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Thanks for the advice but dont worry I dont want to shoot myself./QUOTE]
CB's famous last wordsIt's not a matter of wanting to shoot yourself, it's a matter of accidently shooting ones self with a gun that you think is unloaded. Just not a safe practice. Don't mean to harp on it, but I hate to see something like that, plus you post too many lovelies in the Breaking News thread to loose you in an accident
Thanks for the advice but dont worry I dont want to shoot myself./QUOTE]
CB's famous last wordsIt's not a matter of wanting to shoot yourself, it's a matter of accidently shooting ones self with a gun that you think is unloaded. Just not a safe practice. Don't mean to harp on it, but I hate to see something like that, plus you post too many lovelies in the Breaking News thread to loose you in an accident
Bucksnort is right.
For purposes of handling safety, there is no such thing as an unloaded firearm..
For purposes of handling safety, there is no such thing as an unloaded firearm..
That's exactly the point I was trying to make. Not to beat a horse to death on the subject (I don;t think gun safety can be over emphasized by the way), but I once worked with a guy that shot himself in the leg with a gun he thought was unloaded. Was supposedly cleaning it, but I suspect he was screwing around and showing off to his buddies.
Better safe then accidently dead IMHO.
I sure miss my Colt 1911A1, but replacing it is out of the question, since California has a "drop test" rule, and the Colt doesn't pass it.
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Yet another reason I will never live in the Peoples Republic of California! No offense, but gun that law is just the dumbest thing I have ever heard. I'd bet more people are injured in California by Pneumatic nail guns than those that drop thier M1911's. Double saftey on both should prevent them from going off anyway. Plus the fact that a .45ACP bullet is so slow you should be able to jump out of the way before it hits you anyway
Have owned several 1911's of various models over the years, would like another someday.
Yeah, I'm a native Californian, and over my lifetime, I've watched the steady decline of this state from the world's 6th economic power to a disgusting 'hole held hostage by by idiots and agendas...Yet another reason I will never live in the Peoples Republic of California! No offense, but gun that law is just the dumbest thing I have ever heard. I'd bet more people are injured in California by Pneumatic nail guns than those that drop thier M1911's. Double saftey on both should prevent them from going off anyway. Plus the fact that a .45ACP bullet is so slow you should be able to jump out of the way before it hits you anyway
Have owned several 1911's of various models over the years, would like another someday.
No such Person.I can honestly say that in my entire life, I have dropped a weapon only once (Marlin .444), and it landed on it's side - I won't EVEN go into the a**-chewin' I earned as a result of this, but let's just say that this is something a person shouldn't do in the presence of a former Marine and two retired Navy Chiefs.
LOLNo such Person.
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Yeah, I use the term "former" instead of "ex"...
The only time I would use the term ex-marine is if they were bounced out for whatever reason.
Even though my step-dad is a former Marine (Korean War vet, Chosin survivor), he's still a marine!