Say Uncle relates his experience this weekend with an accident involving a Walther P22.

He was following safety rules, so no one was hurt. However, de-cocking the P22 requires a trigger pull, so the “don’t put your finger on the trigger until ready to shoot” rule was essentially violated. This isn’t uncommon with handguns, and the P22 requires a magazine to also be loaded in the weapon. He was being careful, but things can still happen.

So, even if you’re familiar with handling a gun and have performed a task thousands of times, it still happens. But if you are mindful of the four rules of firearms safety and it happens, nothing and no one will get damaged. Except your ego. That was an eye-opener for me. No longer batting 1,000 in gun safety. And the fact that I felt like a complete moron.

My wife is still pissed.

That last bit will probably take a while to clear up. A long while.

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