Comment on YSK the four rules of firearm safety
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week agoAgreed, but I think they meant if you don’t know how to clear it.
When I got my gun, first thing I taught my wife was how to check and clear it. Then we played a game: check, clear, rack, pass. No magazine or rounds involved. So I’d get it from her, lock the slide back, check the magazine well, check the barrel from the top, hold it up to the light (trigger finger on the frame), then rack the slide, and pass it back — muzzle aimed down, as one does.
SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Oh goddess yes. Handed a revolver (cylinder out to show it was empty) to a friend who is ex-military and was a designated sharpshooter … back in the 70s …
He proceeded to play with the cylinder and then flick it closed, because that’s how they do it in the movies >:-(
If you don’t really know how to handle a gun you should say so, and let the owner walk you through how to handle it … assuming they actually follow the golden rules.