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"If the "Browning .380" in question was a BDA, there's a "decocking" lever to safely drop the hammer after a round is loaded, at which point it becomes a double-action for the first shot.

If one does not drop the hammer, it's possible to carry it in a "cocked and locked" mode. Possible, that is, if one is a complete idiot, since you're essentially eliminating one of the basic safety features of the weapon. I'm wondering if this guy just earned his "complete idiot" badge. "

Well, considering the trigger pull weight of that weapon in double-action mode, I would assume that this idiot did not "accidentally" discharge his Browning if it was in that mode.

Knowing the weapon, I'm assuming that he had it cocked and locked, but either forgot the safety or "accidentally" unsafed the weapon. Then, while fumbling with it while sitting down to prevent discomfort, he triggered it.

I don't see how he could have fired it while in the shoulder holster if it was in double-action mode.

I'm assuming that he had it cocked and locked,

Yeah, that'd be my guess, too.

Probably wanted to carry it like the guys with the big guns do.

Think I'll give him a call and ask if he's got room to add me as beneficiary on the family life insurance policy. :-)