[Dan from Michigan]

Lawmakers have ensured that no federal agency has the power to set safety standards for firearms manufactured in the United States.

There is one. IT's called the BATF....or F troop.

attempts to impose safety standards for guns.

"Turn em in" is your 'safety standard.

bad decisions by gun handlers

Then DON'T MAKE BAD DECISIONS!!!!!!!!

family friend who was unloading the gun when it discharged

There's rule one.....Never point the gun at something you are not willing to destroy.

There was no easy way to tell the gun was loaded

It's always loaded if you know gun safety, dumbass.

fired even after the magazine — the clip with ammunition — had been removed. Did you forget the one in the chamber?

the safety — the main feature that prevents unintentional discharges — has to be turned off when the gun

The only safety that counts is the one between your ears. Another BASIC gun safety rule.

Many victims experienced with handling firearms

Doesn't always mean they know gun safety. BTW - I've NEVER dropped my gun.

preventing accidents among people with limited knowledge of firearms

No it would not. EDUCATION Would. We can start with RULE 1.

"Then they try to scare the other child by pointing the gun right in his or her face and pulling the trigger. They expect to hear a click, but the gun goes off."

Again, RULE 1

The gun didn’t have a safety to prevent it from firing once the magazine was removed.

Gun Safety 101 - Guns are always loaded.

he pointed the gun at her head and pulled the trigger

I sound like a broken record here, RULE 1

When in fact the barrel chamber may still contain a cartridge and shoot if the trigger is pulled.

No shit. It's been that way as long as I can remember. Standard rule about the 'one in the chamber' in semis.

If you can stomach the rest of this. The rest of the reports are Here

And Lastly, if you follow the rules of gun safety, there shouldn't be a problem. I NEVER point a gun at someone unless it's intentional. I keep my finger OFF the trigger until I'm ready to fire. My gun is ALWAYS loaded(even when there's no ammo in it).

It's that simple.

[Dan from Michigan]

BOOM!

[1066AD]

was moving file cabinets in 1985 at the Meijer store in Royal Oak where he worked when his gun slipped from its holster, hit the floor and fired. The bullet entered under Tunney’s bulletproof vest and exited his neck.
Wearing a bulletproof vest to move cabinets ? Seems odd.
Regarding recalls etc, the Ruger catalog invites those with the relevant old model to send them in for free upgrade.

[11Bush]

Internal memos, gun patents and employee depositions show that many of these safety features are cheap, easily installed and have been available for nearly a hundred years.

Stopped reading right here.

[300winmag]

If you can stomach the rest of this. The rest of the reports are Here

Once again, the Detroit News goes off on a RINO tangent. Maybe it's some sort of awards season for newspapers. The spinning, selective use of dubious statistics, and general dishonesty is worthy of the RAT commie-lovin' Detroit Free Press. And there are three more days of front-page "investigative reporting" to go.

About the only good that will come of this is that the News will run short reader comments at a ratio of 50-50 pro/con. On a gun issue, the Free Press would be 20-1 anti-gun, if they allowed even one pro-gun opinion to be printed.

[Inyo-Mono]

"The Texas farmer suffered brain damage in 1994 after he was shot in the head when a gun given to him as a birthday gift fell from his waistband and discharged... The gun, a replica of the classic Colt cowboy revolver made famous in movie Westerns, was manufactured in the early 1990s by Heritage Arms. The gun maker had good reason to know it was unsafe."

What a moronic statement. It has been well known for over 160 years, since Sam Colt invented the revolver, that you always have the hammer over an empty chamber. You load five in a sixshooter.

[BudgieRamone]

Jennings, Bryco, Raven.....all high quality firearms no doubt.

All of my guns have the same safety, its called "gray matter". You don't point it at someone, even in jest. Always index when you are holding it. If you MUST try the trigger pull, make SURE the gun is unloaded, point it in a safe direction...

[ExSoldier]

"The only safety that counts is the one between your ears. Another BASIC gun safety rule."

Ah HA! I knew it! This is the real reason liberals have "issues" with guns and other subjects having to do with freedom.

No ears and nothing to go between them.

[MichaelDammit]

Darwin at work.....

[DustyMoment]

Methinks someone forgot to post the CRAPOLA ALERT with this article.

This is just another gun hit piece by a liberal, anti-gun rag. Nothing to see here, except stupid people trying to figure out what the rattling noise inside their heads is.

[joesnuffy]

Safety?....this is my safety....

[ozzymandus]

"We would love to see these guns taken and melted down," said the scumbag trial lawyer. That pretty much sums up the whole gun-grabber position.

[Larry Lucido]

If I'm doing a tactical reload, I want that one round in the chamber to be able to fire if needed.

[Badray]

"At least 9,485 people were killed ? and another 127,000 wounded ? in unintentional shootings from 1993 to 2001."

With all of those shootings, why are all the stories from 10 and 20 years ago and not from last week?

To reduce the chance that our kids will drown, we don't hide the swimming pool and ocean. We teach them to swim. These ninnies want to ignore human nature, childhood curiosity, and common sense and want 'solve the problem' by keeping kids away from guns. We need to demystify guns by teaching kids AND adults about guns and gun safety.

[King Prout]

exactly.
one very minor quibble: I was taught that Rule#1 was "the gun is always loaded" and Rule#2 was "don't point a gun at anything you do not intend to shoot"

[Shooter 2.5]

It is a continuing annoyance to see people messing around with the safety rules. The four that have been developed over the years suffice entirely as now stated. There is no need for more, and we really cannot get by with fewer. However, some half-educated enthusiasts keep trying to make up a new set, or to add or subtract, which does nothing but serve to confuse matters. A major point of issue is Rule 1, "All guns are always loaded." There are people who insist that we cannot use this because it is not precisely true. Some guns are sometimes unloaded. These folks maintain that the rule should read that one should always treat all guns as if they were loaded. The trouble here is the "as if," which leads to the notion that the instrument at hand may actually not be loaded. This leads to disaster, yet we hear it all the time. Sometimes it appears we become so obsessed with the ephemeral goal of safety that we lose sight of the purpose of the exercise. Safety is not first. Safety is second. Victory (or success) is first.
Col. Jeff Cooper

[Shooter 2.5]

* All firearms are loaded. - There are no exceptions. Don't pretend that this is true. Know that it is and handle all firearms accordingly. Do not believe it when someone says: "It isn't loaded."
* Never let the muzzle of a firearm point at anything you are not willing to destroy. - If you would not want to see a bullet hole in it do not allow a firearm's muzzle to point at it.
* Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target. - Danger abounds if you keep your finger on the trigger when you are not about to shoot. Speed is not gained by prematurely placing your finger on the trigger as bringing a firearm to bear on a target takes more time than it takes to move your finger to the trigger.
* Be sure of your target and what is behind it. - Never shoot at sounds or a target you cannot positively identify. Know what is in line with the target and what is behind it (bullets are designed to go through things). Be aware of your surroundings whether on a range, in the woods, or in a potentially lethal conflict.

[vladog]

Its not the defective weapon, its the defective person who has the weapon, that's a problem.

[TC Rider]

Unlike the auto and other industries, gun makers are left to police themselves. Most treat safety features as optional, placing an unsuspecting public at risk.

With more than 190 million guns scattered across the country in 35 percent of all homes, just about every community is affected.

At least 9,485 people were killed — and another 127,000 wounded — in unintentional shootings from 1993 to 2001.

This is so easy..

9,485 divided by 8 years is 1185 gun deaths per year.

How many unintentional killings were committed by evil cars in that period?

It's clear to me that the auto industry must be divested of all regulation and legal harrasment as the gun industry, only then will we see a reduction in auto deaths to rival the gun industry!

[Travis McGee]

GEEEZ! Guns are dangerous in the hands of children with no gun safety training, and foolish adults!

Who knew??

[Smokin' Joe]

Yep.

Never point the gun at anything you do not want to shoot.

Always assume the gun is loaded. Personally check the chamber, then continue to handle the gun as if the gun is loaded. (Make papa nervous, watch everyone else shoot. You are done for the day.)

Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot.

Never, ever, rely on a safety to keep the gun from discharging.