for those that put "other":
A thing is either "safe" or "unsafe". PERIOD. …(redacted)… Not KNOWING that to be true, it is unsafe. PERIOD.
THE SUBJECTS OF THE PICTURE not knowing if it's safe is UNSAFE. ME not knowing if it's safe makes it OTHER. You cannot assume facts not in evidence. Only a parent can do that and I am not their parent. Therefore, it's OTHER.
To be fair, the OP is asking two related but different questions:
1)
The debate is over whether the actions depicted are safe.
And
2)
The real question at hand is whether it is safe to break the rules with a gun you personally verified to be unloaded.
This could lead some to answer only #2, which has a Yes or No answer. And that answer would be “Yes.” You have to in many cases for simple maintenance and to stage a picture.
Once you add #1 into the mix (and take his question in context), since #2 is “yes” and #1 has many questions left unanswered, then “OTHER” is a valid option. And in MY opinion, the ONLY answer based on the facts at hand.
If you wish to personalized it (be their parent/guardian/nanny) and assume facts not in evidence, be my guest. But I cannot convict solely on these pictures. Do the pics make me disposed to give weight to other evidence that they were unsafe? Yep. But the pics do not, in and of themselves, constitute enough proof of negligence. If staged pictures did, Oleg would be fist in the Gulag.
Staged pictures CAN be safe. So it’s OTHER until credible witness tells me, “Yep, they swept the place for ammo and quadruple checked all the guns before and after each shot,” or, “Oh hell, they just went in and grabbed the guns and started taking pictures.”
…and several other people on the other website, say that the actions depicted are safe because the boys are familiar with firearms and ensured they were unloaded.
Who are these people? Was it a credible person? Did they see them? No clue. This does not sway me one way or the other.
If you are their parent, feel free to tan their hides for all the reasons discussed. Tell your kids, “Do this and I will personally make you wish for a swift and merciful death!” But since I have no direct authority over them, can not prove negligence, nor are their actions, in and of themselves, illegal/gravely immoral… they get “OTHER”. This is the text equivalent of the Hairy Eyeball.