Woman shot in arm by dropped gun

[kbenson]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/01/03/woman-shot-at-lowe-after-gun-drops-from-holster/?intcmp=obnetwork

Did not see any details (gun type) but brings up a interesting point. Are guns on the Cali approved list, designed (not) to discharge when dropped?

[CessnaDriver]

I'm sure there are roster guns that if you do not use the decocker could go off.

[Roland Deschain]

Are guns on the Cali approved list, designed (not) to discharge when dropped?

None of the features required to get on a list would prevent this type of accidental discharge. The list is not about safety it's about control.

[kbenson]

None of the features required to get on a list would prevent this type of accidental discharge. The list is not about safety it's about control.

IC so in other words, the cali requirements are designed to make it more difficult for gun owner to discharge weapon when needed

case in point "bullet button"

This does make one think twice, the next time he/she holsters a handgun though...is it really secure?

[Intimid8tor]

My guess is that the gun came out of the holster, and the owner tried to catch it and in the process of trying to catch it, caused it to discharge. And, why wasn't it secure in it's holster?

[bruss01]

My guess is that the gun came out of the holster, and the owner tried to catch it and in the process of trying to catch it, caused it to discharge. And, why wasn't it secure in it's holster?

^^ THIS ^^

No gun of modern design and manufacture, in proper operating condition, will discharge when dropped from waist height.

It slipped, someone grabbed, a trigger-pull by a wayward finger occurred... BLAMMO.

[klewan]

My guess is that the gun came out of the holster, and the owner tried to catch it and in the process of trying to catch it, caused it to discharge. And, why wasn't it secure in it's holster?

Yep, that will do it. I'm pretty sure there is a 36" drop test to get on the Roster. Caralco is recalling all their guns because of them firing if dropped in the correct way.

[HighLander51]

The idiot who dropped the gun tried to catch it with their trigger finger and it went bang. No gun in good operating condition would go bang just falling to the floor. So the real question is what was the idiot doing with the gun that caused it to fall from a 'secure' holster?

[CrippledPidgeon]

The only situation I can think of is that she had the gun in a crappy shoulder holster (like an Uncle Mike's nylon), and then bent over.

The only time I've ever gotten my gun to fall out of my IWB MTAC was when I did handstands with the gun in my holster (weighted to as if it were loaded via weights in the magazine), and I only did that to see what I needed to do to get it to fall out of the holster.

[ChrisC]

The idiot who dropped the gun tried to catch it with their trigger finger and it went bang. No gun in good operating condition would go bang just falling to the floor. So the real question is what was the idiot doing with the gun that caused it to fall from a 'secure' holster?

Did you read how it happened somewhere or are you just making an assumption?

[BKinzey]

My guess is since the story is very light on important info it all comes down to a guess as to what actually happened.

The CA test does include several drop tests to see if the gun fires. I don't know of any gun submitted for the test actually firing. Some have broken, but if they don't fire they pass the test.

[pumpkinshooter]

The idiot who dropped the gun tried to catch it with their trigger finger and it went bang. No gun in good operating condition would go bang just falling to the floor. So the real question is what was the idiot doing with the gun that caused it to fall from a 'secure' holster?

There are plenty of guns in good operating condition that can fire if dropped.

[tonyxcom]

There are plenty of guns in good operating condition that can fire if dropped.

Then they shouldn't be your CCW.

[ChuckDizzle]

Don't forget the pistol in question could have been modified in some way to make it unsafe for drops that normally wouldn't cause any problems.

[pumpkinshooter]

Then they shouldn't be your CCW.

That is a separate discussion. If I had a ccw and only one pistol I think I would carry it whether it was "drop safe" by 2014 standards or not.