Way OT: "Gun safety"

[mickeyf]

Somtimes you just gotta sigh deeply and carry on...

You don't even need to read the article, just the title.

"gun_safety_teacher_accidentally_shoots_student_du ring_class"

[vpt]

A .38 bullet from a .357?

[Highpower]

Yes. You can fire .38 special ammunition in a .357 magnum revolver - but not vice versa.
Both use 0.357" diameter projectiles.

[michigan doug]

For those who have had no formal training concerning firearms, there are four inviolate rules. In order for something bad to happen, you have to break at least two rules. So if you don't break any of the rules, you're golden.

1. Assume that all guns are loaded, all the time. Period.

2. Never point the gun at anything unless you are willing to kill/destroy it/them.

3. Never put your finger on the trigger until you are ready to kill/destroy the target.

4. Know your target, with certainty, and what's behind the target.


Your public service announcement for the day.

doug

[_Paul_]

For those who have had no formal training concerning firearms, there are four inviolate rules. In order for something bad to happen, you have to break at least two rules. So if you don't break any of the rules, you're golden.

1. Assume that all guns are loaded, all the time. Period.

2. Never point the gun at anything unless you are willing to kill/destroy it/them.

3. Never put your finger on the trigger until you are ready to kill/destroy the target.

4. Know your target, with certainty, and what's behind the target.


Your public service announcement for the day.

doug

+1

Paul

[Sun God]

If only it made the news every time a driving instructor had a car accident. Or a flying instructor crashed their aircraft (which happens alarmingly frequently).

[Jaakko Fagerlund]

If only it made the news every time a driving instructor had a car accident. Or a flying instructor crashed their aircraft (which happens alarmingly frequently).

Or a student forgets his/her chuck key in place or the workpiece works out of the chuck.

[WhatTheFlux!]

For those who have had no formal training concerning firearms, there are four inviolate rules. In order for something bad to happen, you have to break at least two rules. So if you don't break any of the rules, you're golden.

1. Assume that all guns are loaded, all the time. Period.

2. Never point the gun at anything unless you are willing to kill/destroy it/them.

3. Never put your finger on the trigger until you are ready to kill/destroy the target.

4. Know your target, with certainty, and what's behind the target.


Your public service announcement for the day.

doug

I am not a "gun person" and I know these rules.

But then again I have been accused of possessing a level of common sense that far exceeds that of most people.

[Sun God]

I am not a "gun person" and I know these rules.

But then again I have been accused of possessing a level of common sense that far exceeds that of most people.

Would you go so far as to call it uncommon sense?

[vpt]

Also leave the gun on safety ALL the time until ready to shoot the target! That is the one big one missing from the list.

[Deus Machina]

A .38 bullet from a .357?

To clarify, guns have all sorts of odd carryover nomenclature.
A .357 Magnum and .38 Special both use .357" bullets. The .38 Special was originally measured at the casing diameter.
Does not apply to old .38 S&W or the like, which actually are closer to .38".

I wish instructors that crashed or left a key in the chuck got little blurbs in the news.
I can't remember ever leaving a key in the chuck, but remember one of the guys in my auto tech class left a great big wrench on the brake lathe before turning it on. It actually got a good bit of speed before it came off.
Knocked a big chunk out of the cinderblock wall on the other side of the niche it was in. He's lucky he wasn't in the way.

[Deus Machina]

Also leave the gun on safety ALL the time until ready to shoot the target! That is the one big one missing from the list.

Not one of the big four. Because unofficial #5 is "Never rely on the safety."
It's nice, but the biggest safety is following the four rules.

[jep24601]

Also leave the gun on safety ALL the time until ready to shoot the target! That is the one big one missing from the list.

That doesn't make sense. My double action pistol's safety only engages in the cocked position, and then there's revolvers.

[Sun God]

I've fixed a dozen or so safety's over the time I spent behind the counter in a gun shop. Almost exclusively, it was only discovered they didn't work after a negligent discharge - usually into the sky, or into the dirt in front of the firing line. That was enough to teach me that there's nothing safe about a safety, and the four rules are gospel.

[Dr Stan]

For those who have had no formal training concerning firearms, there are four inviolate rules. In order for something bad to happen, you have to break at least two rules. So if you don't break any of the rules, you're golden.

1. Assume that all guns are loaded, all the time. Period.

2. Never point the gun at anything unless you are willing to kill/destroy it/them.

3. Never put your finger on the trigger until you are ready to kill/destroy the target.

4. Know your target, with certainty, and what's behind the target.


Your public service announcement for the day.

doug

Amen. First learned these in the Hunter Safety course that was required for my first hunting license. Reenforced in the military.

Actually Dad taught me these long before the HS course.