monotonous_iterancy
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Why is gun safety not a universally understood thing? Most of it is common sense.
One time, someone I know, who happens to be a cop, was showing me a pistol of hers. She popped the magazine out, and checked the chamber, it was unloaded. But as she was showing me it, she had it pointed right at my face most of the time.
"Please don't sweep me" I said.
"It's not loaded."
"I know, but it's a bad habit."
Another time, this guy at school was telling me of an accidental discharge he had with a rifle. Him and someone else were out in the woods, and his mom actually made them carry a bolt action .22 in case of a mountain lion. I was asking questions trying to figure out what happened. "Did it slam fire?" "Did you drop it?"
He told me that he pulled the trigger to "check if the safety worked".
What's up with that? I've always heard "Use the safety if your gun has one, but don't rely on it."
He also said that he thought it was unloaded. That he had the bolt closed on an empty chamber or something. I think it was a magazine fed gun if I understood the story. Of course, a round was obviously chambered at some point.
Why isn't gun safety a natural thing?
One time, someone I know, who happens to be a cop, was showing me a pistol of hers. She popped the magazine out, and checked the chamber, it was unloaded. But as she was showing me it, she had it pointed right at my face most of the time.
"Please don't sweep me" I said.
"It's not loaded."
"I know, but it's a bad habit."
Another time, this guy at school was telling me of an accidental discharge he had with a rifle. Him and someone else were out in the woods, and his mom actually made them carry a bolt action .22 in case of a mountain lion. I was asking questions trying to figure out what happened. "Did it slam fire?" "Did you drop it?"
He told me that he pulled the trigger to "check if the safety worked".
What's up with that? I've always heard "Use the safety if your gun has one, but don't rely on it."
He also said that he thought it was unloaded. That he had the bolt closed on an empty chamber or something. I think it was a magazine fed gun if I understood the story. Of course, a round was obviously chambered at some point.
Why isn't gun safety a natural thing?