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Old March 21st, 2008
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Default Re: Discharge - Almost shot myself.

If the Glock. or anything else for that matter, is unsafe for you because of the lack of a manual safety, then you need to immerse yourself in the fundamentals of firearms safety before you carry anything.

In reading your story, it sounds like you were taking a nap, Glock on the nightstand, alarm went off and you pulled the trigger instead of shutting the alarm off. Don't blame the gun; your booger picker was where it shouldn't have been.

You don't 'paw' a loaded gun, or an unloaded one for that matter. When you're hands or fingers are on the gun, it's pointed in a safe direction. If you don't trust yourself around it when you're waking up, keep it chamber empty, or keep it in a drawer where you have to wake up enough to get to it. Just make sure you're : 1. alert enough by the time you've gotten you're hands on it and 2. know the fundamentals of handling once your hands are on it.

If you were dragging it by the trigger and it went off, THAT'S WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO!!

Keep looking; you've got a bullet hole, and the resulting damage, somewhere.

Glad you are OK. I have suffered the negligent discharge myself. I learned from it and thank god no one was hurt. No body to blame but me though.
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