Now, since you are able to get yourself to a point that you say the gun is unloaded, then what's stopping you from pointing the gun at whatever you want? Is it the other rules? But your gun is not loaded, remember? So, why would you bother following the other rules at that point?
Ok, I let it go since some people are so thin-skinned and weak minded…. but since you brought it up.
First, I always follow all the rules. Period.
The rule we refer to as Rule One is where there seems to be some debate. I’ve made the statement that
a rule, by definition, must be inviolate or it’s a lie. So, what is Rule One?
All guns are always loaded? Or All guns are loaded until you verify that they are not?
The latter is the rule as I know it, and the rule that we all follow even if you claim the former. I made the statement that
all guns are not always loaded, because if they were we would never dry-fire, clean, or hand them to a friend. I would not clean, dry-fire, or hand a loaded gun to a friend. Ever. Also, if all guns are always loaded, then you bought a loaded gun and you have no need to load it more before you carry it.
Some claim it’s all semantics or word play, but it’s not. The rule must be inviolate or it’s a lie. And it’s a dangerous lie at that. The rules
must be followed all the time, under any circumstance. If you claim that Rule One is, “all guns are always loaded” and you treat it as though it’s not (by cleaning, dry-firing, etc.) then you are not truthfully following the rule.
Now, you asked,
But your gun is not loaded, remember? So, why would you bother following the other rules at that point?
I follow the other rules because I follow
all the rules,
all the time, remember? Just because I have verified that my gun is unloaded, and can now clean it or dry fire it, it does not under any circumstance mean that I’m suddenly going to start treating it carelessly! Just because the rule was dumbed down for a dumb audience, dos not obligate me to drink the koolaid along with them. I follow the rule as it was originally written, that all guns are to be treated as though they are loaded until I have verified that they are not. I have followed Rule One, just because it isn’t your version of rule one doesn’t make me a breaker of the Rule.