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What are the legal consequences for accidental or negligent discharges, or what could they be?
I mean specifically for cases where there is no injury, harm, death etc, but rather just a dead toilet, holed dishwasher or broken tiles.
Posted : 09/08/2026 8:22 am
Depends on who witnesses it, and what they choose to do about it. If nobody sees or hears, it didn't happen.
There are laws defining where a firearm may be discharged. Accident or not, it's a discharge. The charge is therefore at most discharge of a firearm in [ wherever it's not legal to do so ]. Energetic young socialists will be very keen to use the opportunity to disrupt your life and further their political agenda by adding additional charges such as endangering lives, etc. The legal consequence may be what Julius is facing for doing the same thing intentionally. Except for him, they will quietly lose the docket.
Reasonable people will treat it as an accident, not involve the police, and move on.
Posted : 09/08/2026 9:22 am
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Reasonable people will treat it as an accident, not involve the police, and move on.
This is wisdom! Even a reasonable police officer would adher to it, should there be a complaint.
Posted : 09/08/2026 11:17 am
Maybe I am the odd one out, but I personally think that there should be consequences for having a ND.
We all know that AD's are very few and far between. If you have a ND, you screwed up. At the very least there should be a course on the rules of safe firearm handling.
Posted : 10/08/2026 4:11 am