This is why you need a holster, preferably a hip or ankle holster, and one that makes it impossible for you to hit that trigger.
12/27/13 – An accidental gunshot in a local store sent a Green Oak Township man to the hospital yesterday. Brighton Police officers responded to a call at Home Depot at about 6:00 Thursday night. They discovered that a 32-year-old man had accidentally shot himself in the buttocks with a pistol he had been carrying on his person. His injuries were minor, and he opted to be driven to the University of Michigan hospital by his wife for treatment rather than take an ambulance. Police Chief Tom Wightman says it appears that the man was reaching for his wallet in the store when he accidentally grabbed the gun, activating the mechanism and firing a shot into his buttocks. The man was not seriously hurt, and there was no injury to bystanders or damage to the store. Wightman says the man had a license for the pistol as well as to carry it concealed on his person, so there likely will be no charges filed by the police in the case. (TD)
Source: http://whmi.com/news/article/18819#sthash.1k87x42h.dpuf
To the gun haters that use stories like this one against us, not so fast. Check this story from “gun control-loving Australia.
Man pistol-whipped during Sydney robbery
December 28, 2013 12:56PM
A 65-year-old man was loading items into a vehicle parked in Blackett Place in Cabramatta West when he was approached by a man armed with a handgun.
The gunman allegedly hit the man across the head a number of times with the gun when he refused to hand over his wallet.
No shots were fired during the incident.
The armed man fled empty-handed and was last seen heading towards Satara Avenue.
Emergency services were called and the injured man was treated by ambulance paramedics before being taken to Liverpool Hospital with lacerations to his head.
Police from Cabramatta Local Area Command are investigating and would like to speak to a man who may be able to assist with inquiries.
He is described as being of Caucasian appearance, aged in his 20s, with a thin athletic build.
At the time he was wearing a white, hooded jumper and grey tracksuit pants.
Source: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news/man-pistol-whipped-during-sydney-robbery/story-fni0xqi3-1226791059536
See? That’s what happens in Slave Countries like Australia. In America that 20-year-old parasite would have been shot by one of our patriots. In America, a FREE COUNTRY, we defend ourselves. So I don’t care if every once in a while an inexperienced gun owner shoot himself in the ass, that’s far better than getting pistol whipped and not begin able to do anything about it because you are old and weak and your criminal is young and strong.
You know what else we have in America? The Death Penalty, and it’s a damn shame we don’t use it more often. At the very least we should bring back corporal punishment, tie them up and give me a whip, that will be a lesson they never forget.