[4pipes]

My daughter just called to say that their neighbor just had a tragic accident. The husband was cleaning his guns and accidentally fatally shot himself, leaving two small boys and a wife.

I've heard of these kind of accidents over the years and don't understand how they can happen. I've never owned a firearm, so I don't have an appreciation of the series of actions that lead to these accidents. Can you enlighten me......I'm just really curious. Is there a point in the cleaning process when you both point the barrel at yourself AND pull the trigger?