Violating the rule of STOP TOUCHING IT, a guy was moving his gun and holster because it was uncomfortable. And somehow managed to shoot a 3 year old in the legs.

Stop touching it.

Officer accidentally fires his gun at a school: They want to know exactly what happened, how it can be avoided in the future . . . Stop touching it.

Someone negligently discharged a firearm. No details on whether it’s the booger hook on the bang switch, trying to catch a dropped gun, or failing to clear a chamber variety (the most common types, based on my experience reading the news). But it’s definitely got the “I was just cleaning it and it went off […]

NY resource officer has negligent discharge. He was on patrol and, apparently, finger banging it for no reason. Stop touching it. Texas school worker shoots self during training course. Looks like a finger on the trigger while holstering.

Why would you need to do a barrel roll with a gun? Stop touching it.

Remember when I said stop touching it? Well, this guy didn’t.

As a rule, I don’t take my gun off and on. It gets put there in the morning and comes off when I get home. Handling a gun less is, as a rule, the better play. When I do take it off, I remove the whole holster. You know, stop touching it and all that. […]

Stop touching it: During a staff meeting last week, Miami-Dade Schools Police Chief Charles Hurley pulled out his .40-caliber Glock pistol, unloaded the magazine and placed the bullets on a meeting room table. He says it was an impromptu demonstration to stress the dangers facing officers and students during a recent spate of shootings. Some […]

Remember when an AZ state senator pointed a gun at a reporter? She tells a different version: I was asked to show the reporter my weapon so that they could take pictures of it. I ensured that the chamber was clear before displaying the weapon. That is basic gun safety and something that I do […]

STOP TOUCHING IT!

This started as a comment here but turned long and their spam filter hates me. First, someone is actually arguing about catching a dropped gun. Hey, if that’s your thing, go for it. But I’m not going to the range with you. Sure, your old gallery gun may fire when dropped. But my Glock definitely […]

And stop touching it: A law enforcement official, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak about the case, said Stenroos was mishandling a firearm when he was shot, but he did not go into any more detail. Claimed he was shot by someone, setting off a manhunt.

Reader Ash: What’s wrong with a loaded chamber indicator? I’ve found them useful for verifying weapon status in the dark, as opposed to a press check. Nothing, if they’re done right. In this particular case, I was talking about the Ruger MKIII’s which is just a horrible design. It inconveniently protrudes and is a hideous […]

Ahem. But some of us did.

The kids were, as they often do, having one of their nonsensical arguments. I forgot what it was about but it probably involved stop touching me, get on your side of the couch or some other thing kids have fought about for just about ever. I tell them to knock it off and then, thinking […]

So, a man finds a gun in a bathroom. It was left there by a negligent police officer who follows bad advice you read on the internet. Anyway, the man took it home and intended to call the police but didn’t, fearing repercussions of some sort. The man is facing 10 years for a game […]

I’m not a technical gun expert. I’m not a competitive shooting expert. I’m not a self-defense expert. I’m not a gun law expert. I’m not a gun history expert. In fact, I’m not an expert on just about anything I blog about. The few things I am actually an expert on consist of accounting, finance, […]

Last summer, we took the kids to a pool party. We stayed later than we should have (my fault) and the kids were grumpy and tired from a long day’s swimming and running around. So, on the way back home, the kids were doing what they do in a car when they’re tired and grumpy. […]

The kids were, as they often do, having one of their nonsensical arguments. I forgot what it was about but it probably involved stop touching me, get on your side of the couch or some other thing kids have fought about for just about ever. I tell them to knock it off and then, thinking […]

Tam has a must read: See how much unnecessary futzing around with the pistol that involves? Every time you go in and out of the house you are adding more windows for opportunity for an ND by adding more administrative weapons handling. This is when ND’s occur I switch weapons regularly. I have a summer […]

The ATF is apparently working hard to define manufacturing as touching a tool to a gun. Gun Law News has the skinny on the continuing war on gunsmiths: The BATFE is going after gunsmiths for work analagous to this via the Tax and Trade Bureau to fine, and in some cases, close down small, custom […]

JJ says: Okay, in the next few months, I’d like to spend a little money and get a weapon. I’m also going to try to spend a little money to get an alarm system. First, how much money? Second, forget the alarm and get a pooch. I have an alarm and only use it when […]

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