Gun Safety Rules

[anygunanywhere]

You can't tell the difference between a platter of robins and dove. Wrapped in bacon cooked over mesquite.

Yum yum.

Anygun

[centex aggie]

thanks for the reminder

[eric]

That was excellent original post. Rule # 3 come to mind when I think of the U.S. airways pilot. Sure is a long investigation, is there any real conclusion yet?

[Kythas]

I come back and read this post about once a month, just to remind myself not to get lazy.

[KBCraig]

I come back and read this post about once a month, just to remind myself not to get lazy.

Or is it to make your mouth water for grilled bird?

[Oldgringo]

Thanks.

I was about to do the dry fire thing in the house the other night. The mag was on the table. There was a live round in the chamber!

HUMANS MAKE MISTAKES!

[G.C.Montgomery]

That was excellent original post. Rule # 3 come to mind when I think of the U.S. airways pilot. Sure is a long investigation, is there any real conclusion yet?

The conclusion I've heard was that ingorance on the part of the pilot involved combined with bad procedures, holsters and locks used in the flightdeck officer program were all contributing factors.

[Keith B]

That was excellent original post. Rule # 3 come to mind when I think of the U.S. airways pilot. Sure is a long investigation, is there any real conclusion yet?

The conclusion I've heard was that ingorance on the part of the pilot involved combined with bad procedures, holsters and locks used in the flightdeck officer program were all contributing factors.

Ahh, the proverbial 'Accident Error Chain'! Every pilot ought to know about that one. It basically states that an accident is usually not caused by a single error, but several small errors leading up to the catastrophic event. It can usually be applied to many other accident types, including shooting.

My flight AND shooting policy is once you have a couple of little things happen, back up and evaluate to make sure you don't add another link to finish the chain.

[catwoman]

I'll never forget my first concealed carry class. There were several newbies (including me!) in the class. The instructor brought several of his own handguns to use as teaching aids in the classroom portion. He placed them on a table at the front of the class after everyone was seated, checking as he did so to make certain each was unloaded. When he would pick up a particular gun to point out something, he would check to confirm it was unloaded. If he put the gun down, then picked it up five minutes later, he checked to confirm that it was unloaded. Impressed me tremendously. I decided then that my main gun-handling rule would be that every gun in the world is loaded, always. I haven't yet had any close calls, but I plan on living by that rule as long as I live!!

[acehead]

Excellent post ....!!!

[Rockrz]

Never point the muzzle at anything you do not intend to destroy!

Thank you for bringing this up.

Ever since I was a kid, my dad always told me this over, and over, and over, and over
(you get the picture...)

But, as I started getting older I kept noticing guys alot older/experienced than me
point firearms are others while looking one over.

They didn't intend to do this as they obviously weren't paying attention...which
is the whole point of gun safety is to PAY ATTENTION!!!

I had a hard old man (step dad with alot of problems), but one thing he
did that was great was he drilled gun safety into me and my two brothers.

Not point guns at people has always been a pet peeve of mine,
so thank you for including this in your write-up...which was excellent BTW

[dgindrup]

no matter how much you handle a gun, its a good idea to read this every once in a while

[iamomeed]

thanks you for posting i printed it out and put it on my wall

[LaserTex]

Happened again - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,505145,00.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Accidental Shooting Kills Michigan Boy, 12
Thursday, March 05, 2009


Print HOMER, Mich. — Police say a 12-year-old Michigan boy was shot and killed when a gun being cleaned by his father went off.

Police say Ian Dunn died Tuesday afternoon at the home about 90 miles west of Detroit. Police are investigating, but they say the shooting appears to be accidental.

Police Chief Steven Fisher tells WWMT-TV that the father, 41-year-old Kevin Dunn, was cleaning the rusty gun. Fisher says it had been in storage for some time and the father had forgotten that there was a round in it.

The boy was struck in the head when the gun went off. He had been home sick from school.

Unbelievably stupid and extremely avoidable. Why would he not CHECK the freaking weapon first!!!!

Doug

I just read this at http://www.bersatalk.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Posted by "Plink" (Mike) on 03/07/2006 and thought it is worth passing on.
Gun safety. NEW SHOOTERS PLEASE READ! Old shooters read too Reply Quote
Howdy folks,

1: Humans make mistakes.

All guns are ALWAYS LOADED! If someone unloads a gun and hands it to you, they have just handed you a LOADED GUN until you personally

2. Humans make mistakes.

Never point the muzzle at anything you do not intend to destroy!

3. Humans make mistakes.

NEVER put your finger on the trigger unless you are ready to shoot.

4. Humans make mistakes.

Always know where your bullet will go.
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[Keith B]

Happened again - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,505145,00.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Accidental Shooting Kills Michigan Boy, 12
Thursday, March 05, 2009


Print HOMER, Mich. — Police say a 12-year-old Michigan boy was shot and killed when a gun being cleaned by his father went off.

Police say Ian Dunn died Tuesday afternoon at the home about 90 miles west of Detroit. Police are investigating, but they say the shooting appears to be accidental.

Police Chief Steven Fisher tells WWMT-TV that the father, 41-year-old Kevin Dunn, was cleaning the rusty gun. Fisher says it had been in storage for some time and the father had forgotten that there was a round in it.

The boy was struck in the head when the gun went off. He had been home sick from school.

Unbelievably stupid and extremely avoidable. Why would he not CHECK the freaking weapon first!!!!

Doug

Thread on the shooting here http://www.texasshooting.com/TexasCHL_F ... 23&t=23042" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;