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I everyone I am new here but I’ve been lurking around for a few months, since just before I took my CHL class in April. I made what could have been a fatal mistake this morning and wanted so share so hopefully someone else will not make the same one.

During a break at work I went to the ladies room, I had my pants positioned in a way, which I thought, held my gun from falling out of its IWB holster, apparently I was very, very wrong. My gun fell out of its holster and discharged. Thank God and I don’t mean that as an exclamation but at a true and sincere thanks to God the bullet went in to outside wall to the right and behind me. I picked up my gun and unloaded it and checked for where the bullet and then checked my self for any injuries. So now shaken and fearing I am going to throw-up (I didn’t) I manage to tell my coworkers what happened (they know I’m licensed and so is a fellow coworker) and let them know I had to go home for a few minutes. My husband is home so I explain to him what happened and he inspects the gun I was carrying. He says it is possible the firing pin is protruding more that it should be, regardless of that I want to warn everyone to remember to always be aware of the position of you firearm at all times. In the end it was my mistake that could have injured myself or one of my coworkers and I was my fault for not being aware. I am always careful to treat all of our guns as if they are loaded but this momentary lapse in awareness can happen to any one and I just hope someone can learn from my mistake. I should have also made sure the gun was in a holster that was a better fit than the one it was in. I it was not the guns fault it was mine.

If any one feels the need to let me have it because of my carelessness feel free my mistake could have hurt someone and I feel very bad about I just hope this helps someone else.

Thanks for taking the time to read this wish my first post could have been about something more positive.

Welcome to the forum and thank you for your candor. I am very glad there was no more damage than a hole in the wall.

What model of handgun was it?

You certainly should have it checked by a competent gunsmith. No modern firearm should discharge from being dropped.

- Jim

texasgirl wrote:. . . If any one feels the need to let me have it because of my carelessness feel free my mistake could have hurt someone and I feel very bad about I just hope this helps someone else.

Not hardly!! Thanks for posting this; it's a good reminder for us all. I've posted a few of my own mistakes, including one that could have gotten my youngest son killed, if he had needed to use his pistol to defend himself. It takes a lot of courage to post these events on an open forum and I sincerely thank you for doing so.

And welcome to TexasCHLforum! What an excellent first post.

Chas.

Welcome to the Forum. Sorry your first post had to be about something like this. Glad that your bullet didn't hit anyone and that you are able to post about it.

If I may ask why type of pistol was it? By your story it sounds that no one heard the shot. Kind of surprising.

Glad your OK, mistakes that we make ourselves and live through teach us more than any other source....

I was a 2 shot .38 derringer, ironically my husbands gun is being repaired because the safety was broken so since I was just going to be at work today I carried it so he would have the 9mm if he went somewhere.

Wildscar wrote:By your story it sounds that no one heard the shot. Kind of surprising.

Maybe she works in a foundry.

- Jim

Glad to hear that you are OK and nobody was injured. So do you feel like you aged about ten years in a split second or what.....;) Any repercussions from your employer?

just as an fyi from accident analysis point of view, what kind of weapon was it, and what was the condition of carry (ie: single action 1911, round in chamber, hammer back, safety on, "aka condition 1").

whew........i type too slow...........

Our office is in a really old building with concrete walls and is really long and narrow, the restroom are in the back. When I came out of the restroom one of my coworkers had come to the back because she thought something had fallen from the shelves of the storage closet but said it didn’t quite sound right. When I walked out of the restroom and she saw the look on my face she asked “Do I want to know what that was I heard?�

texasgirl wrote:Our office is in a really old building with concrete walls and is really long and narrow, the restroom are in the back. When I came out of the restroom one of my coworkers had come to the back because she thought something had fallen from the shelves of the storage closet but said it didn’t quite sound right. When I walked out of the restroom and she saw the look on my face she asked “Do I want to know what that was I heard?�

Well I guess it could have been worse on many diffrent levels. Good thing it wasnt.

Glad you're okay ... !!!

Which derringer is it?

Don't know much about the derringers. Do any of them have a firing pin block to prevent a discharge if the weapon is dropped?

I am glad no one got hurt. I bet your ears will be ringing a couple days.

It's an older one it belonged to my husband's uncle think it's made by American Derringer. It doesn't have a trigger block. So far nothing has happened at work so I'll just have to wait and see about that. The office manager was here when it happened but the owner is at one of the other offices. I guess it good I work for a small company I'm sure any were else I would have been show the door and asked for my office key back by now.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

texasgirl wrote:. . . If any one feels the need to let me have it because of my carelessness feel free my mistake could have hurt someone and I feel very bad about I just hope this helps someone else.

Not hardly!! Thanks for posting this; it's a good reminder for us all. I've posted a few of my own mistakes, including one that could have gotten my youngest son killed, if he had needed to use his pistol to defend himself. It takes a lot of courage to post these events on an open forum and I sincerely thank you for doing so.

And welcome to TexasCHLforum! What an excellent first post.

Chas.

+1 here...

After looking at the rest of the posts, that is a firearm I would resign to being holstered in a good pocket rig that covers all aspects of the exposed trigger in all conditions...Period...No ifs, ands or buts...

Its a great little pistol for its intended purpose, but one I feel not very condusive to a rapid draw and immediate respond to a threat kind of firearm...To me they are clandestine, covert, discrete (dig out of the pocket) "surprise, you thought I was unarmed Mr. BeeGee" pistol...

I am really glad all it did was dig a hole in the wall and that you were not hurt in this incident...

And mostly that you work in a place that appears to not be to upset by the accident...You are very lucky...

Keep us posted!