Idiots with Guns #24

Idiots With Guns

Came across this post from another blog and will post it in its entirety (it's short) because it is so "on point".

I always remember a fellow I knew a couple of years ago who was a constant joker, you could never take him seriously. But one day, I was at his house and we started talking about guns and he showed me his Glock. I'll never forget how different he was. Instead of being his usual goofy self, he was very serious. Upon picking up his Glock, he exercised complete gun safety: he made sure the gun was not loaded, checked the chamber to make there was not a round in there, and never once did he point the gun at anything or put his finger on the trigger.

This otherwise goofball probably did more to instill proper gun safety in me that anything else.

Idiots with Guns #24

Here is a Glock owner who lacks trigger finger discipline as well as gun handling knowlege. If you look down the well lit barrel, the absence of the firing pin hole, and the faint copper tone to the illuminated surface is startling. This gun owner has a good grip on his gun, but a poor grasp of gun safety.

The purpose of Idiots with Guns is not to humiliate, but to educate. Over the years we have seen photos of people who, upon picking up a gun, just cannot resist pointing it at something they should not, with their finger on the trigger. This is usually the camera, another person, or themselves. These photos are often difficult to google up, because of the pages they are shown on. If you have archived any of these photos, feel free to send them in to bayouroversATjamDOTrrDOTcom

The Four Rules
1. All firearms are loaded
2. Never let the muzzle of a firearm point at anything you are not willing to destroy
3. Keep your finger off the trigger unless your sights are on the target
4. Be sure of your target and what is behind it