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Have you seen the news articles on the accidental shootings at gun shows? The irresponsible behavior of a couple individuals will surely reflect badly on all gun owners.
In one case (as it is reported) someone was taking a shotgun to the show with the intent to sell it. As they were checking the weapon at the door, while taking it OUT OF THE CASE it went off and sprayed people.
Really? Leaving a loaded shotgun in the case? Does this person have kids or grandkids around the home?
We all know that if you're not using the weapon for sporting or hunting purposes, or carrying it for personal protection, then it should be unloaded.
Another incident was a DEALER had a gun go off, he had removed the magazine but there was one in the pipe, so I assume it was some kind of semi-auto pistol. What are we all taught (or should be taught) in our HTE classes? When you pick up any gun, ASSUME IT IS LOADED and check it. Twice. A gun dealer should be at the top of the list of people who know this.
I don't believe anyone was handling these guns for personal protection in all these cases. So for safety's sake, no reason to have them loaded.
All gun owners have a responsibility to be as safe as possible, because it is incidents like these that can influence the opinions of the people on the fence on the gun issue. We don't need any kind of incidents to help the antis show just how "dangerous" guns are.
Please, keep the argument that no one may have "broken a law" in any of these cases. There is also no law against flinging yourself off of the edge of the Grand Canyon, would you advocate doing that?
In these times, as gun owners, we must all try to remain vigilant for safety in our own use of guns AND all of our friends and colleagues.
If you see someone doing something unsafe, and NONE of us are immune to a forgetful "Senior Moment", please remind them in a respectful way. Not to chastise them, but because you care about them individually and as a gun owner in general.
We gotta have each others' backs on this one, as one little seed of negativity will be grown into a forest of bad news in the media and politics.
In one case (as it is reported) someone was taking a shotgun to the show with the intent to sell it. As they were checking the weapon at the door, while taking it OUT OF THE CASE it went off and sprayed people.
Really? Leaving a loaded shotgun in the case? Does this person have kids or grandkids around the home?
We all know that if you're not using the weapon for sporting or hunting purposes, or carrying it for personal protection, then it should be unloaded.
Another incident was a DEALER had a gun go off, he had removed the magazine but there was one in the pipe, so I assume it was some kind of semi-auto pistol. What are we all taught (or should be taught) in our HTE classes? When you pick up any gun, ASSUME IT IS LOADED and check it. Twice. A gun dealer should be at the top of the list of people who know this.
I don't believe anyone was handling these guns for personal protection in all these cases. So for safety's sake, no reason to have them loaded.
All gun owners have a responsibility to be as safe as possible, because it is incidents like these that can influence the opinions of the people on the fence on the gun issue. We don't need any kind of incidents to help the antis show just how "dangerous" guns are.
Please, keep the argument that no one may have "broken a law" in any of these cases. There is also no law against flinging yourself off of the edge of the Grand Canyon, would you advocate doing that?
In these times, as gun owners, we must all try to remain vigilant for safety in our own use of guns AND all of our friends and colleagues.
If you see someone doing something unsafe, and NONE of us are immune to a forgetful "Senior Moment", please remind them in a respectful way. Not to chastise them, but because you care about them individually and as a gun owner in general.
We gotta have each others' backs on this one, as one little seed of negativity will be grown into a forest of bad news in the media and politics.