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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2011 1:13:27 GMT
1.All firearms are always loaded! Treat it like it is loaded, accident aftermath usually begins with "I thought it was unloaded".
2. Never let the muzzle point towards anything you are not wiling to blow a hole through. When you are ogling that cool gun in a store/show etc do not point it towards the dude next to you.
3.Keep your finger off the trigger until you are lined up on your target. Do not stage the trigger to it's first stopping point in expectation of finding a badguy in your dirty clothes hamper. Negligent discharges happen way to easily this way, you will have a tendency to jump at loud noises or shadows as your teenager sneaks back in to the house drunk and gets caught.
4.Be sure of your target and what is beyond it. Bullets penetrate a great deal and will often keep going after a ricochet. This one is paramount but thought little of in a self defense situation. Do not shoot leisurely around houses highways, buildings etc.
I don't want to sound like captain safety but you can't be to careful around firearms. Eye and ear protection could save you a great deal of trouble and expense.
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Post by Sam H on Mar 9, 2011 1:38:14 GMT
Amen. I think most of us have had that drilled into our heads at one point in time or another either in hunter's ed, basic training or just by militant parents who wouldn't take half-ass anything.
Be safe and stay alive and whole. Just a note - I've done some stupid things with firearms in the past but I have managed to continue to observe all four of those basic rules. Also take note that everything I've done that was stupid with firearms I've done so knowing full well that I could have forfeited my life and/or limb as a result. Now I'm much more careful since I have a family to look after.
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Post by Larry Jordan on Mar 9, 2011 1:53:02 GMT
My children had to memorize these before they sent their first round down range.
They are posted on our fridge as we speak.
We review before every trip to the range.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2011 3:03:23 GMT
Remember what bullets don't penetrate they bounce off. I have pulled the copper jacket from my own bullet out of my arm. (could of been worse).
I have a hammer is not a plan to build a house.
If your only plan for defense of your home is "I have a gun", you have no plan at all, just a tool. If you have family or someone that lives with or near by you your 'defense' may well work against them.
But thats a rant for another thread.
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Post by Taran on Mar 9, 2011 14:53:49 GMT
I agree with the rest of your post. But not this piece. Current regulations for how pilots authorized handguns are to handle their weapons are one way you can be too careful with them. Trigger locks on self-defense or home-defense weapons, keeping your ammo separate from your defense weapon. Oh yeah, you can most certainly be "too careful."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2011 15:13:22 GMT
regulations = politics, not safety.
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