Unloaded guns are just as dangerous as loaded ones.
Of course that’s a 1970’s meme I learned from my parents. But it echoes in my head anytime a gun is present so it serves its purpose.
>>>Unloaded guns are just as dangerous as loaded ones.
Of course that’s a 1970’s meme I learned from my parents. But it echoes in my head anytime a gun is present so it serves its purpose.<<<
I have also heard that most accidental/negligent shootings are with “unloaded” guns.
The first thing you do when picking up or being handed any gun is check to see if it is loaded, (while pointing it in a safe direction). That is true, whether it was handed to you at the range, by a gun shop employee, or if you pulled it out of the gun safe it has been sitting “unloaded” in for 6 months.
“I didn’t know it was loaded!” in an indictment on the person who had a negligent discharge. Of course you knew it was loaded. ALL guns are loaded. You can know a gun is not loaded (if you check), but you can never not know it was loaded.