Mine are indeed unloaded when I clean them.
This is the same idiocy as the zero tolerance policies. My Glocks and several other defensive weapons are loaded. My AR-15 and several other weapons are not.
This is a matter of personal responsibility not mind numbed robotics. You should know whether a gun is loaded or not. When the goblins are at the door don't aim a "always loaded" weapon at them that really might be unloaded.
Bottom line is to police your weapons and know the truth.
This is the same idiocy as the zero tolerance policies. My Glocks and several other defensive weapons are loaded. My AR-15 and several other weapons are not...
When the goblins are at the door don't aim a "always loaded" weapon at them that really might be unloaded.
Bottom line is to police your weapons and know the truth.
To be most accurate, the saying should probably be "Treat every gun as though it may or may not be loaded", but for safety-related sayings brevity and prosody are usually preferable to precision. Especially when you consider that the sayings are designed to be as useful as possible to inexperienced shooters, and generally only experienced shooters should expect to be in a situation where they'll be killed if their gun doesn't go "bang" [anyone inesperienced shooter who expects to use a firearm in such a situation should try to become an experienced shooter first].
As another example, how do the rules "always know your target and backstop" and "keep your finger off the trigger until your gun is on target" fit into clay shooting? At most clay target ranges, there is no backstop. And any clay shooter who keeps his finger off the trigger until the gun is on target is virtually guaranteed to miss.