I am conflicted. As I see both Tiff and Eves points here. Violence against violence, but also being able to protect yourself, but also guns in the home...I am at a loss. I am unsure there is one answer here.
Oh I do have a story about a gun in the home though. Waaaaay back in college (damnit I am old) my roommate was a hunter. And one early morning at like 4am he was getting ready to drive up to the ranch. He was packing his rifle when the damn thing went off and went through a nearby wall into my other roommates room. Luckily no one was hurt but fuck
So I kinda get where Eve is coming from. Not that Tiff doesn't deserve to feel safe a defend herself either. Though I suppose these two roommies have more to discuss now that we know a rifle is in the home. I dunno. Heres a frog with a gun
I've never personally experienced it, but the phenomenon of swearing you unloaded it but it still having a live round in there is why you always treat it as if it were loaded anyway in proper gun safety courses.
Luckily that is why no one was hit. He did treat it as if it were loaded and was pointed towards the bottom of a wall. Which is where the bullet hit. If he had it on a bed or pointed up at all my other roommate may have been going to the hospital that morning
The thing that always boggles my mind is that somehow people can do that and still end up missing a round in the magazine or chamber. Or at least think that they did it.
That's how I was taught to put a pistol away; remove the magazine, pull back the slide to eject any cartridge that was still in there, and check to make sure nothing was in the chamber. Finally and if possible, point it somewhere safe and pull the trigger.
When picking up a gun from storage that shouldn't be loaded, do all the steps except the last one.
I used to work a gun counter and our procedure was mag out, cycle slide, and lock it back every time it came out of the case or off the rack. Every single time. Doesn't matter that it's been in a locked case and I was probably the last person to touch it, and that is probably never been loaded since it left the factory (we didn't have an attached range or anything), we still did it every time. Also when we handed it to a customer so they could feel it, I'd usually point it down at the counter, spin it around and hand it to them where they can grab the grip but I control that it's still pointed at the counter or behind the counter until it's completely in their hand. We'd also clear it again once the customer handed it back before putting it away, even if I literally just watched them clear it. And of course make sure they don't point it at anyone either.
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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 25d ago
I am conflicted. As I see both Tiff and Eves points here. Violence against violence, but also being able to protect yourself, but also guns in the home...I am at a loss. I am unsure there is one answer here.
Oh I do have a story about a gun in the home though. Waaaaay back in college (damnit I am old) my roommate was a hunter. And one early morning at like 4am he was getting ready to drive up to the ranch. He was packing his rifle when the damn thing went off and went through a nearby wall into my other roommates room. Luckily no one was hurt but fuck
So I kinda get where Eve is coming from. Not that Tiff doesn't deserve to feel safe a defend herself either. Though I suppose these two roommies have more to discuss now that we know a rifle is in the home. I dunno. Heres a frog with a gun