I was in the parking lot of a supermarket/strip center getting something off the roof of my Jeep and had to stretch. My sweater rose up and uncovered my CZ-75D in the tan Bianchi OWB holster. I locked eyes with a girl in her late teens about 20 yards or so away. She just gave me a little smile and I quickly dropped my arms and covered the holster again. Other than that nobody has ever seen my CCW.
Tell Me About The Bloopers You Had While Carrying
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shep854
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ExSoldier's story (and my own gun in the loo) explain why I am a strong believer in thumb straps.
USMCDK
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At least she was comical to you about it. she could have been a super anti and gave you $#!t or worse whe could have freaked out and caused a seen or let make the wound deeper and called the cops and had you explaining your self for about the next 5-45min of your life
The Lone Haranguer
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For enough hot dogs, I would be your friend too.XDKingslayer said:
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Sliding out of a jeep wrangler wearing a blackhawk drop leg the grip hit the seat and I kept sliding. Gun fell hit the ground and broke. Until I had a smith look at it, it FTF everytime.
evan price
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True story from about six months ago or so.
Great story: I raise my kids around guns, tell them what they are, don't let them play with toy ones but instead when they are a little bigger we all will go shooting.
Anyway we were all out somewhere, I don't remember where, some store, I had my 4-year-old daughter and was holding her hand, we were waiting to go into somewhere in a line, I think we were waiting to check out at some big store, standing by the wall by the line were two sheriff's deputies in uniform under arms.
My little girl is staring at them, and says, "Daddy, look at the police men."
I said, "Yes, dear."
The line moves up so we are standing a couple feet away. The deputies are sort of hanging out as security probably and sort of zoned out with the hundred-meter stare (boring job duty.. watch a line).
My adorable little 4-year-old suddenly says "Hello," to the deputies. They smile, one of them kind of leans down and says, "Why Hello, precious. What's your name?"
She says her name, kind of gives that shy half twist thing little girls do, then says, "Um, my daddy's gun looks just like that!" and takes her cute little hand and slides my Tee-shirt up exposing my Sig P220....
<d'oh>
After calmly and quickly informing I had a CHL... etc... and the deputies' hearts restarted... all was fine.
I took my daughter aside and had a little chat about how daddy's gun was a "family secret" and nobody else is supposed to know about it...
Great story: I raise my kids around guns, tell them what they are, don't let them play with toy ones but instead when they are a little bigger we all will go shooting.
Anyway we were all out somewhere, I don't remember where, some store, I had my 4-year-old daughter and was holding her hand, we were waiting to go into somewhere in a line, I think we were waiting to check out at some big store, standing by the wall by the line were two sheriff's deputies in uniform under arms.
My little girl is staring at them, and says, "Daddy, look at the police men."
I said, "Yes, dear."
The line moves up so we are standing a couple feet away. The deputies are sort of hanging out as security probably and sort of zoned out with the hundred-meter stare (boring job duty.. watch a line).
My adorable little 4-year-old suddenly says "Hello," to the deputies. They smile, one of them kind of leans down and says, "Why Hello, precious. What's your name?"
She says her name, kind of gives that shy half twist thing little girls do, then says, "Um, my daddy's gun looks just like that!" and takes her cute little hand and slides my Tee-shirt up exposing my Sig P220....
<d'oh>
After calmly and quickly informing I had a CHL... etc... and the deputies' hearts restarted... all was fine.
I took my daughter aside and had a little chat about how daddy's gun was a "family secret" and nobody else is supposed to know about it...
USMCDK
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! ROFLMAO!!!
God I think I would have just shot myself then and there. I am glad that in my state you can carry without concealing and cops really don't do anything except stare at you, for safety reasons, until you deside to do something stupid or get the hell outta dodge, slowly and, peacefully mind you.
BTW I CCW for the sake of not causing a riot or panic of the community.
USMCDK
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Shame on you for two reason... One for carrying in your church and twoo for Lying to a fellow church member.
NAH I AM JUST JOSHING YOU I could really care less to both matters, I probably would have carried to church but not lied to my fellow church member. but that's just MHO!!!
USMCDK
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If they ever did that to me and I was legally CCW I would press charges on the city and or the state for harrassment and unfair practice of the law.
USMCDK
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All I have to say is Bow-chika-wow-wow
USMCDK
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Rack, Check, Release, Bang!!!
Okay so enough with me beign the HAHAHA point my finger at you guy and now to be the guilty one.
I was about 6-8month back.
The wife and I were living at the rents house and it was policy to unload and safe weapons before going in, even though the old man has his own collection of Firearms, it was still policy just the same. It had been a long day at work and on top of that I was getting phone calls from drunk friends to be a DD. Gladly I get into my car, pistol and all, and go do the good deed. I finally finish up my community service and arrive back home at 2:27am. Tired and kinda outta it, due to fatigue NOT DRINKING (remember DD), I go inside:banghead: (should have stayed outside, but damnit I just wanted in) to unload my pistol, military style. Needless to say I forgot, like a moron, to drop the mag. I rack the slide back, visually check chamber is empty, and then I let it go home into battery. Next step is to take the weapon off safe and pull trigger to ensure the weapon is unloaded. BANG!!!! I fire off a round in the house mind you.
Side note: My parents live in a duplex and the landlord lives right on the other side of the wall from them.
The spent round goes through said wall at a downward angle, thank god, into the kitchen of the landlord's side of the house. Small .45 hole my parents side, large 6in hole landlord side.
Odd thing is no one woke up to the gun shot, but damnit my wife and parents woke up to me freaking out like someone had just shot me. The ordeal tramatized me so bad that I was crying my eyes out like a 5y/o. We had called the landlord to make sure no one was hurt.
Second Side note: My late landlord had her son living with her at this time cause her husband had died when I was 8y/o. Her son is usually up at that hour and roaming in the kitchen, mind you, for a mid-night snack. Thank the lord that wasn't the case this night.
To our relief no one was hurt in the incident, but I did learn one really valueable lesson from said incident.
NEVER UNLOAD YOUR WEAPONR INDOORS > ALWAYS DO IT OUT SIDE!!!
Please don't feel ill of me my bretheren. But I just had to tell this one, after the gawking that I have been doing.
Has anyone else had a ND???
Sincerely and embarassingly,
USMCDK
Okay so enough with me beign the HAHAHA point my finger at you guy and now to be the guilty one.
I was about 6-8month back.
The wife and I were living at the rents house and it was policy to unload and safe weapons before going in, even though the old man has his own collection of Firearms, it was still policy just the same. It had been a long day at work and on top of that I was getting phone calls from drunk friends to be a DD. Gladly I get into my car, pistol and all, and go do the good deed. I finally finish up my community service and arrive back home at 2:27am. Tired and kinda outta it, due to fatigue NOT DRINKING (remember DD), I go inside:banghead: (should have stayed outside, but damnit I just wanted in) to unload my pistol, military style. Needless to say I forgot, like a moron, to drop the mag. I rack the slide back, visually check chamber is empty, and then I let it go home into battery. Next step is to take the weapon off safe and pull trigger to ensure the weapon is unloaded. BANG!!!! I fire off a round in the house mind you.
Side note: My parents live in a duplex and the landlord lives right on the other side of the wall from them.
The spent round goes through said wall at a downward angle, thank god, into the kitchen of the landlord's side of the house. Small .45 hole my parents side, large 6in hole landlord side.
Odd thing is no one woke up to the gun shot, but damnit my wife and parents woke up to me freaking out like someone had just shot me. The ordeal tramatized me so bad that I was crying my eyes out like a 5y/o. We had called the landlord to make sure no one was hurt.
Second Side note: My late landlord had her son living with her at this time cause her husband had died when I was 8y/o. Her son is usually up at that hour and roaming in the kitchen, mind you, for a mid-night snack. Thank the lord that wasn't the case this night.
To our relief no one was hurt in the incident, but I did learn one really valueable lesson from said incident.
NEVER UNLOAD YOUR WEAPONR INDOORS > ALWAYS DO IT OUT SIDE!!!
Please don't feel ill of me my bretheren. But I just had to tell this one, after the gawking that I have been doing.
Has anyone else had a ND???
Sincerely and embarassingly,
USMCDK
Guitargod1985
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USMCDK
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Rokyudai I couldn't have said that better. I was scary as hell, because I went from dead tired to wide the awake and the only thing I could think was "**** I just shot a bullet through my house (FMJ Mind you and is now why I have glazer safety and JHP HST-1) and into my landlord's. **** I hope to god I didn't shoot and kill anyone, that's when the freaking out and crying came into play. I told my father to lock my pistol up and not let me have it till he could see that I was confident again. That lasted about a month and then to the range we went to start over with the basics, like a good soldier should do.
Hell I am in tears right now about it cause it scares me that much to know a well trained Marine/Soldier could do such a stupid thing, knowing better for that matter. It will never happen again by these hands EVER!!!!
you guys are welcome for me sharing that experience I just hope that the other ND's weren't as bad if not worse than mine. I hope that I am the worst case senario.
You know my story brings back to mind a true story that happened out in Iraq when I was there and present for it as a matter of fact.
My OIC (Officer in Change) 1st Lt XXXX (for the sake of keeping his credit) was coming back into our quatering compound. I was on an MP detail at that time and at the main gate.
It was policy for us to Clear our weapons before coming back into said compound, exactly the way I SHOULD have done my firearm. (while always pointing weapon down and away from people) Drop Mag, Lock bolt to rear, Check chamber (EMPTY), send bolt to battery, point weapon into 55gal drum (with sand only), take weapon off SAFE, pull trigger. Hopefully no BANG right.
Well Lt. X didn't drop mag. did everything else right until BANG. However the funny thing is he did it again. racked her back sent her home (without dropping mag) and BANG again.
I reach over at this moment (standing next to him not in front mind you) told him "Sir please give me you firearm sir!?" took it from him politely and pulled out said mag and cleared weapom properly. then handed it back to him (weapon on safe slide to the rear LOCKED, weapon pointed down, grip side towards OIC) including two unspent rounds and two spent cartridges.
Let me tell you that put some of us on edge, especially, about following that man into any type of combat senario. Yet we all had a real big laugh about it afterwards.
Anyways so come on guys give us you ND bloopers/incidents.
USMCDK
awake and the only thing I could think was "**** I just shot a bullet through my house (FMJ Mind you and is now why I have glazer safety and JHP HST-1) and into my landlord's. **** I hope to god I didn't shoot and kill anyone, that's when the freaking out and crying came into play. I told my father to lock my pistol up and not let me have it till he could see that I was confident again. That lasted about a month and then to the range we went to start over with the basics, like a good soldier should do.Hell I am in tears right now about it cause it scares me that much to know a well trained Marine/Soldier could do such a stupid thing, knowing better for that matter. It will never happen again by these hands EVER!!!!
you guys are welcome for me sharing that experience I just hope that the other ND's weren't as bad if not worse than mine. I hope that I am the worst case senario.
You know my story brings back to mind a true story that happened out in Iraq when I was there and present for it as a matter of fact.
My OIC (Officer in Change) 1st Lt XXXX (for the sake of keeping his credit) was coming back into our quatering compound. I was on an MP detail at that time and at the main gate.
It was policy for us to Clear our weapons before coming back into said compound, exactly the way I SHOULD have done my firearm. (while always pointing weapon down and away from people) Drop Mag, Lock bolt to rear, Check chamber (EMPTY), send bolt to battery, point weapon into 55gal drum (with sand only), take weapon off SAFE, pull trigger. Hopefully no BANG right.
Well Lt. X didn't drop mag. did everything else right until BANG. However the funny thing is he did it again. racked her back sent her home (without dropping mag) and BANG again.
I reach over at this moment (standing next to him not in front mind you) told him "Sir please give me you firearm sir!?" took it from him politely and pulled out said mag and cleared weapom properly. then handed it back to him (weapon on safe slide to the rear LOCKED, weapon pointed down, grip side towards OIC) including two unspent rounds and two spent cartridges.
Let me tell you that put some of us on edge, especially, about following that man into any type of combat senario. Yet we all had a real big laugh about it afterwards.
Anyways so come on guys give us you ND bloopers/incidents.
USMCDK
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Kind of Blued
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With all due respect (which is plenty, because I'm sure I'll have a ND some day), I think that the lesson learned should have been not to do this
:The trigger is to make the gun go bang, not a safety device to assure an unloaded gun!
Just thought I would mention it. If you had done this outside, it only could have turned out worse (seeing as how nobody was hurt).
I appreciate your service to our country by the way. Your account of going "back to the basics" on the safety issues is admirable as well.
TimboKhan
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I get around that problem by never unloading particular guns, but then I live alone and don't have to worry about someone accidentally picking something up. I religiously treat every gun as if it were loaded, mostly because I know that some of them are. It also helps that I have been shot due to a ND (not my own) and have no desire to repeat the experience.
USMCDK
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MDeViney,
I agree about the lesson learned, however I disagree with your statement about doing it outside, no one would have been hurt outside either as the bullet would have hit the dirt and only dirt. Not to mention at that hour no one, unless outside, would have heard a thing. in my neighbor hood. Like I said no one inside the house for that matter even woke up to the loud bang. They woke up to me freaking out...
Thank you for you appreciation in my service to this country I take great pleasure, pride, and honor to that statement and I bet every service member would/does too. I also agree that going back to basics is admirable and necessary. Not just for me but for all, even if they don't have an incident like mine.
Which is why LEO's and Military personnel and security officers (ARMED) have to qualify every year.
Thank you once again.
I agree about the lesson learned, however I disagree with your statement about doing it outside, no one would have been hurt outside either as the bullet would have hit the dirt and only dirt. Not to mention at that hour no one, unless outside, would have heard a thing. in my neighbor hood. Like I said no one inside the house for that matter even woke up to the loud bang. They woke up to me freaking out...
Thank you for you appreciation in my service to this country I take great pleasure, pride, and honor to that statement and I bet every service member would/does too. I also agree that going back to basics is admirable and necessary. Not just for me but for all, even if they don't have an incident like mine.
Which is why LEO's and Military personnel and security officers (ARMED) have to qualify every year.
Thank you once again.
TimboKhan
Member
So, I was asked to share my getting shot by a ND story, and so I will. It's not really a blooper though!!!
It happened during Operation Desert Storm. We had stopped in order to do some basic maintenance and what not. My gunner pulled out his pistol to clean it, forgetting that he had a loaded magazine in. He racked the slide, nothing flew out, and so he assumed his pistol was unloaded, when in fact he had obviously just loaded it. Anyway, as opposed to easing the hammer down, he just pulled the trigger, and that was that. We were maybe 5 feet apart, and I was sort of squatting and writing a letter home at the time. The bullet went right through me, and my first response was to stand up and think "hey, what the hell just happened here?". I went down pretty quick, and my platoon mates immediately started first aid. I was lucky in that the corpsmen were coming back from a meeting and were close to our trac, and so I ended up with 4 or 5 corpsmen on me in probably a little less than a minute. There were some logistical issues getting me to a helo pad, and so after being more or less stabilized at the BAS, I was treated to a 60 mile Hummer ride over open desert (sucks) while getting bag after bag after bag of blood pumped into me. The blood would make a lap, hit the wound, flow into my stomach, I would puke it up and the cycle would renew. Curiously, the closest place to actually land a helo was an Army POW camp that my good and oldest friend Nate was stationed at! So, once we got there, I got loaded onto a helo, and promptly passed out. I didn't wake up again that I remember for about 2 days.
In terms of the damage done, I lost a kidney, had to have some intestines removed, and had to have my stomach patched up. I have always considered myself lucky to have not been wearing a flak jacket at the time, because I think that the bullet would have expanded more than it did (if in fact it expanded at all), and that would have been bad given how close to my spine the exit wound was.
Blooper-wise, a couple of years later in Somalia I happened to run across this MP Gunny that I had never seen before. He looked at me and said "Hey, is your name Marquart?", to which I said "yes, how do you know that, Gunny?" Evidently, I gave him a hilarious interview at the fleet 5 field hospital after I got out of surgery. To this day, I do not recall even one second of that interview, but apparently I was cracking jokes and what not.
Probably the worst part about the whole experience was seeing the look on my friends face after it happened. If I never see a human make a face like that again, it will be too soon. He very literally was as white as a ghost, and he just had this sort of stunned, horrified look on his face that I will never forget. It sounds silly, but I think I actually felt worse for him than I did for me at that particular moment, and any anger or hatred that might have developed towards him was squashed right then and there.
The fact is, had he done any of three things that we were supposed to do (Visually look, ease the hammer down, make sure the gun is pointed in a safe direction), I would not have been hit. However, humans make mistakes, particularly when they are tired, and I suffered as a result. Philosophically speaking, it was avoidable, and it shouldn't have happened, but it did and being angry about it wouldn't have changed anything. In fact, some very positive things happened to me as a direct result of that gunshot, so while I wish I had my kidney back, I am also thankful for having lived through the experience.
It happened during Operation Desert Storm. We had stopped in order to do some basic maintenance and what not. My gunner pulled out his pistol to clean it, forgetting that he had a loaded magazine in. He racked the slide, nothing flew out, and so he assumed his pistol was unloaded, when in fact he had obviously just loaded it. Anyway, as opposed to easing the hammer down, he just pulled the trigger, and that was that. We were maybe 5 feet apart, and I was sort of squatting and writing a letter home at the time. The bullet went right through me, and my first response was to stand up and think "hey, what the hell just happened here?". I went down pretty quick, and my platoon mates immediately started first aid. I was lucky in that the corpsmen were coming back from a meeting and were close to our trac, and so I ended up with 4 or 5 corpsmen on me in probably a little less than a minute. There were some logistical issues getting me to a helo pad, and so after being more or less stabilized at the BAS, I was treated to a 60 mile Hummer ride over open desert (sucks) while getting bag after bag after bag of blood pumped into me. The blood would make a lap, hit the wound, flow into my stomach, I would puke it up and the cycle would renew. Curiously, the closest place to actually land a helo was an Army POW camp that my good and oldest friend Nate was stationed at! So, once we got there, I got loaded onto a helo, and promptly passed out. I didn't wake up again that I remember for about 2 days.
In terms of the damage done, I lost a kidney, had to have some intestines removed, and had to have my stomach patched up. I have always considered myself lucky to have not been wearing a flak jacket at the time, because I think that the bullet would have expanded more than it did (if in fact it expanded at all), and that would have been bad given how close to my spine the exit wound was.
Blooper-wise, a couple of years later in Somalia I happened to run across this MP Gunny that I had never seen before. He looked at me and said "Hey, is your name Marquart?", to which I said "yes, how do you know that, Gunny?" Evidently, I gave him a hilarious interview at the fleet 5 field hospital after I got out of surgery. To this day, I do not recall even one second of that interview, but apparently I was cracking jokes and what not.
Probably the worst part about the whole experience was seeing the look on my friends face after it happened. If I never see a human make a face like that again, it will be too soon. He very literally was as white as a ghost, and he just had this sort of stunned, horrified look on his face that I will never forget. It sounds silly, but I think I actually felt worse for him than I did for me at that particular moment, and any anger or hatred that might have developed towards him was squashed right then and there.
The fact is, had he done any of three things that we were supposed to do (Visually look, ease the hammer down, make sure the gun is pointed in a safe direction), I would not have been hit. However, humans make mistakes, particularly when they are tired, and I suffered as a result. Philosophically speaking, it was avoidable, and it shouldn't have happened, but it did and being angry about it wouldn't have changed anything. In fact, some very positive things happened to me as a direct result of that gunshot, so while I wish I had my kidney back, I am also thankful for having lived through the experience.
Killermonkey21
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In regards to the method of clearing the weapon by pulling the trigger.
No one, in any unit, in any country, any where, is perfect. That is a given. My unit has had the occasional dumbass cause an ND (one on an M2 .50 BMG) so after a few months, the higher-ups decided to do something SMART for once.
Policy changed to DO NOT PULL THE TRIGGER! NCO's were instructed to verify weapons clear when returning to base, and that was that.
Then the new guys got here and almost shot a Captain in a briefing room...he hadn't left the wire in over a month...he had a LOADED CHAMBER for over a month...not everyone in the military is the brightest bulb out of the box.
As for me, in bloopers, not myself but a very close friend.
His M4 with attached M203 went with him everywhere, obviously. He was also a gunner on convoy missions, where he used his 203 to shoot flares.
We were sitting around after cleaning the crew serves and my buddy looks through his ACOG at the wall, just messin around. Another Specialist walks up and practically looks down the barrel (dumbass) and does a double take...
...Dude...check your 203 man. *chink chunk*...
...
Awwww ****.
He pockets the flare and closes the chamber, looking around to make sure no NCO's saw...and goes about his business. He's 29 and has had lots of experience with firearms, but sometimes people make mistakes. That taught him a good lesson.
-John
PS: FYI the muzzle velocity of a flare is around 250 f/s...still enough to crush bones and light someone on fire at point blank.
No one, in any unit, in any country, any where, is perfect. That is a given. My unit has had the occasional dumbass cause an ND (one on an M2 .50 BMG) so after a few months, the higher-ups decided to do something SMART for once.
Policy changed to DO NOT PULL THE TRIGGER! NCO's were instructed to verify weapons clear when returning to base, and that was that.
Then the new guys got here and almost shot a Captain in a briefing room...he hadn't left the wire in over a month...he had a LOADED CHAMBER for over a month...not everyone in the military is the brightest bulb out of the box.
As for me, in bloopers, not myself but a very close friend.
His M4 with attached M203 went with him everywhere, obviously. He was also a gunner on convoy missions, where he used his 203 to shoot flares.
We were sitting around after cleaning the crew serves and my buddy looks through his ACOG at the wall, just messin around. Another Specialist walks up and practically looks down the barrel (dumbass) and does a double take...
...Dude...check your 203 man. *chink chunk*...
...
Awwww ****.
He pockets the flare and closes the chamber, looking around to make sure no NCO's saw...and goes about his business. He's 29 and has had lots of experience with firearms, but sometimes people make mistakes. That taught him a good lesson.
-John
PS: FYI the muzzle velocity of a flare is around 250 f/s...still enough to crush bones and light someone on fire at point blank.
Guitargod1985
Member
TimboKahn, wow that's a scary story man. I'm glad you survived. It sounds like you had a brush with death that day, and I'm sure you know how very lucky you are. And people say a 9mm is too weak
USMCDK
Member
WOW you said it what a ****** bag. he luck your friend didn't light his @$$ up like the forth of july.
I would have just asked him to show me a clear tube. not look down the exiting end. :banghead:
As for NCO's checking the chamber we do that as well in the Marines but still do the click no bang thing. *SIGH*
shep854
Member
The above accounts are why there are 4 safety rules; they act as a safety net for each other. If we flub one, the others will still protect us.
As for pulling the trigger after clearing, my understanding was that it was simply to decock the arm. With rifles, etc, there is no other way. With pistols, I either use the decock feature or lower the hammer with my thumb (pointed in a safe direction, natch). In fact, many times I will even control the hammer even with a decocker (that click of metal on metal, even though harmless to the gun, just screams excessive wear to me).
Regarding NDs, I keep wanting to post the "those who have and those who will," but I hope passionately for the category of "those who never will," because they apply ALL of the 4 Rules religiously.
As for pulling the trigger after clearing, my understanding was that it was simply to decock the arm. With rifles, etc, there is no other way. With pistols, I either use the decock feature or lower the hammer with my thumb (pointed in a safe direction, natch). In fact, many times I will even control the hammer even with a decocker (that click of metal on metal, even though harmless to the gun, just screams excessive wear to me).
Regarding NDs, I keep wanting to post the "those who have and those who will," but I hope passionately for the category of "those who never will," because they apply ALL of the 4 Rules religiously.
Killermonkey21
Member
No, no, no. He wasn't checking the barrel, he was messing around. And just happened to see the white tip of the flare down the tube of the 40mm.
What you said, USMCDK, reminds me of something that I did, although not with a firearm.
For any of you guys that are into archery, the #1 rule is DO NOT DRYFIRE YOUR BOW! If you do, your bow can explode, seriously injuring you and destroying the bow in the process.
I bought a brand new Martin Moab compound bow earlier this year as my first bow. I had been saving up for about 3 months to buy it (college student's budget) and couldn't wait to get it. When it finally came, I couldn't wait to get it out of the UPS box. I was so excited. I wanted to see how the draw on it felt. It felt great. I called my sisters into the room and told them, "look, I can draw the bow back easily." Then, in my excitement, "POP!" I must have loosened my grip because, before I knew it, the string had slipped off of my fingers, making a really loud noise. The bow was in one piece, however.
I could not believe what I did. I looked the bow over and thought that I saw cracks all over the bow. I thought that I just had wasted $400. For about 2 weeks after that, even the thought of archery made me want to puke. Anyways, I called the company up and they just said to send it in. A few weeks later, I had a brand new bow. I still don't feel like they should have replaced it for free, but I'm not going to argue with that kind of customer service. For any of you wondering, Martin is an exceptional bow company.
Moral of the story: Mistakes Happen. As long as nobody gets hurt, you move on, hopefully not making the same mistakes again.
For any of you guys that are into archery, the #1 rule is DO NOT DRYFIRE YOUR BOW! If you do, your bow can explode, seriously injuring you and destroying the bow in the process.
I bought a brand new Martin Moab compound bow earlier this year as my first bow. I had been saving up for about 3 months to buy it (college student's budget) and couldn't wait to get it. When it finally came, I couldn't wait to get it out of the UPS box. I was so excited. I wanted to see how the draw on it felt. It felt great. I called my sisters into the room and told them, "look, I can draw the bow back easily." Then, in my excitement, "POP!" I must have loosened my grip because, before I knew it, the string had slipped off of my fingers, making a really loud noise. The bow was in one piece, however.
I could not believe what I did. I looked the bow over and thought that I saw cracks all over the bow. I thought that I just had wasted $400. For about 2 weeks after that, even the thought of archery made me want to puke. Anyways, I called the company up and they just said to send it in. A few weeks later, I had a brand new bow. I still don't feel like they should have replaced it for free, but I'm not going to argue with that kind of customer service. For any of you wondering, Martin is an exceptional bow company.
Moral of the story: Mistakes Happen. As long as nobody gets hurt, you move on, hopefully not making the same mistakes again.
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