[Spridgets] Taurus Judge - 410 Gauge goes off from trunk in car. . what a blast.

[Robert Duquette]

Cdn firearm training is a bit different.  Ideally the person handing over 
the gun proves it's safe ( unloaded ).  The receiver verifies.  Then ... 
since you've received a firearm that has been out of your control, you are 
supposed to check for blockages.  Apparently, exploding barrels, cause a lot 
of death and injury.  They tell the story of the guy hunting who stumbles 
and plants the end of his shotgun into the ground, blocking the end of the 
barrel.  Then he saw game, aimed and pulled the trigger and blew the top of 
his skull off ... and lived ... with less brain than he had before.

The expressions up here are something like: "never point a firearm at 
anything that you would regret shooting" and "know what is beyond your 
target".



----Original Message Follows----
From: David Booker <tncarnut1 at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: tncarnut1 at yahoo.com
To: spridget <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Taurus Judge - 410 Gauge goes off from trunk in 
car. . what a blast.
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:45:40 -0800 (PST)

--- On Wed, 1/28/09, Kirk Hargreaves <khargreaves2 at gmail.com> wrote: 'and
"somehow" the damn thing went off while in his trunk.'

Wow - Your son is extremely lucky.  He needs to go take a firearm safety and
hunting course at a local school - and soon.  The first and most important
lesson they stress is that you must always assume all guns are loaded until
you physically prove to yourself that they are not.  and if it is out of 
your
sight, you need to reprove t to yourself.  I was taught the first thing you 
do
to any gun handed to you is check to make sure of the load status.  My my 
dad
taught me at a very young age: "Don't ever point a gun at anyone unless you
intend to shoot them, and don't ever shoot anyone unless you intend to..."
well you know what I mean.  No need in just making them mad so they come 
back
after they get better.
David Booker
'71 Midget
Long Island