Make sure it's UNLOADED

[lullaby1031]

If you D.A.R.E. to be part of the program - you may harm yourself....

Stupid - stupid - stupid.... thats all I have to say lol

[soothsayer]

Hmmmmm..............still thinking this over........Hmmmmmmm.

[JaneDead]

wow, yeah stupid. not even in a funny way. how could they let someone show guns like that, that are loaded??

[TomCat]

As a Pro-gun activist and believer in RESPONSIBLE ownership & safety, this saddens me. :doh as napoleon would say," Gosh!! Idiot!!"

[JaneDead]

yeah that flippin' idiot, gosh!

[TomCat]

yeah that flippin' idiot, gosh!

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"Rico, grandma called and said that you have to go because you're ruining everyone's life & eating all our steak!"

[Chris1]

As a Pro-gun activist and believer in RESPONSIBLE ownership & safety, this saddens me.  :doh  as napoleon would say," Gosh!! Idiot!!"

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but he's not a gun owner is he?

issued, not owned :D

this really reminded me of a fijian fella I knew who shot himself in the leg on a pistol range and asked permission to fall down :D

(Fijians, not clever, but big!)

[TomCat]

but he's not a gun owner is he?

issued, not owned :D

this really reminded  me of a fijian fella I knew who shot himself in the leg on a pistol range and asked permission to fall down :D

(Fijians, not clever, but big!)

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I was actually expressing an opinion as a gun owner. Issued, owned, rented, borrowed, MORONS shouldn't have access to weapons.

"Guns don't kill people, DEFECTIVE PEOPLE, kill people." ~ Me

[JaneDead]

yeah i don't care if you own it or not. if you are handling a gun, in a room full of people, and discussing the gun- it should NOT be loaded.

unless of course you are a mafia boss and someone needs to be "talked" to if you know what i mean.

[Chris1]

There is a difference between bad drills and idiocy.

This gent and the fijian are examples of bad drills (in this example, making safe and in the fijian, withdrawing his weapon from a holster with his finger on the trigger)

bad drills can be corrected idiocy can't :D

[TomCat]

Piss poor technical skills is what I attribute this too.

"Girls only want guys with skills."~ Napoleon Dynamite

[Ginevra]

He chambered a round. In a classroom full of kids. He chambered a round.

I'm with DTC on this one. He's a moron. "I'm the only one professional enough in this room to carry a Glock."

As a previous handgun owner AND an owner of a Glock, I'll simply say: Glock this.

[TomCat]

He chambered a round.  In a classroom full of kids.  He chambered a round.

I'm with DTC on this one.  He's a moron.  "I'm the only one professional enough in this room to carry a Glock."

As a previous handgun owner AND an owner of a Glock, I'll simply say:  Glock this.

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Here, Here!

I own a Glock too.

[The_Dark]

I own a Walther P38. It was built in 1942 by a small gun shop in Germany. (Walther could not meet the German military's production demands) I am a rather Proud gun owner. My children have seen this gun a few times. When they saw it, it was disasembled and being cleaned. One time they saw it loaded and fired. They were looking out the kitchen window and I was shooting plastic milk jugs full of water. I was demonstrating exactly what a gun would do to a person were they shot. (A gallon jug of water has about the same mass/density as a human head)

I teach my kids gun safty and respect. Guns are not toys. Guns are not to be played with. This is a fine example of someone letting their ego override their good sense. A gun is always loaded. Even if you just took the bullets out of it, it's still loaded. There is no such thing as an unloaded gun. Thats the first thing I teach my kids. I brow beat them about it until the thought becomes second nature. All guns are loaded. The next thing I teach them.. Never touch the trigger unless you are ready to shoot the weapon. EVER. If your finger is touching that trigger, you better be aiming at what you plan on killing. Recently, while teaching my older boys how to shoot a shot gun, I slapped the weapon right out of my sons hands. Why? He touched the trigger.

"Dad, I was just taking it out of the case."

"Then why was your finger on the trigger of a loaded gun?"

"It's not loaded, I was just taking it out of the case."

"And what is lesson #1?"

"Oh, yeah, sorry Dad."

[TomCat]

as The Dark has demonstrated, It all begins in the home with EDUCATION.

[Ginevra]

I was exposed to rifles and shotguns at an early age. My father kept them in dust cases under his bed in nearly plain sight until they were needed for use such as hunting. We were never taught how to fire them nor to clean and care for them but we did see what the results were when Dad would bring home his hunting results.

Yes, education DOES begin in the home, if people just simply take the time to instill the proper respect that firearms demand.

[Chris1]

He chambered a round.  In a classroom full of kids.  He chambered a round.

I'm with DTC on this one.  He's a moron.  "I'm the only one professional enough in this room to carry a Glock."

As a previous handgun owner AND an owner of a Glock, I'll simply say:  Glock this.

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didn't know he said that (couldn't hear what he was saying) in that case you may be right :D

Don't get me wrong, it was a stupid thing to do but sometimes it happens to the best of us (not me tho, I'm perfect)

what happens next determines if they are a lost cause

He isn't a 'recreational shooter' he has to demonstrate some things that cannot be shown with the mindset 'ladies and gentlemen, stay down I have a gun and it might be loaded.. maybe...'

He should know that a weapon is not loaded by using the correct drills to make safe.

He didn't

it wasn't

His foot hurts :D

I had to perform a demonstration to a room filled with people similar stuff on my JNCO course and it isn't easy, you have to be confident and project yourself to be shit-hot at it (like him) but not complacent (unlike him :D )

I got my stripe, so someone figured I didn't do too badly

and just for TC, a quote at the end of the post

"Good drills lead to good skills and good skills pay the bills" (ok, the person who said that to me was 'not a nice fellow' but nevermind :D )

[TomCat]

Yes, education DOES begin in the home, if people just simply take the time to instill the proper respect that firearms demand.

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So many things in this world would be better if people would just EMBRACE this concept.

[lullaby1031]

I'll simply say:  Glock this.

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LMAO good answer! :laughing

[SomeDanGuy]

A gun is always loaded. Even if you just took the bullets out of it, it's still loaded. There is no such thing as an unloaded gun.

Yep, damn right.

GG demonstration guy. What a moron.

To his credit, he always had it pointed away from people, in case of just such a situation as what happened.