glockman19
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Yes always check every gun I'm handed every time. It's been engrained in my psyche.
saw a perfect and frightening example of how important this is at a store just a few days ago. The place has an indoor range as well as a pro shop with rentals. The store policy prohibits loaded weapons in the store section. A customer comes in off the range to turn in a rental gun. The customer laid the weapon on the counter and asked to see another. The store clerk asked if the gun was unloaded, and the customer said "yes, of course." The shop clerk picked up the gun, pulled back the slide, and we all got to watch a live round was ejected from the gun and flew across the counter. Needless to say, I was a little shocked. I asked the clerk if that was very common and he stated that it actually was.
What if the clerk had not personally checked it or another customer picked it up without checking it himself?
Great question.
Be safe.
Shooter429
I always check guns that are handed to me, but your question supposes that the next person to pick it up would have done so by the trigger.
There's nothing wrong to double-triple-quadruple-sextuple-sentuple...etc. checking.
You might get OCD. Disclaimer: Apologies to those that may have OCD.