The gun went off is a deliberate strategy to portray an inanimate object as having a life of its own. That's why guns are dangerous. They go off, and people get hurt and die. That's why we have to get guns out of the hands of civilians. They go off sometimes and people get hurt or killed.telnetdoogie wrote:The news 8 article linked says it was a Springfield .40. Looks like an XD40 based on the Fox video.
The news 8 article also says "holstered in his pants" - which I take to NOT mean "the gun was in a holster in the man's pants" - it just means "he 'holstered' the gun in his pants" (ie, Mexican carry)
If it was an XD40 with both a grip and trigger safety, he'd have had to be squeezing the trigger and holding the grip at the same time, somehow. I like how the news articles say the gun "went off" - no, it didn't. It was fired. Guns don't "go off" on their own.
When people write, every word is chosen. There are no accidents. The gun went off is not accidental. It's intentional. It conveys the mind of the writer - that guns have lives of their own and are dangerous to be around.