Comment Guns are not unsafe... (Score 3, Informative) 1013
Handlers are unsafe. There is no such thing as an "accidental discharge", there are only negligent discharges. Basic rules of firearm safety:
- 1. The gun is always loaded. Even if you know beyond the shadow of a doubt that there are no rounds in the magazine or chamber, you always treat a gun as if it is loaded.
- 2. Never point a gun at anything you aren't willing to destroy.
- 3. Finger OFF the trigger until you are ready to fire.
There are more, but those are the most basic and most important. Guns aren't responsible for violence anymore than cakes are responsible for fat people.