OT: Proper ciriculum to be taught in VA Schools

[Ken Stallings]

Words fail me!

I've handled hundreds of automatic pistols and to unload them is a simple process and it's no doubt that you have unloaded it provided you do two required things. First, you remove the magazine. Second, you rack open the slide and inspect the chamber to ensure it is clear of rounds.

Then, you can leave the rack locked aft and discuss the weapon to the class. You could set it upon a desk for a thousand years and in that condition would be impossible to be a significant threat to anyone.

So, yeah, I think when the NRA conducts a hunter's safety course the firearms instructors would know this and therefore perform a better demonstration of firearms safety than did this police officer -- who's performance in front of those students, I might add, totally chilled me to the bones!

Ken

 

[txnetcop]

As I said, I have seen both cops and soldiers shoot themselves with just plain stupid thinking. Never ever assume a weapon is unloaded, always clear it before handling and you won't end up looking like a fool or injured or dead!
Ted
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[TARPSBird]

Familiarity breeds carelessness. Weapon turnover when relieving a security watch for example. I always did the verbal passdown first, before turning over the .45, so I wouldn't be distracted while removing the clip and clearing the chamber or vice versa if I was the oncoming watch. Didn't want to be responsible for putting another hole in the ceiling, there were already a couple tiles replaced from past .45 rounds.