A gun doesn't "go off." The writer is incorrect to attribute the action to the gun.
1) Always assume the gun is loaded.
2) Never put your finger on the trigger until you are ready to shoot.
3) Never point the gun at anyone or anything you do not intend to shoot.
4) Know your target and what's beyond.
1 posted on
12/16/2014 10:03:46 AM PST by
grundle
To: grundle
The gun killed him....
Not her!!
2 posted on
12/16/2014 10:06:27 AM PST by
Osage Orange
(I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
To: grundle
I never take a gun from someone until they demonstrate that it is in fact unloaded. Also, alcohol and guns never mix. Why would you dry fire a gun? What does that prove. You can’t judge the recoil? Plus if it a rim fire, you’ll damage the barrel.
3 posted on
12/16/2014 10:08:31 AM PST by
defconw
(If not now, WHEN?)
To: grundle
i have never had a gun just “go off”. never accidentally. never all on its own. i will qualify that i’ve never had them in temperatures where ammo could either blow up from heat,or be shrunk and detonate by serious cold.
but even in these cases it would not be the gun doing it.
4 posted on
12/16/2014 10:09:37 AM PST by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: grundle
Too bad it wasn’t Glock. They have trigger safeties.
I know because I own several.
5 posted on
12/16/2014 10:12:40 AM PST by
umgud
(I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
To: grundle
Semi local and the first I’ve heard about it.
6 posted on
12/16/2014 10:14:06 AM PST by
Eagles6
(Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
To: grundle
Stupidity has consequences!
8 posted on
12/16/2014 10:32:44 AM PST by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: grundle
Beyond that, never hand a loaded weapon to ANYONE. The action must be open and locked and the chamber clear. Or the cylinder open and empty.
The deceased made a large mistake in that stead for which he paid with his life. Clear it, check it, lock the action open and check it again.
9 posted on
12/16/2014 10:35:44 AM PST by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are not inclined to commit crimes.)
To: grundle
I never hand my loaded gun to someone for this very reason. In my life I have seen 3 gun novice’s who’s first action upon being handed a gun was to immediately point at something (though not someone) and pull the trigger. None of these times was the gun loaded but the instinct is still there.
To: grundle
15 posted on
12/16/2014 12:34:00 PM PST by
AppyPappy
(If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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