ZeSpectre
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A thread on another site was discussing someone who had gone to a gunstore and asked to see a gun and when the employee pulled out the gun and racked the slide to check it they got the unpleasant surprise of having a live round pop out.
I thought this was an excellent reminder that we must all follow the rules of gun safety 100% of the time as there are are certain responsibilities that CAN NOT be handed off to anyone else.
I've long since lost track of the number of "odd" looks I get for re-checking a firearm that someone just checked right in front of me but once you take physical possession of that firearm it is YOUR responsibility and YOURS ALONE to make sure everything is safe and as responsible firearms owners/operators we simply can not afford to forget that.
I couldn't even tell you how many times someone has handed me a firearm that they "just checked" which was unsafe. Just a few examples...
-Remington 870 with a round still in the tube magazine.
-SAA Revolver with a live round in a chamber.
-Lever gun with a "stubborn" round still stuck in the tube magazine.
-Locked open semi-auto pistol...with a loaded magazine installed.
-SKS rifle with a live round chambered that didn't extract for some reason.
We also had a guy running around a couple of years back who though it was "funny" to go to a store, look at some guns, drop a live round in one of them and then leave. Fortunately he got caught by an alert store employee and was arrested but you can just imagine the results of that malicious act if the store employee hadn't been detail oriented and double checked after he got the firearm back.
I thought this was an excellent reminder that we must all follow the rules of gun safety 100% of the time as there are are certain responsibilities that CAN NOT be handed off to anyone else.
I've long since lost track of the number of "odd" looks I get for re-checking a firearm that someone just checked right in front of me but once you take physical possession of that firearm it is YOUR responsibility and YOURS ALONE to make sure everything is safe and as responsible firearms owners/operators we simply can not afford to forget that.
I couldn't even tell you how many times someone has handed me a firearm that they "just checked" which was unsafe. Just a few examples...
-Remington 870 with a round still in the tube magazine.
-SAA Revolver with a live round in a chamber.
-Lever gun with a "stubborn" round still stuck in the tube magazine.
-Locked open semi-auto pistol...with a loaded magazine installed.
-SKS rifle with a live round chambered that didn't extract for some reason.
We also had a guy running around a couple of years back who though it was "funny" to go to a store, look at some guns, drop a live round in one of them and then leave. Fortunately he got caught by an alert store employee and was arrested but you can just imagine the results of that malicious act if the store employee hadn't been detail oriented and double checked after he got the firearm back.