“Accidental discharge”

[Like2fly]

Hello, pardon me for going straight to the mob and not searching for previous threads on this. I start on a tangent by asking if you know the secret to a happy marriage? For me the answer is two homes.... expensive but it works for us. Anyway my wife just told me that one of the neighbors in her small (22 unit) condo complex just had an “accidental”discharge with a pistol yesterday afternoon that went through two adjacent (occupied at the time) units narrowly missing the closest neighbor by a couple of feet(?). He did not get arrested, but had his gun confiscated and was told to expect charges. Curious if any of you know from experience what lays in store for him. What penalties? Loss of this gun or others and/or the right to own or have guns going forward. If it matters I suspect this guy is a chronic alcoholic, and could easily play the starring role in the village idiot if any one needed one, based on other actions/conduct. You know when they say “there is always one...”, well he is that one. I would hate to see a normal competent person lose their gun rights over an “accident” but then again, there are exceptions to most everything. I have limited info on this incident so far, but if this thread gets any interest I will follow up with more details and hopefully the disposition of it.

[rodralig]

Hello, pardon me for going straight to the mob and not searching for previous threads on this. I start on a tangent by asking if you know the secret to a happy marriage? For me the answer is two homes.... expensive but it works for us. Anyway my wife just told me that one of the neighbors in her small (22 unit) condo complex just had an accidental discharge with a pistol yesterday afternoon that went through two adjacent (occupied at the time) units narrowly missing the closest neighbor by a couple of feet(?). He did not get arrested, but had his gun confiscated and was told to expect charges. Curious if any of you know from experience what lays in store for him. What penalties? Loss of this gun or others and/or the right to own or have guns going forward. If it matters I suspect this guy is a chronic alcoholic, and could easily play the starring role in the village idiot if any one needed one, based on other actions/conduct. You know when they say “there is always one...”, well he is that one. I would hate to see a normal competent person lose their gun rights over an “accident” but then again, there are exceptions to most everything. I have limited info on this incident so far, but if this thread gets any interest I will follow up with more details and hopefully the disposition of it.

Not an accidental discharge, a NEGLIGENT discharge...


That said - thanks to Google - as per the PC, the state has harsh penalties... Felony at worst.

https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/defense/penal-code/246-3/

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[Scratch705]

So for u a happy marriage is to live separately from your spouse?

So besides the tax benefits or insurance benefits why even get married?

[woolybugger]

I find the two homes thing odd as well but whatever makes you happy.

[Like2fly]

Works for me

So for u a happy marriage is to live separately from your spouse?

So besides the tax benefits or insurance benefits why even get married?

We did not start off that way and we certainly do not do this for any tax or other benefits, as I said it is expensive maintaining two separate residences. We were at a rocky point in our marriage (2nd one for both of us) and I had vacant rental property at the time so we tried living apart for a while and that became our new “norm”. Like I said, it works for us, and I acknowledge it is not the ideal situation or what one should aim for. It apparently is not that uncommon. Does CalGuns have a marriage counseling sub forum where we can move this off topic part of this thread?

[The War Wagon]

Curious if any of you know from experience what lays in store for him.

Ever seen the first hour of, "The Shawshank Redemption?"

MOST of that...

[Quiet]

"accidental discharge" = something mechanical failed on the firearm, which caused it to discharge

"negligent discharge" = without intending to do so, a person pulled the trigger on the firearm, which caused it to discharge

[Like2fly]

Yes there is a difference between an accidental discharge and a negligent discharge which is why I thought I put Quotes “____” around the word accidental, in my post, but I missed it on one. The “Village Idiot” told my wife it was an “accident”. I suspect it will be found to be negligent. After shooting a round through the wall he called my wife (who is the association president) first... before calling the police or going next door to check on whether he had hit his neighbor. If this guy tried out for a part in another sequel to dumb and dumber I am sure they would give him both roles.

[rodralig]

Not only that...

Two feet away from an innocent...

It was in a habited dwelling...



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[tabascoz28]

My neighbor and his brother were hunting, clearing weapons in their car afterwards, his brother pulled the trigger to "reset" it and it blew out the windows 1 foot from my neighbor's face. Probably needs safety training class.

[woolybugger]

I am very curious as to how this is typically prosecuted.
If it is indeed an accident a felony seems pretty harsh but on the other hand one is responsible for every round fired.

[newbutold]

Neighbors were lucky this time. If there is a trial, the neighbors should testify that the guy is too stupid to own firearms

[seal20]

If it was a Sig p320 it may have actually been and accidental discharge....heh

[hermosabeach]

OP

You might edit the post to make it cohesive.

When someone has an ND, what criminal and civil things can happen

[alpha_romeo_XV]

With the recent pandemic gun buying craze i foresee a rise in negligent discharges from the stellar gene pool of new gun owners.