Original sentence: A negligent discharge(ND) is an accidental discharging of a firearm involving culpable carelessness.A number of armed forces automatically consider any accidental discharge to be negligent discharge, under the assumption that a trained soldier always has control of his weapon at all times.In judicial and military technical terms, a negligent discharge is a chargeable offence.This is the case notably in the Canadian Army, the Royal Air Force and the British Army (The US Army, on the other hand, uses the term "accidental discharge")
Edited sentence: A negligent discharge(ND) is the Canadian Army's official term for the accidental discharging of a weapon.An ND is a chargeable offence under Canadian military law.Since a trained soldier is expected to always have control of his weapon at all times, any such discharge is automatically presumed to result from negligence.The Royal Air Force and British Army also use the term ND.The term Accidental Discharge (AD) is used in other militaries to mean the same thing