[Smokin' Joe]

After nearly half a century of following those basic ideas (not sure they were "rules" when my dad and granddad taught them to me), I have yet to shoot anything I did not intend to.

Works for me.

Not loading your firearm until it is ready for use is a conundrum. It isn't ready until loaded.

[xsrdx]

Not loading your firearm until it is ready for use is a conundrum. It isn't ready until loaded.

The NRA point is that guns not in active use should be verified unloaded.

"All guns are always loaded" is clearly not true - while they should always be approached with that assumption, they shouldn't BE loaded unless they NEED to be loaded.