Alright, this just happened last night to a friend of mine who lives in Dover, though this did not take place in Dover (it did happen in NH). He is not 21 (almost) and there were no alcohol or drugs involved.
He was target shooting with some other guys when one of them is having trouble with his gun. My friend goes over to help. My friend was shooting a Ruger Mark I or II 22lr handgun. He puts the gun into the front of his pants like the do in they movies (breaking rule #1 and 3). After fixing the gun, he proceeds to draw his gun from his pants.
Now, I have seen him and he does have good trigger discipline so I do not think his finger was on the trigger, but I did not see this happen so his finger could have been on the trigger.
As he is drawing the gun from his pants, it fires. Most likely because the trigger got caught on something.
The bullet hit his upper thigh near the family jewels and traveled about a foot down his leg stopping just before his knee. It missed his major arteries. He is home and is hobbling about and will be seeing a surgeon Friday to determine if they are gonna remove the bullet.
So the morale of the story is: Don't be a dumba** and use your pants as a holster, buy a real one, and ALWAYS follow the three fundamental NRA safety rules.
Now I get to heckle him for the rest of his life for being stupid .
He was target shooting with some other guys when one of them is having trouble with his gun. My friend goes over to help. My friend was shooting a Ruger Mark I or II 22lr handgun. He puts the gun into the front of his pants like the do in they movies (breaking rule #1 and 3). After fixing the gun, he proceeds to draw his gun from his pants.
Now, I have seen him and he does have good trigger discipline so I do not think his finger was on the trigger, but I did not see this happen so his finger could have been on the trigger.
As he is drawing the gun from his pants, it fires. Most likely because the trigger got caught on something.
The bullet hit his upper thigh near the family jewels and traveled about a foot down his leg stopping just before his knee. It missed his major arteries. He is home and is hobbling about and will be seeing a surgeon Friday to determine if they are gonna remove the bullet.
So the morale of the story is: Don't be a dumba** and use your pants as a holster, buy a real one, and ALWAYS follow the three fundamental NRA safety rules.
Now I get to heckle him for the rest of his life for being stupid .
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