mhdishere
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A while back I was telling someone that, at my old gun club (I left because I moved away) I had a reputation for being "anal" about safety. I'd take my revolver out of the locked box I transported it in and open it up to make sure it wasn't loaded, despite the fact I also checked it when I put it IN the box.
I began thinking about this reputation and the more I thought about it, the more I concluded that I'm really not "anal", I just developed a habit of safety. Whenever I pick a gun up, the first thing I do it open the action to see if it's loaded. I don't have to think "I checked this an hour ago when I put it in the box, it wasn't loaded then, it's been locked since and I have the key and the box hasn't been out of my sight since then". I just check it. It's become a habit for me. If it's an unfamiliar gun I ask first to be shown how to make sure it's unloaded even before I touch it.
I have similar habits with my trigger finger (I've been asked why I keep my finger off the trigger of my cordless drill), etc.
So I offer this to my THR buddies, am I anal? Even if I am, I doubt ANYONE here would be afraid to go shooting with me!
I began thinking about this reputation and the more I thought about it, the more I concluded that I'm really not "anal", I just developed a habit of safety. Whenever I pick a gun up, the first thing I do it open the action to see if it's loaded. I don't have to think "I checked this an hour ago when I put it in the box, it wasn't loaded then, it's been locked since and I have the key and the box hasn't been out of my sight since then". I just check it. It's become a habit for me. If it's an unfamiliar gun I ask first to be shown how to make sure it's unloaded even before I touch it.
I have similar habits with my trigger finger (I've been asked why I keep my finger off the trigger of my cordless drill), etc.
So I offer this to my THR buddies, am I anal? Even if I am, I doubt ANYONE here would be afraid to go shooting with me!