ChattanoogaPhil
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A couple years ago a guy in Ohio fired off a muzzle loader in the air to clear it. Killed a 15y/o little Amish girl in a buggy over a mile away.
Don’t know how to clear the chamber? Don’t ask this guy for help.
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Awwwwww
This is really sad. Once I fired into the air. I was out in the woods and didn't think it would hurt anything, but suddenly I realized that I didn't know where the bullets were ending up and there were houses nearby. I think that might be the last very stupid thing with a gun that I've done. At least I hope it was the last. Anyway, it prompted me to re-evaluate and have grown a lot since then.
This is really sad. Once I fired into the air. I was out in the woods and didn't think it would hurt anything, but suddenly I realized that I didn't know where the bullets were ending up and there were houses nearby. I think that might be the last very stupid thing with a gun that I've done. At least I hope it was the last. Anyway, it prompted me to re-evaluate and have grown a lot since then.
Years ago a Iowa game warden told me the most common tickets he wrote were for a loaded shotgun in a vehicle. A person wants to deer hunt, goes and buys or borrows a shotgun, shown how to load it, but forgets how to unload it, maybe not shown? Goes hunting doesn't see anything, time to go home, doesn't want to waste an expensive shell, so puts it in the case loaded, and starts to drive home, gets stopped and checked for license, gun checked, found loaded! Of course could be a lame excuse by someone caught, but ???
Of course another time years later, this same game warden stopped my son and I leaving a field from pheasant hunting. We were in my PU, an OU and SXS, broken down in their respective cases, in the back of the truck, you know, butt stock/action, fore end, and barrels separated in a fitted case. He insisted upon us removing the double barrels, so he could look down the barrels and confirm there were no shells in the barrels! He also demanded to see inside a flapped pouch in my sons gun case to make sure there were no shells in it? Turns out it was cleaning rod and supplies! Luckily my case the cleaning rods and supplies were laying in an open compartment in the case. My son was pissed, and I quietly told him to keep his mouth shut, that was the best way to deal with OCD.
Other stories about this warden, but another time.
Of course another time years later, this same game warden stopped my son and I leaving a field from pheasant hunting. We were in my PU, an OU and SXS, broken down in their respective cases, in the back of the truck, you know, butt stock/action, fore end, and barrels separated in a fitted case. He insisted upon us removing the double barrels, so he could look down the barrels and confirm there were no shells in the barrels! He also demanded to see inside a flapped pouch in my sons gun case to make sure there were no shells in it? Turns out it was cleaning rod and supplies! Luckily my case the cleaning rods and supplies were laying in an open compartment in the case. My son was pissed, and I quietly told him to keep his mouth shut, that was the best way to deal with OCD.
Other stories about this warden, but another time.
Vectorxw8
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This is a lot like when I was working for Gould computer systems division. We would build large mainframe computers for the DoD. Here I am lowly tech showing the PHD's and higher ups how to turn it on.. That always killed me.
Long Barrel
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a skillion years ago----------
We used 55-gallon drums 3/4 full of sand, covered with a top of roofing rubber to clear weapons prior to entry into messhalls, NCO clubs, BOQs etc.They were usually painted red and white. They also usually had a big bulge blown out on the back.
I once chided one of my bosses, when all he did was pull his mag and reholster. He said he never had one in the chamber because he didnt remember how to clear it.
Sometime, Ill tell you about the snapcap that wasn't.
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We used 55-gallon drums 3/4 full of sand, covered with a top of roofing rubber to clear weapons prior to entry into messhalls, NCO clubs, BOQs etc.They were usually painted red and white. They also usually had a big bulge blown out on the back.
I once chided one of my bosses, when all he did was pull his mag and reholster. He said he never had one in the chamber because he didnt remember how to clear it.
Sometime, Ill tell you about the snapcap that wasn't.
I
wyccad915
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When I was still green to guns I didnt know how to lower a hammer on a revolver. Simple internet search (and yes I checked multiple sources) showed me how.
Vectorxw8
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For some reason this statement clicked in my head. I never had the honor of serving my country. My biggest regret of youth. I thought that was drilled into those that carried sidearms to Never have one chambered. I could be wrong on that, and the story I always drill into people I teach is its always the "Empty" gun that kills..
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Vectorxw8
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Lord, even I'm not that paranoid.
There is plenty of real, unfeigned idiocy and ignorance about guns out there to cause incidents like this. I've seen and heard unbelievable things along those lines, no conspiracy needed.
Ever meet a "sound hunter"? Or a guy who puts a bullet through two walls (including his child's bedroom) "dry firing" a gun? I have. There are enough cretins around to make us look bad, without anyone having to fake a damn thing.
All you need to do is a search on YouTube. Not only are they real but they get filmed. One dumb-*** fired 2 rounds with his shotgun, the 3rd round misfired and he set the butt of the gun on the ground and looked into the barrel. The only thing that saved his life was he moved at the last second, the blast went through the brim of his ball cap and burned his forehead. They are real!
