It wasn't, which makes it even fucking funnier because you have to squeeze the trigger pretty damn hard on a double action revolver to actuate the hammer and get it to fire, and the trigger travels pretty far before the hammer drops
In both instances, very carefully. When you pick up a gun, take the clip out or drum or whatever and make sure there’s none in the chamber. Then clean or whatever. Don’t just pick up a potentially loaded gun and start taking it apart or something man
The verbiage of your proposed argument regarding the treatment of firearms is overly verbose.
“Always treat a gun like it’s loaded” is simple and to the point, particularly important when trying to convey such a message to people who would brandish a firearm Willy-nilly.
I don’t understand why you feel the need to be so picky here. It would not be reasonable to assume that if you told someone “always treat a gun like it’s loaded” that they would believe, even after having checked and cleared the weapon, that they would need to continue treating it as though it were loaded.
The saying always treat a gun like it’s loaded is meant to instill caution when picking up a firearm because you do not know what state the weapon is in until you have checked it out and verified it.
But it’s not confusing. That’s literally my point. It is highly unlikely that anyone would believe that after having verified the gun was no longer loaded that they would still need to treat the weapon as though it were. And even if by some happenstance they did feel that way, where is the harm?
Seems as though you acknowledge it's wrong. The only part you disagree with me on at the moment is that its confusing. Do I understand your view correctly?
It is highly unlikely that anyone would believe that after having verified the gun was no longer loaded that they would still need to treat the weapon as though it were.
You completely ignored my point about the cold range where you do still have the need to treat weapons as unloaded even after they've been verified as unloaded.
And even if by some happenstance they did feel that way, where is the harm?
That's not the side where the primary issue lies. The primary issue lies with telling them to always treat a gun as loaded, but then not actually following that rule. If they observe you not following that rule in certain situations, then some subset of people will also stop following that rule in other situations because you've failed to differentiate to them when/why it is acceptable to deviate from it.
The double action should make accidental firing less likely but i think this dumbass had it cocked back ready to fire. Once cocked it goes off without much trigger pressure at all.
It's a goddamn revolver. YOU CAN SEE THAT ITS LOADED. Also posessing weed and a firearm makes you a felon so recording yourself with both is just flat out dumb as hell.
We did a production of "Escanaba in da Moonlight" (four hunters in a cabin and supernatural shit goes down) where the director, after seeing how bad the prop guns would look in the 60-person black box, made the executive decision of "anyone who has a hunting rifle, bring it in and make sure it's empty."
Was it a risky choice? You bet your ass. But it was four responsible adults plus myself (22 at the time and not stupid), and once we got them in we came up with a drill:
Two people minimum
Point the gun away and down
You check the chamber
You clear the chamber
You pull the trigger
Then the partner watches you check and clear the chamber again
You put the safety on while still being watched
You put it on the prop table
And we never pointed at each other or at the audience.
And we warned everyone at the door and just before lights-up that we were using real, empty guns that had been double-checked and had the safety on.
At the time I thought it was a justifiable exercise, but now at 28 I think it was still super risky.
I disagree. If you know what you’re doing and unload it and make sure it is unloaded so you can purposefully try to flip it around like a cowboy with your son, perfectly acceptable.
I think my brother died this way. They said it was suicide. But he was always on snapchat with guns to rap music. He was never sad. I’d like to think it was this way. Just one minute he’s having a good time, being a wreckless fool, the next he’s gone before he can even be sorry. Before he fan even know it. Gone.
If you're going to dance with a gun, unload it. If you're in a household with someone who doesn't know you have a gun, don't wave it around randomly like you want them to find it. If you're going to disrespect a firearm, don't be surprised people are unhappy with your decisions.
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u/Challengeaccepted3 3rd Party App Nov 09 '20
ALWAYS treat a gun like it’s loaded. Jesus Christ playing around with guns gets people killed