Comments on: Negligent Discharge Files: Store Clerk Shoots Co-Worker With Customer’s Gun https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/safety/negligent-discharge-files-store-clerk-shoots-co-worker-with-customers-gun/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:02:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: Shire-man https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/safety/negligent-discharge-files-store-clerk-shoots-co-worker-with-customers-gun/comment-page-1/#comment-181257 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:02:21 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=39287#comment-181257 Why does it seem like all these negligent discharges are a result of people not using their eyes?
Even if you’re a dumbass who left a magazine in looking at what is happening with your eyes would tell you another round just moved into the chamber as you worked the slide.

There is no need to ever guess or be unsure of a guns status.

]]> By: Lindy https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/safety/negligent-discharge-files-store-clerk-shoots-co-worker-with-customers-gun/comment-page-1/#comment-181254 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:21:19 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=39287#comment-181254 Keep your finger off the trigger until your ready to make the gun go bang.

]]> By: .40 cal Booger https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/safety/negligent-discharge-files-store-clerk-shoots-co-worker-with-customers-gun/comment-page-1/#comment-181252 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:06:55 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=39287#comment-181252 I gotta ask…

1. Was there a magazine in the firearm?

2. The slide was reportedly cycled twice. Was there a round ejected when that happened the first time? If so then why did the employee cycle it the second time then pull the trigger because the first ejection would indicate a (possibly loaded) magazine remained in the gun? IF there was no round ejected the first time (i.e. gun in Israeli carry condition I guess you could call it), how did the employee miss there was a magazine in the gun in the first place because one of the first steps to rendering a firearm safe is to remove the magazine so is this employee stupid or just inexperienced?

One of the things they do on the commercial indoor ranges here is; When you are done you signal the RSO who comes over and verbally ‘walks’ you through clearing any of the firearms you bought with you even if you did not fire them, no matter how experienced you are – you do this or you never come back to that range again. It goes through the usual stuff for clearing – and magazines (even if empty) and all ammo is separated from the shooting position. The RSO uses a flashlight to visually inspect the gun chamber area to make sure no ammo remains in the firearm. Then the RSO has you close the bolt or slide or cylinder and point the gun down range and pull the trigger (revolvers have to do this for all cylinders). Then the RSO has you lock the slide back or open the bolt/cylinder and put in a chamber flag (if you don’t have one they give you one). Then you can gather up all your stuff, put it back in the case and ammo/magazines goes in the case last (if that’s where you keep it and not a separate container of your own – they usually let you have a plastic sack though to put your ammo in if you want one), case gets zipped/latched and you leave the range.

Personally I do not use the indoor ranges around here any more, did occasionally in the past. Its not because of their ‘clearing procedure’, its because they got infested with so many people using the range it was difficult to get a spot to shoot and scheduling a time was always a time slot that wasn’t convenient. So I just stick to the outdoor ranges even in cold weather.

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