Okiecruffler
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This is the way I was taught by my father. He would hold a gun and ask me, "Is it loaded?" The answer wasn't "I don't know.", it was "yes". He would then open the action, show you it was empty, close the action and ask again, "Is it loaded?" The answer was "yes." Then he would open the action and hand the gun to me so I could see it was unloaded. He'd tell me to close the action and ask again, "Is it loaded?" The answer was "yes". The answer should always be "yes". Accidents happen, only a fool practices something to increase the odds.