Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: I think guns carried in public should be virtually incapable of firing when dropped. Do you agree? [View all]It is my experience that when people take the time train and to familiarize themselves with the inner workings of their weapons, then negligent discharges don't happen. I spent 2 1/2 years of my life down range sleeping with a loaded pistol and rifle. When I would go on a "sunday drive", I had a .50 cal belt fed machine gun loaded WITH NO SAFTEYS (it was designed in WWII). I never once had a negligent discharge. Not one of the 30 people in my platoon ever had a negligent discharge. We never were foolish enough to drop a loaded weapon either, even when crawling and running and climbing and saying holy bat shit and running again and dropping off roof tops and climbing out of blown up caught on fire vehicles. We never had one negligent discharge. As such, if you are not a complete jackass and know your weapon, it should be damn near impossible to shoot someone or yourself on accident! If this guy would take the same time to train and critically think, he would never have shot himself in the ass. It serves him right! It makes people who conceal carry look bad. I'm glad he is the only idiot to get hurt. Next time he is going to be sitting in a crazy ass chair like at the theatre, perhaps he should not put one in the chamber. An extra half second to chamber a round don't mean shit during a shooting spree as the sociopath likely will be shooting someone else first which will give you (or me) plenty of time to rack the slide, double check reality, and kill the stupid prick!