I have a younger brother who is a state trooper. His first year out of the academy, he was full of himself (a side effect of any police academy I would guess) and carried a 1911 in a home made rig at the small of his back. He never set the thumb safety. Getting into his personal car one afternoon, the pistol discharged and left a severe burn down the crack of his ass, and a hole in the seat and floor of his new Mustang. He's carried a .38 in his pocket since then (about 21 years now).