Posted on 03/02/2011 9:21:03 AM PST by ArrogantBustard
Guns are dangerous tools. They can save lives and they can destroy them. When you take on the responsibility to handle a firearm, you must take it seriously and you must educate yourself, on all that it takes to be a safe and responsible gun owner. You may be surprised to learn that there are only four basic golden rules to gun safety. If you follow these rules—at all times—you will be safe and so will the people around you. Please realize that any gun owner who's foolish enough to disobey these golden rules, by negligence or stupidity, makes us all look bad. If you know someone who's new to firearm ownership, or if you know an "expert" who thinks he or she no longer needs to follow these rules, please send them this link. I hate to sound melodramatic, but it will probably save lives.
The four golden rules were given to us by the late Col. Jeff Cooper. To many, as to me, Mr. Cooper is the father of the modern pistol craft. If you take the time to read his books (e.g. To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth) , you'll find that he is much more than that but, in this context, we'll look at the knowledge he condensed and packaged for us.
The four golden rules to firearm safety:
1. All guns are always loaded.
2. Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.
3. Keep your finger off the trigger till your sights are on the target.
4. Identify your target, and what is behind it. Never shoot at shadows and/or noises.
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I have been using and handling firearms for over sixty-five years.
You fall short on your first claim to me. Do you want to take a stab at supporting your NRA claims?
When you are dealing with the uneducable,
one needs to communicate that fact
You seem to be uneducable. I seem to waste my time with the willingly ignorant. Are so lazy that you can not
look it up yourself, if you disbelieve it.
That doesn't mean your careless with firearms. But it means we shouldn't put too much belief in what you say.
Why don't you support this claim?
Many years ago the NRA used the Cooper rules;
His rules proved to be unsafe as NDs did not decrease,
the NRA training dept spent years developing safer rules.
You have several people interested, why won't you discuss it?
Do you believe it is the responsibility of everyone on Free Republic to disprove false claims made by people who won’t respond when challenged.
We have searched, it doesn’t exist.
Call the NRA and ask some who was there
when the new rules were promulgated.
some ==> someone
That's exactly NRA #3.
ADs happen when people violate Rule #1.
ND/AD occurs when the operator violates NRA 2. Damage/injury results if the operator violates BOTH NRA 1 and 2. Merely assuming a gun is loaded means precisely nothing unless you act accordingly per NRA 1 and 2.
If you adhere to the NRA rules, the condition of the gun is irrelevant. If you adhere to Gunsite 1, you can neither clean nor work on your gun.
The Gunsite rules are well intentioned, but the NRA rules require less equivocation.
What year do you claim the NRA switched from Cooper’s 4 to the current 3?
How did you arrive at that conclusion? How does one ND without violating NRA 2? How does one do harm without violating both NRA 1 and 2?
There is NOTHING in the NRA rules that directs assuming a firearm is unloaded.
NRA 3 simply directs the operator to unload guns that don't need to be loaded, while NRA 1 and 2 ensure that, regardless of condition loaded/unloaded, the gun is handled in a safe manner.
Gunsite 1 adds nothing that the NRA rules don't address more effectively.
I believe the switch occurred about twenty years ago. I have been teaching the three NRA rules for fifteen years.
to marginally trained, easily distracted people, THAT is a dangerous word game to play...
and so far, neither yourself, nor the blowhard hijacking this thread has demonstrated how one is in more danger by simply ASSuming and treating ALL guns as being loaded, and properly handling them as if they were, including muzzle control, target and backstop ID, and trigger discipline...
now i will await another empty answer of 'nra says so' to continue wasting bandwidth...
lol....
lol...got a live one on the wire today!!!!
OBTW it would have been an ND not an AD. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I was led to believe
that is the left-wing media trashing the gun industry.
Still not sure how you get "since its not 'in use', it *should* be deemed, considered or whatever, UN-loaded... from 3 - the only intent there is to ensure guns that aren't in use as *defined by the operator*, are unloaded. It doesn't relieve you from the obligation to observe 1 and 2.
The practical implementation of Gunsite 1 is observing NRA 1 and 2; "All guns are loaded/Every gun is a loaded gun" is obviously fiction and a distraction from the importance of proper handling.
"Treat every gun as a loaded gun" is fine, but adds nothing that NRA 1 and 2 don't already effectively address with less confusion.
I notice from the link that the execrable Carolyn McCarthy has introduced a standard-capacity magazine ban in the US House.
I got your back when we are attacked.
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