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Post by pacecars on Nov 19, 2024 11:34:12 GMT -5
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Post by bradshaw on Nov 19, 2024 13:57:25 GMT -5
***** pacecars.... appears in two photos (no video) that none of em know what they’re doing. Including the editor, who mislabels the discharge as a “Misfire.” (A misfire is a mechanical failure to fire). Site of Negligent Discharge suggest a shooting range. Can anyone tell from the photos which way is downrange, and which way is uprange? Site of RULE 1: Muzzle ControlFirst rule of firearms safety requires just two words: MUZZLE CONTROL. Muzzle Control the moment we touch a firearm; ends when we put it to rest. RULE 2: FINGER OFF TRIGGERWhy does muzzle control come before FINGER OFF TRIGGER? To put it country simple, a mechanical device can fail. Should finger off trigger be practiced, yet muzzle control not practiced, an Accidental Discharge will strike any living thing in its path. RULE 3: CHECK TO SEE IF FIREARM IS LOADEDWe check a firearm to see it it IS loaded, not if it is unloaded. We do not tell an introductory student that “a gun is always loaded.” The instructor is here to replace abstraction with inarguable fact. To tell a beginner, especially a youngster, with an unloaded rifle that a “gun is always loaded,” makes the instructor a liar. It sounds untruthful because it is. To instruct a student that a firearm is handed as though it is loaded sounds truthful. Because it is. Years ago I was invited to help instruct a large class of elementary, junior high, and high school students Firearms and Hunter Safety. As I recall, there were four other instructors, including the local chief of police, all older than me. Introductory lesson and none of the other instructors brought a firearm. Plenty of props, no guns. My arms were full of firearms. The other instructors looked at me like I’d walked in from the Planet Bruce. By the end of the session, all the students had received hands-on instruction in muzzle control. They were instructed to bring a shotgun or rifle, unloaded, action open, to the next class, and to exercise muzzle control with finger off the trigger at all times. How to put guns into and out of a vehicle, cross a fence, ride a bike, etc. Marksmanship and markswomen ship----position, breathing, squeeze, the COORDINATIONS. That is how we replace abstraction with action. Firearms handling starts and ends with muzzle control. David Bradshaw |
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Post by squawberryman on Nov 19, 2024 14:28:01 GMT -5
Accident my arse, sorry!
Where IS this planet Bruce I wonder?
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Post by pacecars on Nov 19, 2024 15:01:48 GMT -5
I have never understood an “accidental discharge” it is a negligent discharge
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Post by bradshaw on Nov 19, 2024 15:20:11 GMT -5
Accident my arse, sorry! Where IS this planet Bruce I wonder? ***** Reckon, anywhere spaced out. DavidBradshaw |
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Post by CBH on Nov 19, 2024 15:42:52 GMT -5
I’ll be the first to say, I have my doubts about this vid. I don’t see a any wound.
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Post by bradshaw on Nov 19, 2024 16:17:58 GMT -5
I have never understood an “accidental discharge” it is a negligent discharge ***** pacecars.... the distinction is important. Accidental discharge* Discharge due to a part failure. * Discharge when the the action is opened. * Shock or impact causes firearm to discharge. * Slam fire. * Misfire, followed by hang fire as action opened. Negligent discharge* Unsafe gun handling. IHMSA sharpshooter Edwin Bradley of Savannah, Georgia, drove a man to the hospital whose negligent caused an accidental discharge. The man had climbed a tree to hunt deer. Hot in his stand and commented to pull up his .308 rifle by rope. Rifle broke free of his knot, hit the ground butt-first. Thanks to Bimrod’s negligence the rifle was loaded... BOOM! Bullet blasted through gluteus maximus. Mighty Nimrod manages to lower himself down. His bad luck hasn’t run out. A copperhead, water moccasin, or rattlesnake----they have all three along the Savannah River----nails him in the leg. Blacking out, he staggers to Edwin Bradley's door. Of course the rifle should have been unloaded; that was negligence. Negligence (human) the accidental (mechanical) discharge. David Bradshaw |
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