WHY would you EVER break one of the basic rules?seamusTX wrote:Witnesses told police that Smith was handling his gun when Love asked him to “stop playing with it and put it up,” according to court records. Smith ejected six rounds from the gun, then — apparently thinking the gun was empty — pointed it in Love’s direction and pulled the trigger.
Seems to me if you're pointing a gun at your girlfriend and pulling the trigger, even if you "think" its empty, somewhere in your head you're entertaining thoughts of getting rid of her.
My girlfriend comes from a non gun family, but I insisted on teaching her basic gun safety if shes going to be around where my guns are. Even she, who's only shot ONCE in her life, understands you never a) point the gun at something you care about and b)never pull the trigger on an "empty" gun if its not pointed in a safe direction.
I would just never pull a trigger on an empty gun, but its part of the takedown procedure for my pistol, so I have to. After about 3 checks that it is, indeed, empty I'll do it. And even then, its done pointing at the floor...