Yesterday I did. I was looking for a reloading page I follow on FB and an article caught my eye. It was about a man who shot his 5 yo while cleaning his AR.

Grazing would folks, the kid is expected to make a full recovery.

I started to read the comments (my mistake), and some holier than thou leftest commented “Rule #1… No one needs an AR15”. I replied by telling her that she spelled abortion wrong.

She wasn’t the first or last commenter to trash the 2nd amendment, but I just couldn’t let that one go. And damn I hope she reads it. These idiots get under my skin sometimes.

I am curious about how the story got posted on Facebook in the first place. Was it a reference to a news article? Did someone personally involved post it? Other?
(I am ignorant about the site.)

I still, for the life of me, cannot figure out how cleaning a gun can make it discharge a bullet. Putting a bullet in the chamber and pulling the trigger* makes it discharge a bullet.

This just seems to be the standard excuse for being careless with a firearm.



*Except for P320s.


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Of course it's carelessness.

The "explanation".

Someone proceeds to pick up a firearm to clean it, either believing it is "unloaded" or improperly clearing and ensuring it is actually properly unloaded, then performs one or more careless acts that result in a negligent discharge.

Since the "primary" action/goal was "cleaning the gun", that is the "focus" of the telling. (or the BS excuses of simply improper and unsafe handling of the firearm.

There is at least one hugely popular firearm* that requires pulling the trigger before it can be disassembled for proper cleaning. Doing that before ensuring the gun is unloaded is obviously negligence, but it is indeed part of the cleaning process.

* Not an AR, though.

sigmonkey is of course correct.

Rule #1: Never read the comments!

It still baffles me how many people have neglect discharges cleaning. First step take out mag and clear.. no ammo present ever while cleaning this needs to be done every time.

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Originally posted by TigerDore:
I still, for the life of me, cannot figure out how cleaning a gun can make it discharge a bullet. Putting a bullet in the chamber and pulling the trigger* makes it discharge a bullet.

This just seems to be the standard excuse for being careless with a firearm.

Whenever I hear about a negligent discharge, I always assume that it was some stupid person breaking the Three Golden Rules of gun safety with a loaded gun indoors. Their story of "honest officer, I was just cleaning it..." is a lame attempt to lie and deflect blame.

https://www.facebook.com/share...8W4/?mibextid=wwXIfr
That’s the one.