“A week ago I had an accidental discharge while drawing my concealed firearm during a training. The shot caused me to lose my left testicle and a liter of blood, but it didn’t take my spirit.”
Personally: I have said it many times, that mode of carry is not for most people, no matter how ninja ready they think they are. For vast majority, juice is not worth the squeeze. I’m not a fan, never have been. IWB at say 4 o’clock, you put one in your a$$ give or take. 40 years + of being around fire arms, courses, competing, adjunct for S&W Training center, etc, I rarely carry that way, and it’s only because I require deepest concealment for a short period. I have given up trying to talk all the kids I see online carrying that way. It’s now the norm. It looks cool, it’s a fast draw, it conceals well, etc, I get all that.
AIWB is so fast to draw. I bought one holster but never use it due to the massive amount of sweat that gets on my pistol. Plain old OWB is the only way out here in hot ass AZ.
He never really explained why his finger was on the trigger during the draw, did he.
Sorry, this wasn’t “accidental”, this was NEGLIGENT.
It isn’t “shit happens”, as he says, it’s BAD THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU DON’T USE GOOD, SAFE TECHNIQUE.
That sucks for him that he hurt himself, but damn, unless you’re carrying a P320 auto-shooter, there is no safety issue with AIWB when using proper technique that is well-engrained through constant repetition and solid muscle memory.
A lot of People want to write this stuff off but, you either are in control or your not adn as bad as he feels about losing a nut, I can assure you he had the possibility of hitting someone else..
I have gone to the matt about range safety and will continue to do so.
I don’t think AIWB is inherently unsafe. As you say, done well with ingrained and regularly practiced safe handling techniques it has proven to be safe for many users. That said, an ND from AIWB does carry substantial risk of serious consequences.
I will hang my hat on the statement that AIWB does carry higher risk. That risk can be mitigated by exactly those same proper handling practices. Safety and risk are not the same thing, though they often correlate.
I am not personally a fan/practitioner of AIWB, despite some real advantages. That is just my choice, not saying those that do are “carrying wrong”.
I do think that AIWB should be considered “advanced user” territory. An option for experienced gun handlers to chose as they will. I think that it’s inherently higher risk should be impressed upon those with less experience. Those who have not built the required level of experience through safe and consistent practice.
The guy unintentionally shot one of his nuts off. I think it’s fair to conclude that the guy did not intend to do that to himself.
Accidental would mean that there was nothing that could be done or reasonably done to prevent shooting one of his nuts off. Obviously, that doesn’t apply.
I used to work with a Guy in Fort Hood that ws an E-5 and the guy had like 5 or 6 kids, so he decides to get a vasectomy. Everything works out fine and they send him back to work with a Medical Profile, he wasn’t supposed to lift anything over ten pounds.
I’m sure you by now see where this is going.
So Homeboy about 7 working days in to his Medical Profile grabs a 450lbs M88 Tow Bar for towing Tanks. The Guy with him said “He picked it up and just kind of passed out.” They said his Nut was the size of a softball, you could see it swollen up through his BDU’s when they carried him out to the Hospital.
About six weeks later I see him again in the motorpool walking rather gingerly.
My Wingman pulled out his Genuine Skill Craft Ink pen and showed it to me, right there in Big Letters, UNI BALL. That Man became Sgt Uni Ball right there and he was known from that day forward until He ETS’ed Sgt Uni Ball.
If you’re looking for sympathy in the Army you will find it between Shi+ and Syphilis in the Dictonary.
it was negligent not ”accidental”.