Not a he said/she said or an anti-gun propaganda......I personally witnessed two times (1997 & 1998) Remington 700 30-06 rifle discharges
Both times they were being unloaded after a day of deer hunting....... both times different guns, different hunters (not me)
In 1998 at lunch after I was telling the story about my nephews gun going off the year before, one guy in the hunting party said "Impossible, I bought my Rem 700 23 yrs ago and my gun has never discharged on it's own"........at the end of the day while he was unloading as soon as he put the safety in the fire position to unload the gun fired
The guns in question have been the older ones with two-position safety.....in order to unload the safety has to be put in the fire position......that's when they go bang......all the newer guns with three position safety are not the questionable ones