What does a .45 look like in the hand?

[linkinpark9812]

I check the chamber after I've cleaned the gun and reassembled it. With all my ammo locked in another room....

Complacency put the round through his hand, not the method of take down.

Yep, I recently purchased my first gun and when I clean it, I make sure all of my ammo is accounted for in ANOTHER safe in MY ROOM. Then I take the gun out to the living room to clean it and still check the chamber, and check it every time before being handled (unless holstering), cleaned, pulling the trigger, etc.

I know some people may call it redundant, but redundancy will make it a habit.

 

[rbrthenderson]

I know some people may call it redundant, but redundancy will make it a habit.

Yep. And a habit will keep you from blowing parts off your body.

 

[tgmorris99]

I took a class from the Sheriff department one time and they relayed a story of a Captain on the SWAT team that had a ND in the office. Bullet went through a couple of walls and missed several folks by a few inches as he was seated at his desk when it happened.

One can't be too safe. If you think it's unloaded and don't bother to actually check it then you can almost guarantee that it's going to go bang if you pull the trigger. Especially if there's ammo anywhere in the vicinity.

 

[lrahm]

He forgot that he chambered a round an hour before shooting himself.

The Gun Zone -- Negligent Discharge

Sucks to be him. I forgot the first rule of gun safety...isn't it something like consider every gun loaded?

 

[Car Ramrod]

Sucks to be him. I forgot the first rule of gun safety...isn't it something like consider every gun loaded?

Yes, but the fine print allows one exception per lifetime.

 

[coyote1966]

Ouch!!! Bet he doesn't do that again! Operated Error!!! Not the guns fault.