Quote Originally Posted by thebigspendur View Post
One of the worst was some dude who was firing 357mag and he had a mis-fire and immediately takes the revolver points it at his head and is looking down the barrel. I guess he thought the round disappeared or something.
That actually made me a little sick to my stomach when I read that line. The kind of sick you feel when you see a really terrible accident on the highway or if you saw a toddler pick up a power tool. Though I know there are people stupid enough to do this on an intellectual level, it still blows me away (no pun intended) when I hear about someone who's that absent minded.

I'm sometimes absent minded, but when I have a gun in my hand I am acutely aware that I am holding a very dangerous weapon and that I need to be absolutely focused on what I'm doing. If I don't think I can devote my full attention to what I'm doing, I make the gun safe and put it down until the distraction is properly dealt with. If the gun misfires, I treat it like an accidental discharge waiting to happen until I can make the gun safe again.