Very few long guns have a firing pin block (drop safety). Some have a firing pin spring which minimizes the odds, but many don't. Think about an AR-15... No spring, no nothing.rocinante wrote:I'm no expert at all on shotguns. But as it happens, I just read an article last night that suggested that a typical chambered shotgun does not have the drop safety, or general safety against firing without a trigger pull, that we expect from a handgun. Is that true?
If so, then I'd be careful about the whole ND vs AD argument. (If not, then ignore me.)
Even if the shotgun did go off when dropped, you could easily argue that it was negligent for it to even be loaded.