walkkenn wrote
Frequently, I was required to have the weapon loaded. I never discharged it, ... ever (accidentally).
So you are saying that you never had a negligent discharge. And how exactly did you achieve this remarkable feat? (I know very few people who actually have experienced such)
Might I suggest that you achieved this by following procedures properly, by never putting your finger inside the guard unless you were on target and prepared to actually fire, by checking the weapon was cleared before easing the spring/releasing the slide and firing off the action!
And I still insist the correct phrase is not "accidental" discharge, but "negligent" discharge.
I'm not saying anything about the program, the jurie's still out on that account, but to fire a weapon "accidentally" is never acceptable!