US Airways pilot's gun discharges while in flight

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I am a retired airline pilot and am not a fan of pilots having guns. It doesn't bother me that much that they do because an accidental discharge in the cockpit would likely at the worst exit the skin of the aircraft and leave a tiny hole that would not affect pressurization much like in the movies. We have had big birds come through the skin of the nose and leave large gaping holes and blood everywhere but the plane landed safely. Any time a gun discharges people can get hurt and systems can get damaged but the fact it happens in an airplane doesn't automatically make it a disaster. The press would like to make it seem that way though.

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