Could have shot my dog.
I own 30 guns and am generally very safe as I grew up knowing the 4 rules intimately. However, the other day I made an OOPS. I was out shooting my bb gun for practice. I had my dog out with me and I thought for sure she was safely away from my homemade shooting range. After I was done shooting. I called for her and she didn't answer/come. I initally thought that she had ran after a rabbit or something. So calling her I started hunting her down. Didn't find her. Then I thought "Oh dear, what if she got across my range in some of that tall grass, and I've shot her dead? It's a bb gun, but I've killed rabbits with it, I could have gotten her." So I go down range and I'm searching thinking the worst. When out of the corner of my eye I see her dart across where I started shooting from. Relieved, but learned a good lesson.
Know where your gun is pointed and that it's always loaded is a good thing. But if you don't know what it could be pointing at when you're firing, it can be just as bad. Know where people, animals, etc... are when shooting any kind of gun.
I own 30 guns and am generally very safe as I grew up knowing the 4 rules intimately. However, the other day I made an OOPS. I was out shooting my bb gun for practice. I had my dog out with me and I thought for sure she was safely away from my homemade shooting range. After I was done shooting. I called for her and she didn't answer/come. I initally thought that she had ran after a rabbit or something. So calling her I started hunting her down. Didn't find her. Then I thought "Oh dear, what if she got across my range in some of that tall grass, and I've shot her dead? It's a bb gun, but I've killed rabbits with it, I could have gotten her." So I go down range and I'm searching thinking the worst. When out of the corner of my eye I see her dart across where I started shooting from. Relieved, but learned a good lesson.
Know where your gun is pointed and that it's always loaded is a good thing. But if you don't know what it could be pointing at when you're firing, it can be just as bad. Know where people, animals, etc... are when shooting any kind of gun.