Well... watermelon happens....
I have been losing the use of my hands and arms for nearly 8 years now and I accidentally let off a round of my Colt combat commander .45 officers model , in the living room with my Niece's new born daughter roughly 2 to 3 feet from me sitting on the couch, my Dad was to the left about 4 feet in his brand new recliner... I had my gun pointed down towards my new recliner and my thumb slipped the hammer letting of a hollow point round that nearly destroyed my new recliner.... thank GOD it didn't ricochet and hit one of my family...
Simple slip of the mind can really F something or someone up
I knew to discharge the magazine and discharge the chambered round before letting the hammer off... yet I rushed it...
This happened around last August, since I'm losing control of my hands, I've stopped carrying any loaded ready to pull trigger and fire guns... I even keep my Ruger blackhawk .44 mag with revolver with empty slot on first pull....
Is better to be safe than sorry..... and I have shot competition since I was 12, and have Expert on 2 different firearms and a Marksman on a 3rd when I was in the Navy...note: I stopped shooting competition about 7 years ago, like I said watermelon happens...
TC