Because I'm perfect, and I have never had a gun discharge when I didn't want it to, it would be easy for me to get all high and mighty about accidental discharges. But, since, as Jay points out, it can happen to even the best of us, I'm not so much here to attack the fact that ANYONE can make a mistake, but more the terminology involved when that mistake happens.
Case in point, this story made it in the Kitsap Sun today:
Chico man accidently shoots friend in leg
CHICO —A 23-year-old man was accidentally shot in the leg by a friend at a Fairway Lane apartment complex Friday night, according to the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies were called to the apartment on the 3800 block of Fairway just before 10:30 p.m. They found a 23-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the thigh. Another 23-year-old said he had recently repaired his pistol and was putting it away when he accidentally "bumped" the trigger and it went off, hitting his friend.
Deputies found both men had been drinking. Both confirmed the shooting was accidental, deputies said in reports.
As part of their investigation, deputies collected evidence, including the firearm and bullet, which had lodged in a wall.
The injured 23-year-old was taken to Harrison Medical Center for treatment.
This is a perfect example of using the word 'accidental' when the word they are really looking for is NEGLIGENT. Heck...drinking and 'accidentally bumping' the trigger is more in the realm of 'asking for it' than 'accidental' .
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