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Originally Posted by UncleEd
But then there was the time he and Ward Bond were
out bird hunting and while climbing a fence he shot
Bond in the butt with his shotgun. REAL gun handling.
The shotgun actually belonged to Bond. And in Bond's
will he bequeathed the firearm to Wayne.
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I've never heard that story before. And I don't know what happened and I really don't know all that much about John Wayne.
I would hope he would have a different mindset off set with a known loaded gun.
When I was in the Army the only time my M16 was
ever loaded was on the firing line, after I was told to lock and load one 20 round magazine and watch my lane.
When I had to carry it in the field there was
never an emphasis on safe firearms handling. In fact, at NTC they issued me a BFA and blanks and a MILES unit and
expected me to point a gun at people and pretend to shoot them.
I believe when you're in an environment where you
know the guns aren't loaded sooner or later you start ignoring the rules.
Even when I put my gun on my dresser at night I make a specific point of pointing it in a safe direction because I
know it's loaded and I
know I have a neighbor sleeping on the other side of my bedroom wall. That's not a consideration I ever had with my M16 in the Army.