Weapons Status???

LedFowl said:
If my GP100 is condition RED, but locked in a keypad gun safe, what is that exactly?

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USELESS? If you need it fast.. lol.. kidding sometimes thats as close as you can get to it with young kids on the loose
 
1911 in RED, in the night table AR-15 in green in safe



my dog in red, a mortal poodle
 
stickbug1 said:
kd4gij, you have got to be kidding on this one, right? If what you wrote is true, you have completely neglected firearm safety. There is such a small amount of time required to move a safety selector from safe to fire that it doesn't make sense to leave a "hot" firearm unattended in your home. The risk of an accidental discharge just doesn't warrant it. Keeping a round in the chamber of an automatic is prudent, but requires the safety engaged until you are prepared to discharge a round.

Your house, your gun, do what you wish. But I would guess that most knowledgeable firearms people would advise against it. Even a combat soldier in an active war zone doesn't leave his weapon in that status.
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I never said eny of them wher just laying around. And except for the M&P pistoles everything is DA/SA .And the only ones in my house know how to handle weapons. Keep finger off triger till you need it to go bang
 
Bersa Thunder380- red in nightstand.
Draco Pistol- red underbed and one in my chest/coffeetable in livingroom
Baby Browning- red in bathroom just cuz ppl dont expect u to come off the toilet dumping :D
15-22PC- green in range bag in closet

just sold my Mossberg 500 but it was above my bed in a rack.
 
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No finger in Trigger guard = no bang.
Guns don't go off by themselves; it takes a definite trigger pull.
 
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My 15-22 is green and bagged under my bed.
My CCW is a 386NG that is revolver red.
My security cat is also red status as he will be sleeping in the smack dead center of the hallway ready to trip any unwary BGs.
 
kd4gij said:
Every weapon I own is ready for action at all times, All mags full. 1 in the pipe safty off. Any outher way would be usles. Of corse my ungest is 30 and knows how to handle a weapon.
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stickbug1 said:
kd4gij, you have got to be kidding on this one, right? If what you wrote is true, you have completely neglected firearm safety. There is such a small amount of time required to move a safety selector from safe to fire that it doesn't make sense to leave a "hot" firearm unattended in your home. The risk of an accidental discharge just doesn't warrant it. Keeping a round in the chamber of an automatic is prudent, but requires the safety engaged until you are prepared to discharge a round.

Even a combat soldier in an active war zone doesn't leave his weapon in that status.
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I don't pretend to know what soldiers do, and I probably know better than to use them as unquestioned models. I know that if I still had a SIG it would have one in the pipe with no safety on - no choice there. With the Beretta 92FS there IS a choice, and I probably would not have the safety on if I carried it regularly, which I don't. Very few Glock users engage a safety, even when there is a round in the chamber, and this includes a LOT of LEOs. Most 1911 users do. IMO, the major issue is whether the gun is drop-safe without a safety engaged. I mostly don't own guns that aren't. I also don't leave guns lying around - it's against the law around here, loaded or not. It's for the chillun. Those who live in other states and whose children are of responsible age and training may choose to act differently, and I would not question them.

i don't think I'd want to criticize the practice described by kd4gij without knowing all of the circumstances. As my brother would say, "People who make blanket statements are wrong."
 
If it's locked up in my house or on my person then you'll find it in red. Unless unless cocked and locked.
 
Colors...

Colors are OK...

But it's also true the SOUND of a 12 ga Pump Shotgun going from Amber to Red can be a deterrent all by itself!

I should write an "app" for that for the i-phones, sell a bunch, get rich and retire... :)

Old No7
 
I don't know what branch of service uses the color system for weapons conditions but in the Marine Corps we use numbers.

Condition 4 for magazine removed, chamber empty, bolt forward, ejection port cover closed (if you have an ejection port cover), and weapon on safe.

Condition 3: magazine inserted, chamber empty, bolt forward, epc closed, weapon on safe.

Condition 2 doesn't apply to rifles. (Also I never bothered to learn what condition 2 did apply to but I assume revolvers but I could be wrong.)

Lastly, condition 1: magazine inserted, round in chamber, bolt forward,epc closed, weapon on safe.

Anyway I keep my two pistols both in condition three and when my 15-22 finally gets in it'll be in condition three as well.
 
Old No7 said:
Colors are OK...

But it's also true the SOUND of a 12 ga Pump Shotgun going from Amber to Red can be a deterrent all by itself!

I should write an "app" for that for the i-phones, sell a bunch, get rich and retire... :)

Old No7
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So can 3 foot of flame coming out the end of a cut down double barrel coach gun...lol
 
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