If you feel the need to carry a handgun, as an ER doc who has seen too many shot up legs (and as a guy who has from time to time carried), some friendly advice:
1. Your handgun should ALWAYS have a safety, preferably a thumb safety. Heavy trigger pulls and grip safeties won’t save you.
2. Use a holster that covers the trigger guard.
3. Unload your firearm as soon as you don’t anticipate any need for it.
Every year I see people shoot themselves, and kids routinely kill people with found guns.
Is there some markedly dominant way in which people shoot their own legs? (I wonder whether it usually happens when the gun is still in the holster and they're trying to grab it, or when they've just pulled it out and are bringing it to a more horizontal position, or in some other situation I'm not thinking of.)
@robryk in guys in their 20s, it is invariably from doing stupid quickdraw “coolguy” stuff, usually after a few beers, and increasingly frequently while recording themselves 🤦
@weaselx86 @mcnado @robryk I’ve see that guy shoot himself so many times.
@robryk I see many different ways, but a common one is people using unsafe holsters that don’t cover the trigger, with a firearm with no safety, and something (probably a finger) catches the trigger while putting it in a pocket or waistband. Just so stupidly avoidable.