Legalese Ruining Firearms

[The Bushmaster]

Walkalong...How about your Colt semi-autos. My series 80 Just has COLT, caliber and some dates on it. I must have a lot of [old] guns. None have safety warnings on them...

 

[hirundo82]

Maybe they should sign a waiver when they buy a gun. The waiver would then be on file somewhere.

Most of the chain stores I've bought from do have you sign a waiver. It's not really worth much; any half-decent lawyer can find a way to get around one.

 

[MinnMooney]

I agree with the O.P. These warnings on everything are getting ridiculas. I wanted to find out what a lever was for on my rotor and had to go past 6 pages of warnings before finding any meat.

It could be worse, they could have it written in Spanish as well.

Don't laugh! Here in Minnesota it could have Samalian, Vietnamese and Spanish. Pretty soon, it'll ONLY be in Spanish in AZ if their new law stays suppressed.

 

[rcmodel]

I never minded the safety warnings nearly as much as redundant push-button safeties on lever-action hammer guns, and 7 1/2 pound lawyer triggers on bolt-action varmint rifles and .22 auto-pistols.

Now that right there just ain't right!
All of them!

rc

 

[KodiakBeer]

I like the standard Russian warning since it covers all the bases.

Gun! Is not safe!

 

[oldfool]

"Now that right there just ain't right!"
yup, you right RC !


uhhh... well... no one has ever convinced me that crappy triggers ever did have anything to do with lawyers, I think it's a myth deliberately perpetuated by the manufacturers
and pb safeties on Marlins ain't push button safeties on Winchesters,
(and half cock is not actually a "safety" on a lever action nohow, not as commonly interpreted anyway)

but "they" ARE out of control, and somebody oughta' do something about it real soon !
me, I happily settle for just buying older models
(sadly, only a half-truth that)

 

[oldfool]

I like the standard Russian warning since it covers all the bases.

Gun! Is not safe!

now that's funny !

 

[calvin13]

They should have all the necessary warnings on the side of vehicles. How do you think that will go over? A big warning on the drivers door, "This vehicle can kill."

 

[duns]

My two Smith & Wesson revolvers and my Colt 1911 don't carry any of that nonsense. On the other hand, my Walther P99C AS carries "Warning: Read Safety Manual". My Beretta 92FS carries "Read manual before use" and (just in case you didn't read the manual) "Warning:retract slide to see if loaded, fires without magazine". Honestly, I don't mind too much as on these two guns the warnings are printed so inconspicuously and I suppose for future collectors the warnings do give a flavor of the times in which we are living.

 

[alohachris]

I suppose for future collectors the warnings do give a flavor of the times in which we are living.

Yeah, The Dumb Ages. They were so stupid back then that they thought printing warnings on guns would keep the stoopid from doing it's job. :banghead:

 

[W.E.G.]

At least Ruger has started putting that crap on the BOTTOM of the barrel instead of the side.

 

[Walkalong]

Walkalong...How about your Colt semi-autos.

Yep. No warnings there either.

The only 1911 I have with a warning is my "new to me" used 9mm S&W. *sigh*

Shoots good though.

 

[donjr5]

Warning labels keep the stoopid people from killing themselves. That's why there are fewer idiots in Europe (fewer warning labels), and too many stupid people here in the States!

 

[labhound]

I wonder which way the barrel is pointed when people read the warnings on their guns!

 

[Brass Rain]

It could be worse, they could have it written in Spanish as well.

Groaned out loud at that.