Firearm Safety

[basketcasejeep]

I'm going to teach my wife how to shoot my .380(colt pony) this weekend. Is there anything else anyone would like to add to Gil's rant about gun safety?

i will cover this in more detail than 300sniper First of Glocks dont "de-cock" but enough of that lets cover his violation of basic gun saftey that I have taught even to little girls.

Treat every weapon as if it was loaded:
all weapons that are handed to you or out of your hands at any time once back in your hands are to be considered loaded. The verification of a visual inspection of no rounds (look in the chamber) and physical inspection of no rounds (no magazine inserted in the mag well, use a finger to verify no round on the bolt and no round in chamber) will determine if the weapon is unloaded. And again, once the weapon leave the hands of that person or leaves that persons sight the weapon is "loaded"
He violated this in all aspects
do not point you weapon at anything yo do not intend to destroy
This is all targets and to include your self. don't "sweep" yourself when drawing a weapon. point an unholstered weapon in a safe direction. an example of this would be the ground 2-3 feet in front of you or upward at an angle
his own body, i assume, was not his intended target
Keep you weapon on safe until you intend to fire
The most complicated yet simple safety included in any weapon system is the human operator
Glocks MUST have the trigger pulled to go "bang" they don't just go off
Keep your finger strait and of the trigger until you intend to fire
He is not the first fucking moron to get shot by themselves with a glock. search "glock leg" in google.
Know your target and what is beyond it
Know the construction of your target and how well it will effectively stop the round you are firing. Know what is beyond that target. Know if the target has the potential for ricochet.
A bullet will continue to travel until it is stopped by something. Lets try not to make it an innocent person. Learn the penetration power of the weapon you are using

We've been through some basic safety before with it and showed her how to operate it, unloaded. I just want a good checklist of things to make sure we go through a few times before I take her out to blow up some cans. :evil:

She's shot .22's with me before, but has shyed away from anything larger because of the noise and recoil. I don't want her to be around my weapons without at least being able to know how to use them safely if TSHTF. :D

(edit: kudos to usmcdoc14 for typing all that. :) )

[ChiXJeff]

Gil's got it right. Although I usually add:
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Rule 1: It's *ALWAYS* loaded.
Rule 2: If you think it's unloaded, see Rule 1.
Even if you've inspected and/or cleared the weapon, treat it as loaded.
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Several years ago, in Michigan, I was down at the Sheriff's office getting a new handgun inspected and thumbprinted. I got into a good conversation with the officer about the Glocks they carried (I came in with a Ruger.) He was more than willing to show me what and how they carried, including how a Glock functioned. Every time he touched the piece, he always performed a clearing and safing drill, which, with a Glock, includes dry firing.

This was all taking place in front of the cashier's windows, where you paid county bills. At the sound of the "snap!", one young man paying off a misdeanor ticket dropped to the floor!

[usmcdoc14]

ya but ya fucked it up in the copy/paiste :flipoff2:


Treat every weapon as if it was loaded:
all weapons that are handed to you or out of your hands at any time once back in your hands are to be considered loaded. The verification of a visual inspection of no rounds (look in the chamber) and physical inspection of no rounds (no magazine inserted in the mag well, use a finger to verify no round on the bolt and no round in chamber) will determine if the weapon is unloaded. And again, once the weapon leave the hands of that person or leaves that persons sight the weapon is "loaded"

do not point you weapon at anything yo do not intend to destroy
This is all targets and to include your self. don't "sweep" yourself when drawing a weapon. point an unholstered weapon in a safe direction. an example of this would be the ground 2-3 feet in front of you or upward at an angle

Keep you weapon on safe until you intend to fire
The most complicated yet simple safety included in any weapon system is the human operator

Keep your finger strait and of the trigger until you intend to fire

Know your target and what is beyond it
Know the construction of your target and how well it will effectively stop the round you are firing. Know what is beyond that target. Know if the target has the potential for ricochet.
A bullet will continue to travel until it is stopped by something. Lets try not to make it an innocent person. Learn the penetration power of the weapon you are using


Get rid of any preconceved bullshit about noise and recoil out of her mind. Most autos have little recoil at all. the idea in her head of a recoil will make her push/pull shots as she will flinch in antisipation of a recoil.
If you can get a couple "snap caps" or dummy rounds and randomly load them in the magazine you will see if she is doing this as she will still flinch with no "bang"
Teach her that a firearm should be respected but NOT FEARED !! Give her the weapon before hand and let her fuck with it, play with it, take it apart, dry fire it, fuck with the controls, shoot some snap caps at the TV, shit like that.

Pay attention to bad learned traits !!!
women are usualy easier to teach as they dont have all this BS gangbanga/old western/TV/movies bad training in thier head as kids. they also usualy don't have a fucking ego and actualy admit to not knowing shit about a firearm :laughing:

Teach repeatable actions. This is what I do every time, and it all happens within fractions of a second but I do it every time without thinking:

bring weapon up to target
focus on the front sight
target and rear sight should be fuzzy
put front sight into correct position with rear sight
rough aim on target
take a breath in
breath out
relax
put target on the front sight
pull trigger
repeat


somebody else will have some input also.

[Keyster]

I like to warn the ladies about hot brass landing in exposed places.
Hats and closed at the neck shirts are recomended.

K.

[basketcasejeep]

ya but ya fucked it up in the copy/paiste :flipoff2:

:emb: Didn't even realize I lost all the formatting...

[QUOTE=usmcdoc14]
Get rid of any preconceved bullshit about noise and recoil out of her mind. Most autos have little recoil at all. the idea in her head of a recoil will make her push/pull shots as she will flinch in antisipation of a recoil.
If you can get a couple "snap caps" or dummy rounds and randomly load them in the magazine you will see if she is doing this as she will still flinch with no "bang"
Teach her that a firearm should be respected but NOT FEARED !! Give her the weapon before hand and let her fuck with it, play with it, take it apart, dry fire it, fuck with the controls, shoot some snap caps at the TV, shit like that.


Getting over the recoil/noise issue will be easier said than done, but I don't think she's ever shot a pistol.... maybe my 30-30 once, and its a mite louder than a .380. :laughing: I might have have to start her off on a .22 pistol- hmm... single six(Single action) or ruger mark II. She doesn't like the weight of the .380, and IIRC from the 'guns for women' thread, it was one of the lightest ones. She might change her mind if I hand her a bigger pistol(.44 mag, dan wesson) first. Now that is one heavy pistol...


Pay attention to bad learned traits !!!
women are usualy easier to teach as they dont have all this BS gangbanga/old western/TV/movies bad training in thier head as kids.
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At least she knows better than to hold the gun sideways. :D :laughing:

Thanks for the additional tips. :beer:

[basketcasejeep]

I like to warn the ladies about hot brass landing in exposed places.
Hats and closed at the neck shirts are recomended.

K.

That's a good point. :cool2:

Will have to make sure we have enough ear/eye protection around too.