FFGColorado
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Not trying to put anybody on report here but who has had one? What were the circumstances?..Seems a good discussion point, considering some of the other threads...
Just before pulling that trigger (pistol pointed at the floor, btw), I froze .
Interesting take. I’m not sure I agree, can we chat about it? In my mind, other than a defective firearm or a runaway gun, every discharge of a firearm is the result of something the shooter failed to do (or so correctly) and would have been easily prevented had the action been taken or done correctly.I've had a couple of unintentional discharges, nothing negligent. If they had been negligent I'd be in jail. The term "Negligent Discharge" is way over used and as gun owners we need to only use the term to describe incidents that are truly negligent. And most of the time that is determined by a jury.
Words are powerful and choosing the wrong word conveys the wrong message. With gun rights constantly under attack we never want to portray ourselves as being negligent with firearms if we're not. The gun control crowd is going to use our own words against us.
An analogy. If I pull up to a stop sign and come to a complete stop. I carefully look both ways and determine that it is safe for me to proceed, but I misjudge the speed and distance of another vehicle and cause a crash. I'm responsible for the crash. But I did nothing negligent.
On the other hand if I never come to a complete stop. If I'm texting or otherwise distracted. If I'm under the influence of drugs or alcohol when I pull into the intersection my negligence caused the crash and the consequences are much more severe.