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Wow... That’s interesting. Thankfully it was at least a mistake without a really bad ending. Good on you for paying attention and noticing when something “didn’t look quite right”. Very heads-up. That’s the difference between a good day and a bad day, right there.

Maybe mistakes like that serve a useful purpose after all. It jerks our chain a little and reminds us that we’re ~all~ capable of blowing it. One of the things that really cheezes me off around here are those threads about a gun accident where all sorts of yahoos chime in about how they’d never be so stupid as the guy in the story. While of course we’d all like to think we’re absolutely safe all the time... IMHO there’s nobody so dangerous as the guy that thinks he’s incapable of error.

While of course we’d all like to think we’re absolutely safe all the time... IMHO there’s nobody so dangerous as the guy that thinks he’s incapable of error.

Yup. Which is exactly why the 'gun rules' are redundant. It is not physically possible to always have a gun pointed at something you don't mind shooting. It is possible to only do that when your finger is off the trigger and it is verified unloaded. The rules are set up so that you CAN violate one of them, even two of them, and still not blow something away you don't want to. You have to break them all. I have pulled the slide and been shocked to see a round pop out. Another time I fell down a steep brushy hill with a loaded rifle that was not on safe. Things happen. Last time we were at the range there was this guy that carried his pistol down to the target with him. And he stood way in front of the line to shoot even with other people shooting. *Shudder* When I stop letting things like that bother me I will know I am in real trouble.