Some years ago I managed to get a letter printed in the newspaper that is the source of this article, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, explaining that almost certainly, the shotgun that “went off” in the police evidence locker, wounding one or both of the cops present (can’t remember, I think it was one), almost certainly did not do so without help from one of the cops present. I also noted that the “accidental discharge” (a term I greatly dislike) discussed in their article was almost certainly better described as a “negligent discharge” (preferred term) and explained how LTC Cooper’s Four Rules of Firearms Safety were almost certainly violated.
I was pretty happy I got it printed.
When someone - or an article - states that the gun “accidentally went off”, I ask them how often do their hooked-up power tools suddenly start running. Deer-in-headlights response and an awkward silence.
On some of those, the trigger pull is heavier than a handgun.