Posted on 02/26/2014 2:14:34 PM PST by Lazamataz
Makes for a hell of a memorable demonstration, but I don't think I'd be willing to take it that far
I’m sure they’ll check her hands and clothes for GSR.
Yes it is.
My Daisy wasn't a Red Ryder, but it was "unloaded" one day when I decided to target my brother. Fortunately it hit him square in the middle of the Boy Scout web belt he was wearing. I was very surprised by the red welt it left.
I sure can't see how Cooper's rules are inadequate. I'll continue to use them. The "negative" aspect of the rules I find quite appropriate. Each rule suggests what can go wrong if you violate the rule.
I took a class at Frontsight several years ago. They made us sign an agreement as to how dry fire practice was to be carried out. This was because, with the thousands of students they had trained over the years, there had been several incidents in the nearby hotels.
The problem with dry fire practice is that you end up violating several of Cooper's rules. You have to assume the gun is unloaded. You have to aim at a target you don't really want to destroy. You have to touch the trigger even though you have no intention to fire.
The written agreement is to always use a dedicated target, put the target in a safe direction, and don't have the target available except when intentionally conducting a dry fire exercise. I'm not surprised by the NDs they suffered.
I think they needed a dedicated dry fire range that people could use before and after the training sessions and have people sign that they would only use that range for dry fire.
Thanks for the information.
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