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Panic is not a reason to throw basic gun safety rules out the window. This is nothing more than people not following the simple rules that all guns are loaded, you should always clear your own weapons and you do not pull the trigger on anything you don’t want to kill and a safe direction is not at the guy next to you. If you are this stupid then .gov is the least of your worries. Can you imagine what is going to happen during a real emergency when things are really bad!?! How many self-inflicted wounds will there be? They can’t even shoot an episode of DDP on Nat Geo without “experts” blasting their fingers off because their hand is in front of the muzzle where it never goes.
So let’s cover this. Nothing changes in an emergency, train as you fight. The only time you move with the finger on the trigger is in limited CQC conditions and only then if your trained. The majority of folks should never put that finger on the trigger till the sights are lined up on target. Do not let your ego be the guide on this one either because you either are professionally trained or you’re not and even then it is dangerous and bad things happen. It happened here with a “special” team in the last few weeks.
Your finger isn’t on the trigger when you holster. A safe direction is just that, way too many have gotten the “low ready” beaten into their head by experts but when you are standing around in a group, when you are on the narrow downward outdoor trail, when you are the stairwell with others that may not be the safe direction. The grey matter should tell you where that is. Many slings like the single points have the muzzle at your own leg/foot when it just hangs. Is that really safe or just coolio cause So N So The Expert says you need this? If you need/want it then adjust your carry and training. What happens is these are trained with while empty but when the real happens subconsciously way to many allow their finger to curl on that trigger when standing around with a loaded chamber.
You don’t transport weapons in cases with chambered rounds and it is your responsibility to check that. The reason is that things can hang, get stuck, be pointed the wrong way when you open it etc. No one has a cased weapon that needs to be chamber loaded. If a highly trained specops paratrooper throws his cased weapon out of a plane then runs up and has to load it before engaging the enemy who is waiting on him then why do you think you are going to get away with a loaded cased weapon bouncing around in the old ford truck? Leave the chamber empty.
Dry fire training and shows are examples of places where chamber blocks and zip ties in the action shine. Bright colored ones will give you confidence at a glance. What does it hurt, why do we allow egos to rule, is it really worth it if your kid/spouse/buddy is the one shot? Having guts enough to speak up doesn’t make you popular it makes you right. If you see someone pulling the trigger while a gun is pointed at someone then speak up, even if you are a salesman at a gunshow because monetary gain is not a reason to break safety rules either. A real salesman would have a safe direction picked out and show them where to point the gun as they test it.
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