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Greebo said:Rule #1: The gun is ALWAYS loaded. I don't care if you just pulled the bolt back and stuck your finger inside the gun checking for a bullet and the magazine is in detroit, the gun is loaded!
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Greebo said:Rule #1: The gun is ALWAYS loaded. I don't care if you just pulled the bolt back and stuck your finger inside the gun checking for a bullet and the magazine is in detroit, the gun is loaded!
#4 Always be sure of what is around and behind your target.Greebo said:I hate to be disagreeable, but rules 2 and 3 are different.
Rule #2: Never point the gun at anything you do not intend to shoot.
Rule #3: Never put your finger on the trigger until you intend to shoot what you're pointing at.
THEN Rule #4 goes back to rule #1.
Anthony said:Inspired by Mark and Agatha, I started my wife target shooting in preparation for taking a gun safety course (mandatory in Colorado if you want a CCW). While at the range a spent shell casing went down her shirt. Yes they're hot and she showed the necessary discipline to keep the gun pointed down range, then safetied the weapon, putting it down, again facing down range. No I didn't help her get the shell casing out. I was really proud of her and she's doing great. She now wears a baseball cap and crew neck sweatshirt while target shooting.
Mark S said:Anthony, Great that your wife is shooting. Sounds like she kept her wits about her with the hot shell casing. Must be a good instructor. Agatha got a casing that lodged between her safety glasses and her face one time and did the same thing. Hard to keep your head when stuff hurts like that.
Mark
Anthony said:Well, I've learned to not really "instruct" as that doesn't work with spouses. I just give general advice until I turn her over to the instructor on Saturday. Let him deal with her!
Anthony said:Correct! There is no excuse for having an A.D. (accidental discharge)
rpadula said:OK, then explain this one:
Cat accidentally shoots owner in Iron County home
BATES TOWNSHIP, Mich. An Upper Peninsula man is in the hospital after he was accidentally shot by his cat.
State troopers in Iron County showed up at Joseph Stanton's home in Bates Township last night to find him wounded in the lower torso. The 29-year-old man was cooking when his cat knocked a loaded nine millimeter handgun off the counter.
The gun discharged and a bullet struck Stanton.
Stanton was taken to a county hospital for treatment. There's no word on his condition.
http://www.woodtv.com/global/story.asp?s=3052691&ClientType=Printable
Greebo said:I hate to be disagreeable, but rules 2 and 3 are different.
Rule #2: Never point the gun at anything you do not intend to shoot.
Rule #3: Never put your finger on the trigger until you intend to shoot what you're pointing at.
THEN Rule #4 goes back to rule #1.
Joe Williams said:Still no excuse. If he owned a firearm that can discharge simply by being dropped, then it shouldn't have been kept with a round in the chamber, IMHO.
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I'm very proud of your wife, I know how hot those casings are, I had a 45ACP land between my glasses bow and my temple. It was the last shot in the 1911A1, it locked back, and hit the shooters bench about the same time my glasses did.
Anthony said:That's correct. Firearms suitable for home defense and carry don't just "go off" when dropped. There are firing pin blocks and other safety designs built in to stop that from happening. Still I wouldn't drop one. However, poetic justice would have the cat getting shot, not the owner, but there's still time for that.
Joe Williams said:There are a number of firearms quite suitable for home defense that may fire when dropped with a round in the chamber. For example, Series 70 and older Government Models are imminently suited to home defense, but have no firing pin block. Same is true of slightly older S&W revolvers, and some carbines. They simply should not be kept with a round in the chamber.
Anthony said:Firearms suitable for home defense and carry don't just "go off" when dropped.
Anthony said:That's correct. Firearms suitable for home defense and carry don't just "go off" when dropped. There are firing pin blocks and other safety designs built in to stop that from happening. Still I wouldn't drop one. However, poetic justice would have the cat getting shot, not the owner, but there's still time for that.
lancefisher said:No, I think it's poetic justice that the gun owner is the one who got shot. Theoretically he's supposed to be the one with gun safety knowledge, not the cat.