In Maine, we had a man who accidentally shot another during an argument. 

I usually don’t include incidents like this because it’s too hard to draw the line on where the “accident” starts when guns are brandished in anger. 

But this report provided an illustrative (though far from unique) example, since the shooter claims he was “trying to shoot the floor.” 


Now, I think even firearms experts will agree that shooting a floor is probably something almost anyone can do successfully, even without any training whatsoever. 

That’s not the point. 

What was likely going on here, though, was a gun owner who thought he was skilled enough to get away with a “warning shot” as a way of “settling” the argument he was engaged in.