Gun Safety For Firearms Enthusiasts
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Most boys and an increasing number of girls want to shoot. Not everyone wants to kill something but that is neither here nor there. The test for shooters is to be able to hit the target when required. Gun safety is vital, of course, because guns can be used as lethal weapons, yet at the end of the day, a gun is only a tool but tools can be used and mis-used.
Guns though are specific tools, as are all tools actually, but they have such an evocative reputation. Some Individuals are violently against them yet others uphold their legal right to hold them in a world where a higher percentage of criminals hold guns than innocent civilians.
Criminals will not toe the line by definition, but for the rest of us gun holders, it is quite vital to show that we are responsible - that we know how to be safe towards others with our firearm. It is a of dispelling fear in non-shooters and displaying that we are not all red-neck, gung ho idiots.
So, the first law is: always to regard a gun as if it were loaded. You never, ever point a gun at anyone in jest. Several well-known individuals have been killed in shooting accidents. OK, often while they were stoned, but 'being out of it' is no excuse whatsoever for behaving irresponsibly. Do not aim a gun at anyone you do not want to threaten - and that means threaten really big time!
There is never, ever any valid excuse for having to aim a gun at anyone in jest or accidentally. When loading a gun, it should be held so that the barrel is pointing away from anyone, even yourself.
If you are asked to pass a gun to someone, either you have to know them well or you do not do it. Whether the gun is loaded or not. The number of times I have been handed a loaded gun is incredible and I cannot put it down to my charisma.
If you must show off your gun, unload it in front of your friend and check that it is unloaded in front of your friend. If he or she does not know about guns, at least you are demonstrating how to check the safety of the gun and that you are responsible.
One way of demonstrating or reminding yourself that a gun is safe is to attach a ribbon to a blank case and put that in the cylinder of a revolver and take the magazine out of a semi-automatic. Always hand a revolver over for viewing with the cylinder flipped out so that the person can see that the chambers are empty bar the one with the ribbon.
Never, ever play around with guns if you are under the influence of alcohol or drugs - it is too easy to make mistakes that can land you in jail and being sorry for the incident for the remainder of your life, because the one wounded or killed in these circumstances is usually a friend - someone you were having a good time with.
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