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WildBill wrote:For their own credibility, if the photos not taken immediately after the discharge, the OP should have stated that they were "staged" or "recreated" after the fact.

As the OP, I was, I guess 'misled' by the article's writer who said "my wife came around to my door and opened it."

I think that the 'wound' is probably more of a powder burn than a bullet graze, and the pants are ripped from the expanding gasses of the fired round with the muzzle pressed against them in the seat. Maybe they did have a chopstick in the car - I know I've had a pair or two rolling around from time to time. But the absence of gunpowder residue is suspicious.

Staged a day or two later? Probably so, but I wish the article had said so.

rmr1923 wrote:i use a crossbreed/comp-tac style holster (leather backing with kydex) and found one potential safety issue. fortunately i decided to practice drawing and holstering the gun unloaded several times before doing it with a loaded gun, because one time when i holstered it, my shirt got bunched up inside the trigger guard and when i attempted to push the gun down into the holster it pulled the trigger. it took me a second to realize what had just happened and what the implications could have been had the gun been loaded. now when i holster it i hold my shirt up HIGH to make sure i minimize the chance of an AD/ND.

That's good to know - I hadn't even thought of that, and I've got a Supertuck. Now I've gotta go do more practice...

Looking at the pictures, I don't think that's powder burns on the holster. I think that's just a year's worth of accumulated oils and grime. I sure hope he didn't oil it up to soften it.

I do have a Looper's belt slide holster for my 1911 that I rarely use anymore. It is still quite stiff, made of much thicker leather, and covers the whole trigger guard (but not as much as I'd like).

Also I put "accidental" in quotes in the title because I'm still not convinced there is ever an accidental discharge - only negligent ones. This one appears to be from casual negligence (as if there are varying kinds), but negligence just the same.

WARNING: One of the photos shows a bullet graze wound on the gun owner's hip.

I saw this linked through one of the gun blogs today. I don't use this type of holster, and probably never will - this episode notwithstanding. The gist of it is that the leather got soft enough to encroach on the trigger when the gun was holstered.
http://www.itstactical.com/warcom/firea ... ischarges/

That's one way to ruin your day - I'm glad it wasn't more serious.