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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts) Mon Jun 23, 2014, 06:52 AM Jun 2014

"Assume a gun is always loaded."

This is rule number one. Responsible gun owners do not clean their guns, play with their guns or do anything else with them until they check them carefully.

I am fed up with the morons who 'accidentally' shoot someone or something because they either never learned this rule or ignore it. They should be charged with whatever statute is on the books that could apply. Ignorance is no excuse for this.

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"Assume a gun is always loaded." (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Jun 2014 OP

and never take anyone's word for it either when handed a gun. hobbit709 Jun 2014 #1

So true. Are_grits_groceries Jun 2014 #2

"when handed a gun" pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #3

very true Duckhunter935 Jun 2014 #4

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

1. and never take anyone's word for it either when handed a gun.

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2014, 06:57 AM

Jun 2014

Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts)

2. So true.

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 23, 2014, 07:09 AM

Jun 2014

You are responsible for that gun once it's in your hands. Rule number one applies to any gun you have in your possession. You start from the beginning before doing anything with it.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

3. "when handed a gun"

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 23, 2014, 07:10 AM

Jun 2014

A VN vet brother once took me to his basement to show me his gun collection. When he tried to hand me an AK-47 I wouldn't take it. I told him I was done with guns after Vietnam. The AK was the weapon that blew away half my teeth and jaw in the war and caused my 18-month hospitalization. And three jaw reconstructions.

No, thanks.

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)

4. very true

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2014, 07:10 AM

Jun 2014

if some of these idiots were charged and convicted,that might help.

The rules of gun safety follow from this mindset. There are many variations, and one of them is the Four Rules introduced first by Captain Ira L. Revees in his 1913 book "The A B C of Rifle, Revolver and Pistol Shooting" (in which he combined "Keep your finger off of the trigger" and "Be sure of your target" into a single statement)[1] and most popularly restated by Colonel Jeff Cooper, which are:

All guns are always loaded.
Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.
Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target.
Be sure of your target and what is beyond it.
—Jeff Cooper[2]

The NRA provides a similar set of rules:

ALWAYS keep the gun pointed in a safe direction.
ALWAYS keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot.
ALWAYS keep the gun unloaded until ready to use.
—The National Rifle Association, The fundamental NRA rules for safe gun handling[3]

The Canadian Firearms Program uses the concept of The Four Firearm ACTS:

Assume every firearm is loaded.
Control the muzzle direction at all times.
Trigger finger off trigger and out of trigger guard.
See that the firearm is unloaded. PROVE it safe.
—Canadian Firearms Centre, The Four ACTS of Firearm Safety[4]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_safety

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