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<blockquote data-quote="WoodsCraft" data-source="post: 4078851" data-attributes="member: 51836">Simeon Hendrickson, 61, was cleaning one of his weapons in the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/chicago/index.html" target="_blank">Chicago</a> suburb of Bollingbrook last Saturday afternoon.He accidentally discharged the gun and hit his wife Laurie Hendrickson, 60. Police said Simeon Hendrickson then turned the handgun on himself, taking his own life.It&#039;s complacency and it comes with the&nbsp; &quot; I am a pro mentality and know what I&#039;m doing &quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; . Some of the most unsafe people I know with a with a firearm are police officers with whom I have worked and yes firearms Instructors , both CLEET and NRA certified .&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I could tell some stories but probably shouldn&#039;t&nbsp; about being at work in a former life when an negligent discharge has occurred.&nbsp; Those ND&#039;s&nbsp; have included shooting bathroom stall doors,&nbsp; their cars&nbsp; , the ceiling etc.&nbsp; All of them would have told you right to the moment before the incident happened , they all had at least a decade of carrying daily and knew how to handle a gun safely and they don&#039;t need your advise or admonishments about safe handling. I&#039;ll even go so far as to say some of the worst shots I have ever seen were also cops, more than you might imagine will only shoot when they are required to for training or qualification. And no I am not joking ,&nbsp; in short because of the above being a state&nbsp; certified firearms anything really doesn&#039;t impress me . Kinda like when a certain well known (or at least he used to be well known)&nbsp; guru trainer and instructor&nbsp; ... went on the first season of Top Shot and was sent home in the first episode .</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WoodsCraft, post: 4078851, member: 51836"] [B]Simeon Hendrickson, 61, was cleaning one of his weapons in the [URL='https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/chicago/index.html']Chicago[/URL] suburb of Bollingbrook last Saturday afternoon. He accidentally discharged the gun and hit his wife Laurie Hendrickson, 60. Police said Simeon Hendrickson then turned the handgun on himself, taking his own life.[/B] It's complacency and it comes with the " I am a pro mentality and know what I'm doing " . Some of the most unsafe people I know with a with a firearm are police officers with whom I have worked and yes firearms Instructors , both CLEET and NRA certified . I could tell some stories but probably shouldn't about being at work in a former life when an negligent discharge has occurred. Those ND's have included shooting bathroom stall doors, their cars , the ceiling etc. All of them would have told you right to the moment before the incident happened , they all had at least a decade of carrying daily and knew how to handle a gun safely and they don't need your advise or admonishments about safe handling. I'll even go so far as to say some of the worst shots I have ever seen were also cops, more than you might imagine will only shoot when they are required to for training or qualification. And no I am not joking , in short because of the above being a state certified firearms anything really doesn't impress me . Kinda like when a certain well known (or at least he used to be well known) guru trainer and instructor ... went on the first season of Top Shot and was sent home in the first episode . [/QUOTE]

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