How NOT to Clean Your Gun

[Bushwick100]

I have been at 2 gun stores in Georgia where the sales persons gun went off, The 2nd time I was with my wife, she said never go back to that store.

 

[PartyWithArty]

I went to a little get together, there was 3 times someone handed me a loaded gun I was told it was clear and a round popped out when I checked it. Another guy didn’t clear an AR and handed me an AR that had a rd in the chamber. Most people don’t truly grasp the severity of knowing the status of your firearm and clearing it.

 

[letusbuyyourcar]

A work buddy I shot with told me once that he was cleaning his 10/22 on the kitchen table and his wife objected. He told her it was empty and pointed at the magazine over on the counter.

To prove it he flicked off the safety, pulled the trigger, and shot the dishwasher (the appliance, not the wife).

Needless to say that could have gone a lot worse for him, as this story shows.

Okay this is kinda grim but your comment reminds me of a really old episode of the Geraldo show . You know back when he was the Springer of his day.
Anyway there was this mother and son with obvious burn scars and she told Geraldo how they had a gas leak in her house. So she panicked and tried to open all the doors and get everyone out etc. Her husband on the other hand told her there was nothing to worry about. Then to prove it to her he decided to flick his Bic. Well at least he had the common courtesy to die like the dumbass he was.
That was almost as good as when Geraldo decided to host skinheads and got his nose broken by a flying chair.

 

[Ken Ford]

I have been at 2 gun stores in Georgia where the sales persons gun went off, The 2nd time I was with my wife, she said never go back to that store.

Had a store manager where I worked shot a hole in one of the display cases, as he was explaining to a customer about gun safety…

 

[basstracker89]

One of the best reasons I'd rather shoot by myself

 

[rightway1974]

For those of you who served in the military, how common are ND's there?

 

[greg vess]

That's why my mother drilled into me the first rule of firearm safety. Always presume the weapon is loaded then check and clear before handling. I was taught firearm safety before anything really. Back then it was a different time and guns were everywhere.

It's the people that buy firearms that haven't been around them for a extended period of time are the ones that cause all the accidents. Nobody was around to drill safety into their brains. They think they are intelligent enough to handle them responsibly so they go out and buy one. There is no voice in the back of their head saying " Greg check the gun before you handle it " and that makes all the difference in the world. I am 57 so all you guys my age and older that were around guns know exactly what I am talking about. I think first time buyers should be required to take a in depth firearms safety course. If that ruffles some feathers then so be it but there are entirely to many idiots with guns out there.

 

[Timber Cruiser]

Alec Baldwin got away with it.

 

[lesgobrandon]

Alec Baldwin got away with it.

And he's back on spewing his crap about the election. Dude is a loser.

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

Question:
If the act of cleaning a firearm that you thought was unloaded --but due to your sloppy and forgetful way of checking it, it actually remained chamber-loaded--

is a very common scenario, can it be considered criminal negligence even without actually putting a bullet in some innocent person?

Do cases like this open the door to prosecutions for improperly handling a loaded firearm, even when the gun doesn't go off --or it goes off but does not cause personal injury to someone?