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<blockquote data-quote="jakeman" data-source="post: 4167918" data-attributes="member: 10690"><p>Tragic.</p><p></p><p>I’m not saying it can’t happen, we all know it can. I just don’t understand how it does happen. How do you not check the chamber first thing when you pick up any firearm?</p><p></p><p>Now it will probably happen to me next week. <img src="/images/smilies/frown.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>Once upon a time when I used to go in H&H I was absolutely astounded at the jar on the smith counter filled with rounds they had removed from “unloaded” firearms. So, it happens a lot.</p><p></p><p>I will say this, I have picked up or been handed several “unloaded” firearms in my life only to discover they were not in fact unloaded when I checked the mag and or chamber. That generally gives everyone in attendance an opportunity to display their shocked face. The idiot at GunWorld that handed me an A5 that was mag loaded with the mag cutoff lever engaged comes to mind. He opened the bolt and handed it to me and when I rolled it over to check the mag tube I was staring at a shell. I asked him if he knew it was loaded and he scoffed and scolded me because the bolt was open. He had a pretty shocked look on his face when I ejected 4 shells out onto his glass counter top. I handed him the shotgun and left without saying too much, if anything. I figured anything he told me should be discounted and he wasn’t someone I’d buy a gun from.</p><p></p><p>*knocks on wood* I have never been in attendance when an “unloaded” weapon was found to be loaded because it went bang. But that would cause me to never be around that person again. You very rarely get a second chance to make that mistake with a firearm. Ask Helena Hutchins.</p><p></p><p>I’m not admonishing or scolding anyone, I’d just say to everyone here; please be as careful as you should be when handling a firearm and please reinforce that with friends and family whenever possible, and especially with folks you are introducing to firearms. It just cannot be stressed enough or too often.</p><p></p><p>What a terribly tragic set of circumstances in both instances this was. My condolences to you if the smith was family or a friend. I’m sorry for your loss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jakeman, post: 4167918, member: 10690"] Tragic. I’m not saying it can’t happen, we all know it can. I just don’t understand how it does happen. How do you not check the chamber first thing when you pick up any firearm? Now it will probably happen to me next week. :( Once upon a time when I used to go in H&H I was absolutely astounded at the jar on the smith counter filled with rounds they had removed from “unloaded” firearms. So, it happens a lot. I will say this, I have picked up or been handed several “unloaded” firearms in my life only to discover they were not in fact unloaded when I checked the mag and or chamber. That generally gives everyone in attendance an opportunity to display their shocked face. The idiot at GunWorld that handed me an A5 that was mag loaded with the mag cutoff lever engaged comes to mind. He opened the bolt and handed it to me and when I rolled it over to check the mag tube I was staring at a shell. I asked him if he knew it was loaded and he scoffed and scolded me because the bolt was open. He had a pretty shocked look on his face when I ejected 4 shells out onto his glass counter top. I handed him the shotgun and left without saying too much, if anything. I figured anything he told me should be discounted and he wasn’t someone I’d buy a gun from. *knocks on wood* I have never been in attendance when an “unloaded” weapon was found to be loaded because it went bang. But that would cause me to never be around that person again. You very rarely get a second chance to make that mistake with a firearm. Ask Helena Hutchins. I’m not admonishing or scolding anyone, I’d just say to everyone here; please be as careful as you should be when handling a firearm and please reinforce that with friends and family whenever possible, and especially with folks you are introducing to firearms. It just cannot be stressed enough or too often. What a terribly tragic set of circumstances in both instances this was. My condolences to you if the smith was family or a friend. I’m sorry for your loss. [/QUOTE]
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