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I had just cleaned a S&W snub nose .357 magnum revolver,my concealed off duty carry in 1984,loaded it with 158 jhp forgot i loaded it and was watching TV,I always thought i was pretty safe with firearms,but i picked up the weapon got a sight picture on the 19" color television and squeezed the trigger practicing breath control and sight alignment,the tv immediately quit working and i heard a muffled expletive coming from my wife in the kitchen through my ringing ears.I treat every weapon i now have as being loaded even when i know it's unloaded i will check again.I was so fortunate the worst thing that happened that day was a TV got killed,I posted this as a reminder AD & ND can be avoided by some common sense and following safety rules