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I was working with some folks new to handguns. I was taking a lot of time showing them the basics and they were picking up on things pretty well. We finished up and I dutifully checked both guns for empty (for about the umpteenth time) and laid them on the counter in front of me. About that time I turned to talk to one of them. While I wasn't looking (or paying attention) the other person thought they would be helpful and put the mags back in the pistols, placing them dutifully back on the counter exactly as they were. I turned around and saw the pistols laying just as I had placed them so no flags went up. I grabbed the first one and pointed it in a safe direction to drop the slide and hammer. What happened next needs no description. Luckily it was a .22 and all it did was punch a nice, clean hole in the sheetrock before stopping in the wall header. All it took was a dab of filler and some touch-up paint to fix, but I stayed up for several nights running it through my head.

The bottom line is that I took for granted the guns were not tampered with after I had checked them for empty. Even though my attention was away from them for less than 10 seconds and they never got out of arm's reach, I still should have checked them for emty again. It only takes a moment....

Brad