I've never so much as touched a gun and I know all of this. I suppose I've just absorbed it through constant contact in my peripheral. Recent movies are getting trigger discipline better, but TV shows still get it wrong.
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For sure all this, one note, rule 0 is
encounter one at the home of a friend or family member.
If you don't know what to do (RE: these other four rules and how to operate that specific firearm) or are nervous, don't goddamn touch it unless you have to. If it's a safe situation and not something out of the ordinary like kids or burglars are around and the owner is dead, go get the owner of the gun or someone who is experienced enough to handle them safely.
Yeah. I used to work in a destination outdoors store that sold sometimes hundreds of guns in a day. Once every few years we would find an unattended firearm in the store - usually in the bathroom. People would have a gun in a holster, and when the belt came off and slid down they'd lose retention and slide behind the toilet.
Even though every employee from the janitor to the cashier to the finance people were required to be trained on how to safely handle a firearm, we had a small list of managers that were allowed to handle guns that had been left unattended.
Out of 200 employees there were 8 of us allowed to secure a weapon.
The worst case of abandoned guns we had was someone who bought a concealed-carry purse, decided they didn't like it and returned it. 2 weeks later they came by to ask if they'd left their gun in it.
I found it in the purse on the sales floor. The customer service team got a very stern lecture on another reason why we always inspect returns.
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In other words :
- Gun can go bang ! Scary.
- Point gun at bad guy, never good guy.
- Fingy behave until bad guy show up.
- Good guy close or behind bad guy ? No bang !
(This is meant to make the rules easy to remember, not to make fun of them)
Does every gun store have a jar for rounds they found in guns that have been handed to them?
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Also, couldn't most of this also apply to things like industrial paint guns or grease guns given the very real possibility for a horrible death by high-pressure injection with those?
"High pressure injection" made me think of some gruesome deaths from paint and grease that I'm certainly sure can't be what you mean 😬 vivid picture though.
There is a good Hydraulic press video of high-pressure injections into clear ballistic gel, and it's fuckin wild. You can have something that looks like a little dribble of water coming out of a flexible line. Grab the line to remove it and bam, you just had a bunch of hydraulic fluid shot into your bloodstream, which will create an oil embolism and kill you.
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industrial paint guns or grease guns
So all guns then...?
I practice safe handling with the handheld barcode scanners at the hardware store checkout.
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Do not point the scanner at anything you do not intend to scan.
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Keep your finger away from the trigger until you're ready to scan.
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Be aware of your surroundings including what is behind your target.
I would extend it to any gunlike, or vaguely gun shaped object, even those that cannot cause harm. Don't become complacent with safety practices even when it doesn't matter.
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