Judy Collins and Handgun Safety

I liked this story from Stephen Holden's review of Judy Collins' engagement at the Cafe Carlyle (although the ending obviously could have been far less humorous):

Her wildest tale described an adventure in Chicago on a winter night in which she caroused until 3 a.m. with two folk-singing colleagues, one of whom gave her a handgun for protection during the walk back to her hotel. Once safely in her room, she tried to remove the clip, and the gun went off.