be mindful of your trigger and your holster and you wont have a problem
Um, you might.
Guns can go bang without your trigger or your holster.
I have had to wrestle INGO like Jacob with the angel to get them to understand this fundamental mechanical hazard of firearms.
...Hence the first two safe gun handling rules[STRIKE]
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- All guns are always loaded unless and until you, personally, have just cleared them.
- Always point the gun's muzzle in the safest direction.
Striking your #1 suggestion ...because it's nonsense.
The other one makes a far better #1, so I went ahead and upgraded it.
Originally Posted by NIFT
...Hence the first two safe gun handling rules
1. All guns are always loaded unless and until you, personally, have just cleared them.
2. Always point the gun's muzzle in the safest direction.
Nonsense, eh? Whatever you say, pal.
Guess what?
One must violate all three of these rules simultaneously to get a catastrophic negligent discharge:
1) All guns are always loaded, unless you, personally, have just cleared them.
2) Always point the gun's muzzle in the safest direction.
3) Keep your (frickin') finger off the trigger unless ready to shoot.
The order is not a disjointed sequence; they are simultaneous.
Of course, the assumption is the gun is not defective.
You are welcome to violate the first one all you want, claiming it is, "nonsense," but I will continue to teach all three.
I violate your first rule all the time, and nobody is able to correct me because I still handle guns safely while violating it.
As an NRA certified instructor, I'm sure you at least had to look at their 3 rules at some point.
Why did you abandon them for this garbled nonsense when they are so clearly superior? That just doesn't make any sense.
Congratulations for bragging you are safe while violating a fundamental safety rule.
True: you can, still, avoid a catastrophic negligent discharge by pointing the muzzle in a safe direction and keeping your finger off the trigger, even though you are above checking your guns for being loaded or unloaded.
Thanks you for your snarky, condescending comment about my looking at NRA safety rules.
Incorrect on number three in your list, but I must bow to your superiority in pronouncing fundamental safety rules, "garbled nonsense," that you claim make no sense.
I suggest you contact the folks at the NRA Cam and Company show and inform them just how misguided they are by having me on the show a number of times to talk about guns and gun safety. No doubt, you will convince Cam to agree with you that what I have stated on his show is, "garbled nonsense," "That just doesn't make any sense." Be sure to tell him that I encouraged you to enlighten him. On one of his shows, Cam called me an "evangelist" (his word) for gun safety. You need to straighten him out on such a glaring error!
I really do appreciate your input, however. Just today, in a class, I was able to quote your stance on safety, and it was, quite truly, highly instructional to everyone. I guarantee I will, also, use your latest input in subsequent classes and presentations, starting with tomorrow's class.