"several times"? Other than the recent case in Houston area, I can't think of any others off top of my head. Remember too that many firearms discharges that are reported as "accidents" are truly caused by negligent or intentional human interaction with a gun and are not "accidents".mkc4091 wrote:I saw on the news several times when someone dropped their handgun in a restaurant or public places and it went off.
That said, any mechanical device CAN fail. How likely is a gun to fire if dropped? Not likely with a modern handgun full of passive and active safeties like those you mentioned - but that's just my own opinion based on anecdotal evidence.