Here we're free to modify our guns as we see fit.
The word 'tamper' does not, thankfully, apply because it infers lack of authorization..
tamper
verb
interfere with (something) in order to cause damage or make unauthorized alterations.
Some of us still have problems with 'authority'. It seems to be our basic nature here.
The accidents I've seen reported seem to not be directly related to irresponsible metal removal, but rather to operator error of some type.
You can hardly blame the gun or modifications thereto when a failure is caused by an obstruction or a loading error.
How do you 'proof' a shooter? Mistakes happen, just like in any endeavor. There are no examples of manmade things that have not failed catastrophically at one time or another. You get on the Titanic, you drive over a bridge, you put a shell in a gun.... you take your chances.
Engineers can't, experts aren't, and people are just people.
"... a totally unrecognizable genie has once again unbuttoned his pants and urinated on the pillar of science." - E.K. Gann
