My sons Neglagent discharge

[H Richard]

At that same wonderfull age of 15 I had snuck a couple guns out of the house, and had taken them out to the edge of town with a buddy and we were target shooting. Needless to say, I was shot by a 1910 Mauser .25 acp steel jacket bullet. Clean thrugh the left upper arm, missed everything important and healed well. Just a little round scar on each side of my arm. It didn not turn me away from guns, maybe gave me a deeper interest in them. It did make me a lot safer, and did inspire me to get a NRA Cert. Instructer training and now do conduct classes for others, and oversee a bullseye league.

 

[millbilly]

Glad he is OK......This could happen to anyone......no flames here....Have a wonderful Christmas !!!

 

[SFCHAINLEY]

No Flame

As a father I feel your pain ,but rejoice that all will be well . Tell him you love him every chance you get because you never want to say I wish I had. Bless you and yours. Joe.

 

[sigp220.45]

Don't beat yourself up - good kids do dumb things (at least mine do).

I'm glad he's going to be OK - things like this are why we celebrate their birthdays!

 

[DustyJacket]

That kinda sucks all the way around.
Thank goodness he will survive with nothing more than the additional ability to predict rain.

My wife has an "illness" that requires me to keep all firearms under lock and key, so I feel a lot of your pain.

I too was disappointed in the performance of the .45ACP slug that passed thrugh a holster, shirt, pants, 10" of my thigh muscle, a bit og my hip joint, the floor, the telephone line, and bounced around my basement pantry.

 

[Erich]

Yowtch - glad you're also okay, Dusty.

 

[tops]

I don't see that you or your son did anything wrong. It doesn't matter how careful we are mistakes and accidents are going to happen. The more careful one is the less accidents will happen but nobody is perfect. It doesn't matter what we do or how good we are at it if we do it enough we will finally make a mistake. Hindsight is always 20/20. I'm glad there is not any bad damage. Larry

 

[Jim Fuller]

WOW, Lesson learned by a lot of folks. I'm glad all is well and now it will surely be a MERRY CHRISTMAS.

 

[Kavinsky]

I'm not sure how to classify this, dumb bad luck or dumb bad luck with a mix of good dumb luck.

anyways glad to hear that your kid is alright and has suffered no real serious permanent injury from the incident, lord knows it could have turned out far worse that a bullet in the knee that didnt hit any arteries and bone

That kinda sucks all the way around.
Thank goodness he will survive with nothing more than the additional ability to predict rain.

My wife has an "illness" that requires me to keep all firearms under lock and key, so I feel a lot of your pain.

I too was disappointed in the performance of the .45ACP slug that passed thrugh a holster, shirt, pants, 10" of my thigh muscle, a bit og my hip joint, the floor, the telephone line, and bounced around my basement pantry.

just curious, a 1911 cocked and locked or a glock?

 

[Kelly Green]

I’m glad to hear that your son is doing ok following his ordeal. You’re right about those PPK’s, the spring is heavy and the slide is harder than most to rack. More times than not, the chambered round won’t be ejected. I always insert an empty magazine before I clear the PPK.

Prayers for a speedy recovery.

 

[TACC1]

NO FLAMRS HERE, EITHER

Thank goodness he'll be okay! Hope you and he have some good range time together. You'll be closer than ever now.
Dusty, I'm glad you're still with us.
TACC1

 

[kennyb]

ok....as good of time as any to go out and get a really nice safe for your guns...an unfortunate accident...learn from it and let it go...don't allow it to rule you or your son

 

[roundgunner]

When I was his age I loved to handle my Dads guns.This story could have been me.My point is that kids that age will get into anything and everything.I hope your story helps all of the parents out there to realize that even good kids do dumb things.(not saying that I was a good kid)

I'm happy that the news wasn't worse and he'll be OK.

Thank God.

So true, at about that age my friends and I did some stupid things that we KNEW were stupid, think of all the things that were unknown.

Try to have a wonderful Christmas and give him a WWW hug from me & my family.

 

[DustyJacket]

just curious, a 1911 cocked and locked or a glock?

Taurus PT something or other - sold it within a week of the incident

 

[quneur]

I'm surprise your son was very level headed throughout this whole incident (I would either have fainted or huddled in the corner crying like a little girl.) Kudos for raising such a strong minded son. I expect he's passed the peer pressure stage and will treat firearms a lot more safely. Glad both of you are okay without any permanent disabilities.

Not to make light of the situation but you never told us how did your daughter's filling went?

 

[Indiana George]

Merry Christmas, Odinkar.

I would imagine that this holiday season shall have a bit of extra meaning for you and your family.

 

[jproffitt]

No matter how much you try to teach your kids to respect your property and to treat all guns as potentially dangerous they always think they're invincible and experts on everything. Sometimes it takes a serious accident to show them the truth. Kids like to think they're getting over on you. No matter how good our kids are, we're surprised at the stuff we find out about. It's great that he's alright. It will make a better man out of him and he'll have an actual experience to use as a lesson for his own kids.

 

[Kavinsky]

Taurus PT something or other - sold it within a week of the incident

ah gotcha.

 

[Sprefix]

Thankfully nothing worse happened. What an incredible learning experience!! All the best to you and your family and friends this Christmas.........................

 

[chud333]

Not gonna judge you either. Glad the boys OK. A new safe and a lesson learned. I keep a couple loaded handguns in the house also. I've told the grandkids my room is off-limits, but now i think i'll go ahead and put them in the safe. This story has scared me a little about keeping a loaded firearm around when my grandkids visit so often. I guess a "Louisville Slugger" would work on an intruder, Unless he is armed with a gun. What to do?