No... not soon forgotton... OR lived down. I'm the TV sniper...
Yes, more than one rule was broken. I'm not proud of it.
The way our house is situated I dry fire when my Mom's out of the kitchen, only two directions to point (mobile), and one direction goes to HER room.
Your comments have really helped me... thanks guys. I was super depressed last night, and after cleaning for a few hours today I feel better. Now I need to get out some puddy, and fix that dang TV cabinet (the bullet missed a Sony Trinitron by inches), and figure out how I'm going to replace a roof to floor mirror.
Well, I gots myself into this darn mess, I'm going to get myself out of it.
Funny thing though, I felt no recoil at all. Just shock. My first reaction was to clear the mag, then I set the rifle down, and then I was deaf and numb for 30 seconds. Then it came to me... ND! I got up and ran into the living room to see what happened, noticed it went through the wall in my room, through the TV cabinet, through a recliner, nicked another wall, and straight in the middle into the TV... then, Mom woke up and... well, conversation isn't safe for AmBack.