice guy that I am, my squad and I are chipping in to buy the guy a pocket holster for his LCP. Call it a gag gift, but it certainly has some PR quality, too.

We're looking at the DeSantis Nemesis. Yes or no?

http://www.ar15.com/forums/manageRep...t=58040&page=1

JCW355 · May 12th, 2008, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zach and Holly

At least he was shot in the leg and not in between the legs. Good Lord, can you imagine. This has also been in the back of my mind; one of the reasons I haven't been carrying chambered yet.

I hope in a high stress situation you can remember to chamber a round let alone have enough time to chamber a round. You might die, why take the chance. I pocket carry with a round chambered and nothing else in that pocket.

dcb188 · May 12th, 2008, 06:07 PM

Very iffy to try to chamber a round when you HAVE to.....

LabTech · May 12th, 2008, 08:45 PM

the point is very simple.

use a holster and clear the pocket out while carrying.

Ragin Cajun · May 12th, 2008, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EW3

You should NEVER carry a pocket pistol without a holster that covers the trigger up. I don't care how double-action that trigger is.

I always get really nervous when I see these belt clips or other contraptions on small pocket-type guns:

I think EW3 sumed it up.

May 11th, 2008, 03:33 PM	#21
DMan Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Maine Posts: 317	As Tankdriver said - 2 rules when pocket carrying 1) always use a proper holster 2) NOTHING goes in the pocket but the gun and its holster! __________________ If guns cause crime, then forks made Rosie O'Donnell fat!! Rosie - Say bye bye: You aren't much of a View anymore! Your true colors have been shown, and they are not Red, White, and Blue!

May 11th, 2008, 06:39 PM	#22
Zach and Holly Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 183	At least he was shot in the leg and not in between the legs. Good Lord, can you imagine. This has also been in the back of my mind; one of the reasons I haven't been carrying chambered yet. __________________ Isn't carrying a gun a little overkill? Paranoid? When you need it, and don't have it, you sing a different tune.

May 12th, 2008, 06:07 PM	#28
dcb188 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Mid-Cape Cod, Mass. Posts: 862	Very iffy to try to chamber a round when you HAVE to..... __________________ Surrounded and outnumbered, Marine Col Lewis Puller: "Good! We finally got 'em where we want 'em!" (Korea, 1950) __________________________________ Right is Wrong and Wrong is Right. __________________________________ Socrates : "Knowledge is knowing that we know nothing".

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May 11th, 2008, 09:42 PM	#23
jofrdo Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Chesapeake, Virginia Posts: 427	I prefer carrying my .40 Glock 23 but when wardrobe prevents it, I pocket carry my 9mm Kel-Tec in a Galco holster. I've never had any issues or bad experience since the trigger is guarded by the holster and I carry nothing else in that pocket.

May 11th, 2008, 11:57 PM	#24
althemean Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Vegas Posts: 38	I had friend about 8 years ago who was paralyzed from the chest down from a pocket gun (derringer I think) that went off and shot him in the chest. The bullet lodged against his spine where it could not be removed. It was his own fault as he left the gun in the pants when he took them off. His room mate reached in to get a lighter that was in the pocket and threw the pants back down onto a tile floor, that is what discharged the gun.

May 12th, 2008, 08:45 PM	#29
LabTech Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Kingwood Posts: 42	the point is very simple. use a holster and clear the pocket out while carrying.