This article, which states that gun manufacturers are ignoring technology and not putting essential safety features on guns (which is a stupid assertion), also lists the rules of gun safety.

If you follow the rules of gun safety, you really don’t need any safety mechanisms. To wit:

When the California native was shot in the face at close range and left a quadriplegic, the police investigation focused on the family friend who was unloading the gun when it discharged.

Police found the 20-year-old friend was careless in unloading the gun around children, but never charged him with a crime.

There was another culprit — the gun.

The pistol, a Bryco Model 38 semiautomatic, lacked critical safety features, making the weapon more dangerous to handle. There was no easy way to tell the gun was loaded and it fired even after the magazine — the clip with ammunition — had been removed.

The gun’s design increases the possibility of accidents because the safety — the main feature that prevents unintentional discharges — has to be turned off when the gun is being unloaded, experts say.

Let me be clear: Bullshit! Bullshit! Bullshit! I’m sorry you’re in a wheelchair but the fact is your friend is an idiot and is responsible, not Bryco. You don’t point guns at people unless you’re willing to shoot them. Period. And there’s always a way to see if a gun is loaded, by looking in the chamber. And a magazine disconnect safety is pointless. Look in the chamber.

Lack of a magazine disconnect safety is common on most guns, particularly police sidearms. This way, they can cover an area with a round in the chamber as they are loading a new magazine. It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.

The reason I am surprised at this article is simply because they list the rules of gun safety. If the people involved in this sob story had followed those rules, no one would have been shot in the face.

Posted in uncategorized on December 22nd, 2003 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |