Shooting Accidents...

[bruce moulds]

I've said this many times and I'll say it again: There are no accidents. There are acts of stupidity. If someone wasn't doing something stupid, it wouldn't have happened.

it is a matter of priority in the mind.
bruce.

 

[Cam Moon]

I would think that if there was a malfunction that occurred, that could be considered an accident. Most times this is not the case. It's usually human error, be it from lack of knowledge, lack of intelligence, or lack of giving a shit. I agree with Bruce and others that, as these are very preventable, they are not truly "accidents". You may have noticed that when I did use that word in my last post in this thread it was in quotation marks. That was for good reason.

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

the very heading of this thread gives a clue to human nature.
we tend to look for an escape clause when something goes wrong.
the truth of the matter is that there is no such thing as a shooting accident.
in fact there is only shooting negligence, and that must be called for what it is.
if every firearms handler had this mental approach, there would never be a negative incident.
we are weak in this area, and this weakness does not help a victim.
bruce.

People talk of 'near miss'. No such thing, just near hits.

 

[Cam Moon]

So, is a near miss a hit?
And a near hit a miss?

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

So, is a near miss a hit?
And a near hit a miss?

A miss is a miss and a hit is a hit. If it gets pretty close it is a near hit. But how can you have pretty close to a miss - that implies it was a hit near the edge. It is still a hit!

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

A miss is a miss and a hit is a hit. If it gets pretty close it is a near hit. But how can you have pretty close to a miss - that implies it was a hit near the edge. It is still a hit!

This reminds me of a joke Ronnie Corbett used to tell: a man goes into a bar and he say's to the barman "I'll have a whiskey without". So the barman say's "Without what?" And the man say's " What haven't you got?"

 

[Randy F]

I would think that if there was a malfunction that occurred, that could be considered an accident. Most times this is not the case. It's usually human error, be it from lack of knowledge, lack of intelligence, or lack of giving a shit. I agree with Bruce and others that, as these are very preventable, they are not truly "accidents". You may have noticed that when I did use that word in my last post in this thread it was in quotation marks. That was for good reason.

I agree to a point, but a malfunction with the muzzle pointed in a safe direction is still just a malfunction.

 

[Cam Moon]

@Randy F I couldn't agree more!

 

[bruce moulds]

you nailed it randy.
bruce.