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Breaking one rule of firearm safety won't lead to death or injury. Breaking two at the same time might. It is not one failure. It is at least two.
by RyJones 8y ago
Breaking one rule of firearm safety won't lead to death or injury.
Breaking two at the same time might.
It is not one failure. It is at least two.
- CydeWeys 8y agoIn the case of firearms it might be 3 or more rules you'd have to break simultaneously to experience a negligent injurious discharge: Don't point the gun at something you don't intend to shoot, don't keep a gun loaded unless necessary, don't put your finger on the trigger until preparing to shoot, and use the gun's manual safety if it has one.
- RyJones 8y agoSure. I wanted to avoid the argument over Cooper rules versus NRA rules; I wanted to emphasize that regardless of the rules you use, you need to break multiple rules. The rules interlock.
- hnarn 8y agoOut of curiosity, what are the other rules, in addition to forgetting to empty the weapon?
- RyJones 8y agoCooper's four rules: https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2011/5/18/jeff-cooper-father-of-modern-pistol-shooting/ https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2011/5/18/jeff-coo... NRA's three rules: https://gunsafetyrules.nra.org https://gunsafetyrules.nra.org You'll often see the Cooper rules slightly restated: https://www.hunter-ed.com/gun-safety/ https://www.hunter-ed.com/gun-safety/ I'm not a fan of "as if".