We Warned You!

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Reloadron said:
Something I have learned over the years is you can't save people from themselves. This likely explains the high number of candidates for Darwin Awards. Personally I favor tort reform and figure we need to stop rewarding people for being stupid. This is especially true when it comes to guns.

So sitting here enjoying a hard cider and I read: "Government Warning (1) According to the Surgeon General Woman Should Not Drink Alcoholic Beverages Because Of The Risk Of Birth Defects. (2) Consumption Of Alcoholic Beverages Impairs Your Ability To Drive A Car Or Operate Machinery And May Cause Health Problems.

So now the question begs if I walk into a bar and order an alcoholic beverage should the bar tender or my server be required to explain this to me for each drink I order? It's not just guns but when it comes to personal injury guns are always a great target. I didn't manage to shoot myself because I was stupid, it was clearly the fault of the gun. What we have is a dumbing down of America and a bloated government that just keeps growing. Pretty sad.

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Yeah, nobody want to say "you did something wrong" or "you shouldn't have left your gun accessible to your kid". Those are too hard to deal with, it's much easier to blame an inanimate object for features they do/do not have than to tell somebody they were stupid or should have done better, or the infinitely worse, holding "them" accountable.
 
I’m a huge proponent of information and documentation.
If one gets into a new activity, whether it be shooting or whatever, it’s incumbent on them to be informed. Firearm safety is not a big hidden secret.
It’s also incumbent on those of us who have accumulated knowledge to share it with others as appropriate.
I won’t say there are no dumb questions, because there are. But we all should help in whatever area we can without belittling the guy asking if 45ACP and 45 Colt are the same. At least they are trying to learn.
The warnings on bags of peanuts warning the bag may contain peanuts is a product of the lowest form of life we have allowed to flourish - lawyers.
The fact lawyers exist is prima facia evidence (to use one of their bs terms), that we have too many laws. The agreements we have as a society (our laws) should be simple enough to understand that we don’t need someone to translate them from a long dead language and explain them to us (and pay dearly for the information). It’s a racket; “let’s make the laws ultra complex and use Latin terms whenever we can, then we can charge good money from people wanting to stay out of jail”.
End of rant.
 
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I haven't read the whole thread.

Two things I've noticed:

Taurus actually warns that keeping a firearm intended for defense locked up may result in injury or death due to inaccessibility (the warning is in the owner's manual for many of their models.)

My Smith and Wesson M&P BG38CT revolver has a label on its laser warning of "radiation output" from its lens opening, but doesn't have anything describing what might come from the muzzle opening. :scrutiny:
 
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Just as with military surplus without importers' markings, I attach something of a premium to a gun without moron-markings.

Because really, aside from society's vampires.... who truly sees these markings as valuable in any practical sense?

Do we really think that even one dolt was about get all ballistic, happened to see the side of the gun - and then think to his own damn self; "Self, I maybe ought's ta read that little book firstsome!"

My form or *warning* as in; "things are about to get sporty":
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Another very valid and valuable warning:
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All new.... no billboards! And from New York of all places, too.
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Todd.
 
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SwampWolf said:
I was shooting at the range a couple of days ago when one of my friends renewed an old complaint: why do all of the gun manufacturers find it necessary to put warnings on their firearms (i.e., "read manual before use", etc.)? Many of us don't like the unsightly admonitions stamped on the barrels and receivers of our guns (I think Ruger was one of the first ones to do so) but, in a society where you can be sued millions of dollars and possibly be put out of business solely because some hapless litigant climbed a ladder from the wrong side or removed a clog from his running lawn mower or didn't know how to hold a hot cup of coffee properly, it's easy to understand why companies hire lawyers to keep other lawyers from ruining them with frivolous lawsuits.

But I was made to wonder, do all gun companies now put these offensive labels on their guns? So I examined some of my handguns and was surprised to see that many, maybe most, do not, including CZ, Colt, Taurus, SIG and Springfield (I've had my Taurus revolver for more than a few years so they might be doing so today). And, happily, they're all still in business! I have to question if the practice is really that necessary or maybe it's just a prudent "better be safe than sorry" mindset.
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Ruger lost a law suite and the legend started appearing on their guns.
 
Not being mechanical, I like manuals if they have clear diagrams and clear directions. It's a big success experience for me when a manual enables me to assemble something myself which I otherwise wouldn't have been able to do. :)
 
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Am I the only one who doesn't even notice them.
It's like complaining the yard is ugly because there's a mailbox and street number.
 
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