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Ghost in the Machine

(14,912 posts)
87. You forgot the most important one of all... TREAT *EVERY* FIREARM AS IF IT WERE LOADED!
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 01:19 AM
Mar 2016

Even if you unloaded it yourself, double check, then triple check it, and NEVER take someone else's word that "it's not loaded"... again, check for yourself, double check, then triple check! Keep the bolt/slide/action open if you can.

A little off topic, but I, personally, have NEVER bought the BS story of "the gun went off when I was cleaning it". When I clean MY guns, the magazines are removed, the actions are locked open and there is no round in the chamber. How the hell else do you get the cleaning rod all the way through the barrel???

Peace,

Ghost

Stupid is as stupid does. nt avebury Mar 2016 #1
Stupid is as stupid dies MillennialDem Mar 2016 #80
If he'd only been armed, he could have defended himself Orrex Mar 2016 #2
Somehow, he made it to 43 BeyondGeography Mar 2016 #3
Haha VOX Mar 2016 #24
Universal firearms education could prevent these things. N/T beevul Mar 2016 #4
An annual two week course on gun safety seems in order gratuitous Mar 2016 #12
Would you support subsidizing your proposed training requirement for low income people? Marengo Mar 2016 #18
Multiple gum purchases aren't cheap either Person 2713 Mar 2016 #53
Depends. Straw Man Mar 2016 #61
Damn gummint snatching our gums! AngryAmish Mar 2016 #75
Necessary? Straw Man Mar 2016 #20
When I took my gun safety course the first rule was to never Ed Suspicious Mar 2016 #51
So ... Straw Man Mar 2016 #60
I wouldn't have one unless i were out hunting. Ed Suspicious Mar 2016 #63
That doesn't answer the question. Straw Man Mar 2016 #68
You forgot the most important one of all... TREAT *EVERY* FIREARM AS IF IT WERE LOADED! Ghost in the Machine Mar 2016 #87
I was thinking more along the lines of a week long course in the 12th grade. beevul Mar 2016 #57
My position is . . . gratuitous Mar 2016 #58
Pretty much the same as most anti-gun folks. beevul Mar 2016 #59
Your position is based on what, exactly? Straw Man Mar 2016 #62
False. tabasco Mar 2016 #70
Dueling stats. Straw Man Mar 2016 #74
Nope. Same stats. Same numbers. Just a lot of intentional misinterpretation, distortion and lying. tabasco Mar 2016 #77
Right -- I should have said "homicides," not deaths overall. Straw Man Mar 2016 #79
The graph you posted shows a gun homicide rate stagnant since 1998. tabasco Mar 2016 #82
Any way you slice it ... Straw Man Mar 2016 #84
You got caught lying and now you're obfuscating. Typical. tabasco Mar 2016 #86
Fling insults and flee. Typical. Straw Man Mar 2016 #88
Could have saved yourself some typing... TipTok Mar 2016 #72
Hopefully he didn't procreate, first. (nt) w4rma Mar 2016 #5
Well at any rate, he won't be doing it again. Crunchy Frog Mar 2016 #14
thankfully he took himself before he accidently shot someone or as the media would put it saturnsring Mar 2016 #6
"Thankfully"? You are actually thankful the man is dead? Marengo Mar 2016 #85
Just like you shouldn't answer the telephone while ironing clothes with a hot iron. Nye Bevan Mar 2016 #7
Sounds like a case of being pressed to answer. Orrex Mar 2016 #10
IQ test for gun ownership? freebrew Mar 2016 #8
An IQ test for cell phone ownership would be good, too. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2016 #22
^^So True... freebrew Mar 2016 #56
But it was a most awesome shot! Zorro Mar 2016 #9
And the Darwin goes to... KamaAina Mar 2016 #11
Give that man a Darwin prize. Crunchy Frog Mar 2016 #13
Nice picture. nt Jitter65 Mar 2016 #15
I would say that you can't fix stupid awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #16
Note to idiots: clear the fucking chamber. Adrahil Mar 2016 #17
Post removed Post removed Mar 2016 #40
Advocating for the deaths of fellow humans? GGJohn Mar 2016 #43
Well, it is GD... Eleanors38 Mar 2016 #69
Hmmm, have to post your gun stories here now, I wonder why. GGJohn Mar 2016 #19
Nice job. Darb Mar 2016 #29
Back from vacation? GGJohn Mar 2016 #30
I knew you couldn't resist. Darb Mar 2016 #31
Ah yes, still with the comedy gold, you just can't resist can you. GGJohn Mar 2016 #32
Check this out: Darb Mar 2016 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author GGJohn Mar 2016 #34
You pulled that one before I could crush it. Darb Mar 2016 #35
Crush it? GGJohn Mar 2016 #37
"Click" ... wait, that didn't sound like my phone's camera ... nt JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2016 #21
Darwin strikes malaise Mar 2016 #23
Thinning the herd... VOX Mar 2016 #25
Why would any "man" take a selfie? ileus Mar 2016 #26
If only all the gun nuts would take up photography . . . Vinca Mar 2016 #27
hey madokie Mar 2016 #28
When I Read This RobinA Mar 2016 #36
Good guys with guns leftyladyfrommo Mar 2016 #38
Post removed Post removed Mar 2016 #39
Too often they take out kids. leftyladyfrommo Mar 2016 #41
Oh I know rjsquirrel Mar 2016 #42
You know kids will just keep looking leftyladyfrommo Mar 2016 #44
You and I know that rjsquirrel Mar 2016 #45
Oh really? GGJohn Mar 2016 #47
I don't know about DU leftyladyfrommo Mar 2016 #49
Yes, there are some out there in the real world, GGJohn Mar 2016 #50
"Sarah Palin , "that's how we roll. " yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2016 #81
There also people who love dangerous dogs. leftyladyfrommo Mar 2016 #48
You say play... TipTok Mar 2016 #67
This is a lie, GGJohn Mar 2016 #54
Truly brilliant. In_The_Wind Mar 2016 #46
One less Trump voter. roody Mar 2016 #52
Wait, what's so funny? Brickbat Mar 2016 #55
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. n/t PonyUp Mar 2016 #64
I still think... fullautohotdog Mar 2016 #65
I'll agree to that... Crunchy Frog Mar 2016 #76
Alot of people die every year taking selfies. bluedigger Mar 2016 #66
poor sandy....can't reply to her own thread. LOL ileus Mar 2016 #71
Darwin award nominee right there robhalf4369 Mar 2016 #73
Another effort by mother nature to cull stupid from the species. n/t Binkie The Clown Mar 2016 #78
That IS the problem with autoloaders Ligyron Mar 2016 #83
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