An unintentional discharge is the event of a firearm discharging (firing) at a time not intended by the user. An unintended discharge may be produced by...

agencies[which?] discontinued use of the firearm due to concerns over unintentional discharges. The Fraternal Order of Police's Wisconsin state lodge recommended...

by the Japanese Army to include a magazine safety, to prevent unintentional discharges during cleaning that were common among Japanese personnel. Naming...

seen in some Westerns, is problematic. First, the danger of an unintentional discharge could fatally wound the wielder. Second, many early revolvers of...

role in the second season and the character died following the unintentional discharge of a handgun at his birthday party. After his departure from the...

Customs and Border Protection, the P-320, came under fire for unintentional discharge of the firearm. The semi-automatic pistol is used internationally...

Danish dubbed hovsa-missilet ('The Whoopsie Missile'), was an unintentional discharge of a live Harpoon missile by Danish frigate HDMS Peder Skram during...

pounds of pressure, to help prevent unintentional discharge. A firing pin spring and low-mass hammer prevent discharge if the handgun is dropped. Both the...

integrity of the firing pin block; if the firing pin block is worn, an unintentional discharge can result when the decocker is engaged. Because of this, the decocker...

greatly increase the risk of the unintentional discharge of a chambered round. In order for the round to discharge, the full double-action pull would...

single-action only handguns as an unacceptable risk and liability of unintentional discharge when a law enforcement official involved in a potentially lethal...

and the risk of accidental discharge, which was improved somewhat by the introduction of the flintlock, though unintentional firing continued to be a serious...

bullet pictograms and it also serves as a manual safety against unintentional discharge. The selector is ambidextrous and its lever is mirrored on both...

to see his wife in the ladies compartment and was killed in an unintentional discharge by Manmathnath Gupta, but this made it a manslaughter case. Following...

head by a pitch 1925 Thomas Coates — Outfielder Oshkosh Indians — unintentional discharge of firearm 1909 William Coffey 22 Pitcher Pampa Oilers — automobile...

round in the chamber to the point where it ignites, causing an unintentional discharge. To minimize the risk of cartridge cook-off, machineguns can be...

A slamfire is a discharge of a firearm occurring as a cartridge is being loaded into the chamber. Some firearms are designed to slamfire, but the term...

shootings (unintentional discharges) by police officers. An Associated Press report found that there were 1,422 unintentional discharges by officers...

inside the magazine well. The trigger has a tendency to produce unintentional discharges if the trigger pull is set too light. In the standard versions...

on 19 August 1944 when he was hit by several bullets from an unintentional discharge by a Sten gun shortly after a large group of resistance fighters...

times among the elasmobranchs and teleosts. These fish use their electric discharges for navigation, communication, mating, defence, and in strongly electric...

States, in 2004, when a military aircraft on a training mission unintentionally discharged 27 cannon rounds while attempting to operate an aircraft mounted...

inside the magazine well. The trigger has tendency to produce unintentional discharges if the trigger pull is set too light. The magazine is either a...

locked forward it's possible the shotgun may fire, resulting in an unintentional discharge or "slam fire". Remington continued production of Model 887 shotguns...

unintentional drowning, other land transportation accidents, and unintentional discharge of firearms. The dual systems model proposes that mid-adolescence...

accidental discharges. Moreover, safety notch and "half-cock" style safeties are prone to breakage which can result in unintentional discharges leading to...

missed and Wellington was not alarmed as he thought the shot was an unintentional discharge from a sentry. Cantillon was chased by a guard but escaped from...

An electric arc (or arc discharge) is an electrical breakdown of a gas that produces a prolonged electrical discharge. The current through a normally...

lock the bolt in the closed position to reduce the likelihood of unintentional discharges inherent in the design. Most changes to the production process...

"ineffective" about a third of the time. The Taser device had been "unintentionally discharged" more often than they had been used properly in the line of duty...