OK! Flame suit and rant mode on!!!
Let's crucify this poor sap, OK?! Why not? After all, we are all the gun gurus, and we NEVER have accidents, and are ALWAYS safe, right? We NEVER have taken ANY shortcuts, have we?
And, for the ones who DO have accidents, hey! Instead of telling the guy that "yeah, you boned up--by God's good graces, no one was hurt. Now, let's teach you, and train to NEVER let this happen again", we're telling him to seriously consider never touching a gun again.
Hogwash! Bull Cookies! Foul invective!!!
A much smarter man than I said in the book of Ephesians, "Judge not, lest ye be judged. For, in the manner that you judge, ye shall also be judged."
And, if I'm not mistaken, didn't a certain Carpenter from Galilee once tell a mob, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone"?
Instead of hanging this guy with all of this holier than thou talk about him examining his future ownership of firearms, let's teach him through our postings how NEVER to let this happen again.
Here's a story of mine to get things started:
In my first Department, I was the Armorer. I was going through the spare shotguns to ensure that they were ready for storage. All that had to happen was to ensure that the hammer was dropped on an empty chamber.
I picked up the first one, an 870. For a second, I started to just pull the trigger. Then, like a neon sign, it flashed in my mind:
"ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED"
I unlocked the action, and racked the slide. A round of 00 buck ejected and fell to the floor.
I went to the restroom to clean up.
So, there's my contribution. All guns are ALWAYS loaded. Remember that they can always load themselves, AND WILL DO SO, at the first possible opportunity.
There's my contribution. How about another? Let's keep it on the High Road.