STUPID,STUPID,STUPID!

[Ultima-Ratio]

A little gun culture trivia for you all-

I'd always thought it odd that the NRAs gun culture icon Bill Jordan was chosen to be a safety spokesman in as much as years earlier Bill had killed a fellow officer with the then new S&W Model 19.

 

[anglaispierre]

A different situation, but equally stupid and dangerous - I had chambered a cartridge in my Winchester 94 (an older model without those new-fangled safety devices). I was not going to shoot immediately so I was lowering the hammer into the half-cocked safety position when the hammer slipped and BANG. Fortunately the gun was pointing towards the ground in front of me.

Mistakes are a good way to learn, but mistakes with guns can be deadly!!!!!!!!!!

 

[eagle eye]

well one day we were standing around camp bsing. when one of the guys showed me his 25-06.
i put the scope on the mailbox which was directly in line with the front door.
luckily i did not put a finger on the trigger.
i assumed it was unloaded when he pulled it out of his truck, but before i handed it back i opened the bolt and out popped a live round and
beneath a full magazine. i bit my tongue, but i was literally a wreck. just the thought of that gun going off if had squeezed the trigger.

i never assume a gun is unloqaded when it is handed to me actoion opened or closed, i double check it.dan

 

[ifilef]

Immediately upon receipt of a gun, one should clear it no matter what.

I fear that many people merely open the action of a semi-auto handgun to check it-forgetting or too lazy to drop that magazine first. You see, dropping that mag implies having to lock the slide thereafter, which may be a PITA depending on the gun.

Sure, they eject the round but then it recycles another. They don't realize it, then drop the magazine, and one is then in the chamber. Without a magazine safety you're inviting trouble in that type of scenario.

So ALWAYS drop that mag first, then cycle the action, eject the round, lock the slide, stick your finger in the breech and feel for a cartridge or the absence thereof, and visually check the bore's clear.

 

[n4zov]

I always appreciate somebody stepping up and admitting they made a mistake because it reminds me that I can do the same thing! Thanks to everybody for sharing their experiences.

 

[beach elvis]

Did you know that even an upscale 10/22 like a walnut-stocked Deluxe Sporter can surprise you if you rack the action first and then pull the mag? Did you also know that shower steam looks just like cigarette smoke when it comes out through a little bitty hole in a hollow core bathroom door? Did you also know that a new roll of paper towels on a bathroom wall is kinda dicey as a backstop but a hollow core door is enough to slow down a 40 gr. .22 standard velocity hollowpoint to where it'll only penetrate halfway through a new roll of Brawny? Did you also know that if you added 1 mph to the rate of speed that a man runs a perforated roll of paper towels to a dumpster so his wife wouldn't see it in the trash when she's comin' home in 5 minutes, that you could prob'ly go back in time?

Yeah, me neither.

Happened to...uh...a friend of mine...uh...yeah, that's it...a friend of mine.

 

[venomballistics]

Originally posted by beach elvis:
Did you know that even an upscale 10/22 like a walnut-stocked Deluxe Sporter can surprise you if you rack the action first and then pull the mag? Did you also know that shower steam looks just like cigarette smoke when it comes out through a little bitty hole in a hollow core bathroom door? Did you also know that a new roll of paper towels on a bathroom wall is kinda dicey as a backstop but a hollow core door is enough to slow down a 40 gr. .22 standard velocity hollowpoint to where it'll only penetrate halfway through a new roll of Brawny? Did you also know that if you added 1 mph to the rate of speed that a man runs a perforated roll of paper towels to a dumpster so his wife wouldn't see it in the trash when she's comin' home in 5 minutes, that you could prob'ly go back in time?

Yeah, me neither.

Happened to...uh...a friend of mine...uh...yeah, that's it...a friend of mine.

I have no idea what I'd use this data for but many findings like these are often the result of the occasional blond moment on the part of .. err umm ... friends of ours.
someone HAD to discover eggs were edible .... right?

 

[Seaforth]

Originally posted by Rich W:
A friend told me of dry firing at his TV with a 44 mag. He then reloaded and laid the gun beside his chair. A half hour later, not thinking, he picked up the revolver and blasted the picture tube to hell.

A cousin was showing me his dad's old Winchester pump shotgun in the basement, a WWI trench model. He stuck a shell in and chambered it with his finger on the trigger, forgetting that it did NOT have a disconnector. Put a hole in the ceiling and one hell of a shot pattern in his parents bedroom door. The charge came too close to me for comfort.

I have done it too with a "unloaded" revolver I forgot to check before pulling the trigger to dry fire it. Nice hole in the wall, both sides, and into a box of stored papers.

ALWAYS double check before dry firing and keep your finger off the trigger when loading a firearm.

.... I know of a State Trooper who shot the Govenor right between the eyes. Working the graveyard shift, dry firing, and reloading and placing it in the holder for the desk operator. Around 4:30AM being bored he pick the service revolver from the desk rack, took great aim, and BLAM, right between the eyes of the wall hanging photograph of the State Gov. I don't know how he explained to the Post Commander though =

 

[nicky4968]

In my work I have had to deal with three people killed by unloaded weapons. In each instance, the victim was not handling the firearm; in one the victim did encourage some tomfoolery. I knew two of the victims personally. One was a young woman about 25 years old and the mother of a small child. The other was a young man about 17 years old in our Boy Scout troop. All three died instantly.

 

[Sgt Preston]

Sgt Preston here. EVERYTIME I pick up a gun I assume it's a bomb that's about ready to go off. EVERYTIME I pick up an automatic I drop the magazine, rack the slide open & lock it back. I look into the chamber and down thru the magazine well. During this entire 3 second process I keep my fxxxxxg finger away from the fxxxxxg trigger. Similarly I open the cylinder on revolvers & make sure the gun is empty. This isn't rocket science. Even if the gun was accidentally put away with a round in the chamber, following this proceedure, you'll find it without killing somebody. The antigun people love it when we have a ND. We need to make sure that we don't give them any ammo to use against us. Hope this helps. Sgt Preston USMC LLA

 

[bogman]

I go with the idea that ALL guns are ALWAYS loaded.