Did she put it in the box loaded AND cocked?? Inquiring minds need to know!
Also, was an NESer involved??
Also, was an NESer involved??
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"ringing in ears and stinging hands"....someone is looking for some disability and a payout.
In other words the employee wasn't injured in the event.
Stinging hands...
.357 is loud, but not loud enough to warrant medical attention for ringing ears. Douchebag employee looking for a payday.
As for the revolver...single action i would think it had to be cocked. Thats a special kind of stupid, lucky no one got killed.
Stinging hands...
.357 is loud, but not loud enough to warrant medical attention for ringing ears. Douchebag employee looking for a payday.
I'd guess it was an older Blackhawk that doesn't have the transfer bar.Did she put it in the box loaded AND cocked?? Inquiring minds need to know!
Also, was an NESer involved??
some people are so dumb they make you ashamed of being human.
Stinging hands... .357 is loud, but not loud enough to warrant medical attention for ringing ears. Douchebag employee looking for a payday. As for the revolver...single action i would think it had to be cocked. Thats a special kind of stupid, lucky no one got killed.
That woman is a really a stupid person; not ignorant but plain stupid if she doesn't think that sending a handgun in the mail is not safe....especially a loaded one.
You can't legally ship a firearm using the USPS.
Stinging hands...
You can't legally ship a firearm using the USPS.
I disagree on that as someone who suffers from tinnitus. It only takes one time above the threshold for it to start. It started for me in summer of 1966, Colt SAA in 44-40, friend of mine, no hearing protection (who wore muffs then?) Just a subtle ringing in the left ear that got progressively worse over the decades. One shot, one time can do it because everyone is different and each of us can tolerate loud noises above the threshold differently. Some have a genetic predisposition towards hearing loss when exposed to loud noises while others have titanium ear drums. I'll be glad to trade my hearing for yours and I have practiced sound hearing conservation for decades but it takes its toll. One time is all it takes believe me.
Depends how they were holding it when it fired. If their hands were over the cylinder gap, they were lucky stinging hands were all they got:
Ruger has/had a recall for older blackhawk models, (see below, quoted in entirety); but I very seriously doubt that the firearm went off because the postal worked "picked up" the package... Sounds more like a combination of errors. Obviously the gun should NOT have been shipped with ammunition in it. That's an incredibly stupid thing to do, (as well as violating a number of shipping laws). After that, I'm betting the revolver wasn't packed well, and that it was handled with less than care.
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I doubt a woman dumb enough to ship a loaded gun in a package would know or care about any such regulations. She's probably an oxygen thief.
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As a new employee of a gun maker, I am not even remotely surprised by this. I just actually saw pictures from a guy who put his hands on the muzzle and back of the slide of a gun and somehow fired it because he had one in the chamber. Went through his hand and the side of the car. People are fools.
I disagree on that as someone who suffers from tinnitus. It only takes one time above the threshold for it to start. It started for me in summer of 1966, Colt SAA in 44-40, friend of mine, no hearing protection (who wore muffs then?) Just a subtle ringing in the left ear that got progressively worse over the decades. One shot, one time can do it because everyone is different and each of us can tolerate loud noises above the threshold differently. Some have a genetic predisposition towards hearing loss when exposed to loud noises while others have titanium ear drums. I'll be glad to trade my hearing for yours and I have practiced sound hearing conservation for decades but it takes its toll. One time is all it takes believe me.