My sons Neglagent discharge

I'm not going to judge either. Glad the boy is OK and a lesson learned. A new safe and your good to go. I keep a couple loaded handguns in my room for protection as well. I've told the grandkids that Papaws room is off-limits but now i believe i will put them back in the gun safe.
Guess a "Louisville Slugger" would work on an intruder, but what if he's armed? What to do? Merry Christmas
 
I might catch some flak for this but it is what it is.

When I was that age, and younger, I loved shooting with my father. However.....I understood beyond a shadow of a doubt not to even touch his firearms when he was not around. Did I want to? OMG YES! Did I? NO! My father's firearms were in an unlocked pine cabinet. I spent hours sitting in the room looking, but NEVER touching. My father explained EXPLICITLY why I was not to touch them. Not to mention the but kicking I would have promptly received if I had.

My point? Make sure your kids KNOW you mean business. Did you explicitly tell him not to handle your firearms when you weren't around or did you just assume he wouldn't?
 
Thanks for posting .
My Grands are coming for the week after Christmas and I`m grateful for the reminder to open the eyes in the back of my head.
Elanor Roosevelt once said:

" We should learn from the mistakes of others because we can`t live long enough to make them all ourselves"!

The bed side guns will go into the safe long before the kids get here!

I pray for your son to make a speedy and full recovery.

Please do not beat yourself up over this . I did something very similar to what your son did when I was about 13 years old, with my Dad`s Luger, lucky there was no discharge,but there could have been.
Makes one wonder how we survived our childhood, but as they say boys will be boys!
I also hope you Son regains your trust soon- give him a chance
maybe as a token Christmas gift.
Warm regards, Jack
 
Thank you for shareing this story. Now maybe we can all learn from this. I hope that you give your son the love and hugs he deserves. This is a terrible accident that could have been far worse. I have always had loded guns in my house when the kids were little and never thought anything like this. So thank you for helping us understand what can happen. Now if I would have done this when I was a kid, I dont even want to think about what my Father would have done to me after I got better. Have a Merry Christmas with your son and give him a big hug or two from my Family just for being here on this day.
 
It takes a big man to admit his mistakes so that others can learn from them.

I've had 1 ND. The result of distracted loading of a single action sixgun, and a band-aid. Was loading up and having a conversation with my wife, who was in the room. I had injured my right thumb earlier in the day, and had a fabric band-aid on it. I reckon I got distracted by the conversation and forgot to skip a chamber and just loaded 6. When I went to lower the hammer, it slipped from the fabric, and since I had thought I skipped one chamber, I didn't try to get my finger off the trigger.

Result: hole through the bedroom wall into the living room and into the ceiling in the living room as I was holding the gun in an upward trajectory. Barely missed both the TV in the bedroom and the one in the living room. Thank God nobody hurt, and the only damage was the three holes, which were easily repaired.

Lessons learned were to always keep the gun pointed at something I'm willing to part with (of course I already knew this, I just got a reinforcement lesson), and even if I THINK I'm lowering the hammer on an empty chamber, get my booger hook off the bang switch immediately after the hammer starts down.

It is indeed a Christmas miracle that your son wasn't crippled or killed. Hopefully the scar will serve as an ever-present reminder to use his noggin next time. As any of us guys can attest, there must be a patron saint of doing dumb teenage stuff and not killing ourselves.
 
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YOU left a loaded gun where a 15 year old could get a hold of it
AND he doesn't know to keep his finger off of the trigger
Or not to point the muzzle at ANYTHING he doesn't intend to shoot

And everyone's good with that?
OK - I guess....

You do realize that this was not your kid's fault - Right?

OTOH - I really feel for you and your son - Thank God that this didn't turn out like it could have!

Maybe Santa C. can bring you a nice safe for Christmas and a series of NRA classes for the boy?
 
DeadAye, I don't think you'll find anyone on here who is ok with what happened. And the original poster knows it.

But us beating him over the head with it won't solve anything, nor will it teach him anything that the scare of his son's injury hasn't already done tenfold.

And no matter how bad it was, I find it commendable to share the experience with others as a "real world example" as to the fact that it can happen to experienced gun people who have had their kids around guns all their lives, with just a couple moments of bad decision making.
 
You wear the gun in a holster! I am always armed when my grandkids come over, they are used to it as their father also carries!

chud333 said:
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?
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Glad he is OK. The FIRST thing I learned from my father about handling firearms was muzzle control. The instant the bullet starts down the bore of a gun there is no power here on earth that can stop it. Muzzle control, muzzle control, muzzle control.
 
Glad to hear he is ok.

Is anyone else a little concerned that the two bullets which actually went through human tissue did not open up as advertised?
 
As kids, it could have happened to many of us. No flames or blames. It was an accident that turned out well and lessons learned.

You locked up your guns. That is more than most, even those here, do. How often have you seen homes with guns hanging on the walls? I see them all the time. I also see the aftermath of guns kept in nightstands.

Continue to teach your son about firearms. It seems you already started well and he has learned from his error in judgement.

Have a Merry Christmas and enjoy the holidays even more.
 
No flames here either! Just be thankful it wasn't more serious.
It's one of the few times a bullet NOT performing as advertised was a blessing. And believe me he's learned a lesson that some never do! Dale
 
No flames here,I'm not ok with what happened BUT,Two weeks ago my 15yr old shot my truck.He was getting ready to go sit in my uncles deer stand at the family christmas gathering,and being excited (despite many obsessive hunters on mom's side nobody takes him hunting).He went ahead and loaded my dad's old 30-30(which he wasnt supposed to do) and the hammer slipped.Through the glove box,the heater vent,the body, threaded the needle between heater core, tranny lines, wires,over the tranny and hit the frame.It was pointed in the safest possible direction under the circumstances.He felt so bad I didnt do much but talk to him.He now knows why safety is so important and he learned it the hard way.
My brother in law and my best friend stopped me on the way to my truck and said"These things happen,thats why we teach SAFETY"
Thank GOD he's gonna be ok,and your trust is gonna be hard to get back.But on the bright side,hes got a story to use to teach your grand kids the importance of safety.
 
@gtbob, No, don't believe that's the answer for me anyway. I'll keep them in a gunsafe while the kids are here and return them to handy places when they've left. I'm not gonna pack in my own house. I live in a small town of about 2500 people but work in a big city. Most likely scenario would be to need my weapon there. And @deadaye, no sense in telling the man what he already knows or beating up the guy over it. You want somebody telling you the coffee is hot "after" you've just spilled it on your lap?
 
chud333 said:
.... And @deadaye, no sense in telling the man what he already knows or beating up the guy over it. You want somebody telling you the coffee is hot "after" you've just spilled it on your lap?
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Beating up on him?

He was making it sound like it was the kid's fault (the way I'm reading it anyway) It wasn't.
 
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