A lady shot herself in the leg while she was scooping snow the other day. A SA revolver,Uberti, fell out of her holster and discharged. I am proud of the way our local media covered the story. The article said that SA's without modern safetys are prone to this accident. They said that handguns should be securely strapped into their holsters. They forgot to mention that SA's without a transfer bar safety should be carried with an empty chamber under the hammer, but hey we can't all be perfect. They reported that the lady had loaded the gun with five 357 hollowpoints and one 38 lead RN. The gun fired the 38, and they explained what a difference in outcome that made. What is even more amazing instead of the usual anti gun tirade, they explained that the lady lived in a rough neighborhood and thus packed the 6 shooter while she cleaned her walk.
I felt the article was so good that I wrote a letter to the editor with some KUDOS. I also told a story that an old Indian had told me when I lived in Alaska. He had shot himself in the stomach with a SA 357. Same story, a revolver without a transfer bar fell out of his holster. Only this old boy didn't shoot himself in the leg with a 38 special in town with a cell phone handy. He was by himself in a boat miles from civilization. He managed to make it to help and lived to tell his story.
