ABSTRACT
Humans interact with handguns in a variety of environmental situations, under various physiological, cognitive, and emotional states, and with varying degrees of handgun safety training and experience. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss these conditions as they affect and degrade human performance, thus potentially leading to unintentional shootings. In particular, those factors that the authors have experienced in their research and investigations that have actually led to unintentional discharges and serious injury or death are discussed in depth.
