This story made me nauseous. Have a good rest of your life you irresponsible sack of shit.
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Nobody (well, not me) said you should rely on gizmos. I don't rely on my seatbelt. It's there in case I, or someone else, makes a mistake.
Nobody (well, not me) said you should rely on gizmos. I don't rely on my seatbelt. It's there in case I, or someone else, makes a mistake.
I do think that anyone that owns a firearm needs to have at least some basic safety training.
Since I haven't been around long enough to see such a thread, how will it go?just don't start a "do you wear your seatbelt?" thread, or the all-time chamption "do you turn your car off when filling it with gas?" thread.
i don't need a gun to talk to my brain. my brain already knows how to interact with the gun. i also disagree in that a mag safety could "save someone's life". rely on all these gizmos and gadgets and you forget the fundamentals and you forget the simple shit like simply checking the chamber and mag well. it's not rocket science.
I do the exact same thing every single time. This is pure stupidity. You can't fix stupid. Feel bad for the family. This should never happen EVER.I agree. I always check my own guns even when I know for a fact that they are not loaded, or have been handled by anyone else because as humans we are all susceptible to making mistakes unless we "measure twice, cut once".
unbelievable.
i always stress when i teach the Home Firearm Safety class.
Take the ammo out of the room when you clean your gun! I dont know how people ND while cleaning there guns!
unbelievable. put your license back in it's cracker jacks box sir
It can happen if you simply get distracted and change the sequence of: remove the mag, check the chamber...
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...and thinking about it, I suppose that while the best safety is the one between your ears, mistakes can happen and in that scenario a mag disconnect could save someone' life.
Damn Terminator03, dad is a carpenter/owns a hardware store and I've been around construction my entire life. "measure twice, cut once" is new to me. +1, love it
"I don't think he meant to hold it in that direction. There must've been a bullet lodged in the chamber and it fired and hit him," added Simmons.
I ALWAYS clear a firearm before I go and clean it. It's the way I was taught all those decades ago (by my father who was an NRA certified instructor). Takes all of a few seconds to make sure the weapon is clear before you start handling it (when not on the firing line).
I really don't understand how these things can happen with people that are either responsible, or have more than a few living brain cells. Also, not knowing exactly where the firearm is being pointed is unacceptable. Even when cleared you should know exactly where it's being pointed, and if there's anything in line with it. 99.99% of the time, I point towards the floor/ground when dry firing a weapon, even when I know (for a fact) that it's clear. It's just a good habit to have.
People like this are bad examples that the anti's will use to try and pass more laws.
I didn't really have someone teach me but I use common sense. When I clean my guns I leave the ammo abd magazines in the safe unless I'm cleaning the magazines(OCD). Then the ammo stays in the safe. Sad story but could have been prevented
"Weapon unloaded, chamber is clear, weapon de-cocked and on safe" - that's what got stuck in my head back
from boot camp 33 years ago. Everyone passing a gun had to adhere to the procedure and the one receiving
the gun had to check himself immediately. Doesn't leave room for effing up.
like my driving instructor used to say, "you don't go when the light turns green, you go when it's safe to proceed--the only thing a green light tells you is the bulb is working."
Apparently, the village idiot Mayor Bloomberg is running ads about guns, but as expected, even the ads are wrong:
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What part of ALWAYS keep the firearm pointed in a safe direction isn't clear? This is a completely avoidable tragedy.
This family is lost.
How can the father live with himself?
How can the mother live with the father?
How can the sibling ever look at their father the same way again. WTF
Apparently, the village idiot Mayor Bloomberg is running ads about guns, but as expected, even the ads are wrong:
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See any problems?