An accident is an unexpected negative outcome not connected to a specific action or cause that could otherwise be avoided.

She made a mistake.

I have little tolerance for people who make mistakes with firearms and ammunition. It is a product of my conditioning as a hunter eductaion instructor and a range officer. Maybe I blow such events out of proportion. It is events such as these that prompt the PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER. to err on the side of caution and support irrational gun control measures more and more.

If she's not willing to take such hazards serious enough to be accountable, then she should never have had the shells in the first place. Her attitude the month prior is far too casual and nonchalant for my comfort.

Such attitudes are counter-intuitive to survival. She gets honorable mention in Darwin Awards selection.