cnorman18
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NOBODY should be confident that he will never have an AD. Confidence is dangerous. Never, ever let your guard down when handling firearms; you check the gun's chamber every time you pick it up, even if no one else is in the room.
Colonel Jeff Cooper himself--the guy who WROTE those four rules--had at least one AD, in front of witnesses, which he found hugely embarrassing. If it can happen to the redoubtable Col. Cooper, it can sure enough happen to any of us.
A Texas Ranger who carried his 1911 cocked-and-locked was once asked by a concerned woman, "Isn't that dangerous?" His reply was, "Yes, Ma'am. It sure is."
Guns ARE dangerous; if they weren't, they would have no purpose or value. Those who get casual around their weapons tend to put holes in things they'd rather not see perforated.
Oh--and for my money, that means leaving all one's guns loaded at all times. One or two, ready and at hand in case of emergencies, sure; but ALL of them? At one time I owned 33 pistols, and it would have been beyond dumb to leave them all loaded--if for no other reason than that it would make them that much closer to being readily available to someone ELSE. That's not the dumbest thing I've ever heard--that would have something to do with a voting booth and Al Gore--but it's pretty close.
If I'm not supposed to put my finger on the trigger till I'm ready to fire, it doesn't seem illogical to keep the ammo out of my gun until the time to fire it is at least imminent.
Honestly.
I don't leave all my pocketknives open all the time, either.
Colonel Jeff Cooper himself--the guy who WROTE those four rules--had at least one AD, in front of witnesses, which he found hugely embarrassing. If it can happen to the redoubtable Col. Cooper, it can sure enough happen to any of us.
A Texas Ranger who carried his 1911 cocked-and-locked was once asked by a concerned woman, "Isn't that dangerous?" His reply was, "Yes, Ma'am. It sure is."
Guns ARE dangerous; if they weren't, they would have no purpose or value. Those who get casual around their weapons tend to put holes in things they'd rather not see perforated.
Oh--and for my money, that means leaving all one's guns loaded at all times. One or two, ready and at hand in case of emergencies, sure; but ALL of them? At one time I owned 33 pistols, and it would have been beyond dumb to leave them all loaded--if for no other reason than that it would make them that much closer to being readily available to someone ELSE. That's not the dumbest thing I've ever heard--that would have something to do with a voting booth and Al Gore--but it's pretty close.
If I'm not supposed to put my finger on the trigger till I'm ready to fire, it doesn't seem illogical to keep the ammo out of my gun until the time to fire it is at least imminent.
Honestly.
I don't leave all my pocketknives open all the time, either.
