Accidental shootings

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by sheltiedave

A gun without a trigger guard is a deliberate decision.

A gun not locked in a case or rack is a deliberate choice.

A gun that has a chambered round is a deliberate choice.

All three of these deliberate choices have to be made before there can be an "accidental" shooting.

Trigger lock. A trigger guard is the loop around the trigger into which you place your finger.

And all these deliberate actions and choices don't make an inadvertent discharge into a deliberate action, merely a likely outcome.

[nailer]

Originally Posted by sheltiedave

A gun without a trigger guard is a deliberate decision.

A gun not locked in a case or rack is a deliberate choice.

A gun that has a chambered round is a deliberate choice.

All three of these deliberate choices have to be made before there can be an "accidental" shooting.

Precisely accurate.

[donquixote99]

An accident is a bad thing that happens without intent that it should.

All accidents are preventable.

[JCricket]

Originally Posted by sheltiedave

A gun without a trigger guard is a deliberate decision.

A gun not locked in a case or rack is a deliberate choice.

A gun that has a chambered round is a deliberate choice.

All three of these deliberate choices have to be made before there can be an "accidental" shooting.

Agreed, however, none of those, nor all of those combined, will cause a firearm to discharge. The discharge of the firearm requires the additional action of the firing pin to strike the primer. There are many situations where that "could" happen accidentally. Some are definitely irresponsibility, but not all. Your point of irresponsible gun ownership cannot be understated either.

Originally Posted by donquixote99

An accident is a bad thing that happens without intent that it should.

All accidents are preventable.

Theoretically yes, realistically no. It would take an all knowing, all foreseeing individual to prevent all accidents from happening to themselves. Accidents happen so fast you do not have time to think. They can happen when you do not foresee a situation. I KNOW THIS!!!

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by JCricket

Theoretically yes, realistically no. It would take an all knowing, all foreseeing individual to prevent all accidents from happening to themselves. Accidents happen so fast you do not have time to think. They can happen when you do not foresee a situation. I KNOW THIS!!!

And I do not argue that.

The attitude that all accidents are preventable is the way to maximize safety, but realistically, things will happen.