• otacon239@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I’ve had multiple people try and hand me a gun saying “It’s not loaded.” Let me see you clear it, please. I want to see light down that chamber if I’m going to accept that. Some guys get annoyed, but I once failed a gun safety course as a teen because I forgot to ask as the instructor as he handed me one. I will absolutely never forget that going forward.

    • poweruser@lemmy.sdf.org
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      21 hours ago

      My rule is whenever anyone hands me a gun (why do people do that so often?) I always eject the magazine then rack the slide myself to verify. I don’t trust the other guy not to do it too fast and not to have his finger on the trigger

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
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      22 hours ago

      I taught my kids never to touch a gun unless the owner cleared it in front of them and showed them the empty chamber.