Gun Safety (humor)

[Bret SD]

Never.. EVER.. Bring along a Clyde when you're going out shooting.. or when you're doing a YT video on gun safety 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7iQalpsAVU&ab_channel=HipHopWithAMeaning

[Jess from VA]

Here's my story.

Three of us were out in the sticks along a dirt road siding a big field shooting hand thrown clay pigeons with a 12.  (no drinking)  (the road was the shooting line)

I'd already shot and thrown, so I was down the road a bit watching.  Using a hand thrower is a bit of an art, and the guy throwing kind of got it sideways, and then the wind picked it up and sent it back my way.  In slow motion I watched the barrel go up, then over, then follow the pigeon right down on me.

I screamed bloody murder (DON'T SHOOT @#$%^!!), and dove flat in the muddy water ditch along the road, face down.  He didn't shoot, and everyone but me though it was hilarious.  

Something had been sh!tting in that ditch for many years.  And there were no spare clothes.

Ever since that day, I only stand behind other people shooting.  And if they are rookies, close enough to catch their arm if they turn around to sweep me. Which I have done, a number of times.

[Serk]

And don't do this.....

(Language warning)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYvAxLX6OzE

[Jess from VA]

I watched that video several times (including slo-mo), and could not see him get on the trigger.  His finger was straight out where it should be (is all I could see).

But he says he did get on the trigger.   After flipping off the 1911 safety by accident per a different retention mechanism holster for a different pistol.  

I do not use retention mechanism holsters, though I have few thumbstraps and a hammer straps for revolvers.  Cops almost all do, and probably should (uniformed anyway) because having a perp (or three) try to take your gun is a real threat to uniformed carry (or having to wrestle a perp on the ground for long minutes).  My wife (also uniformed) has used them for many years, and I've watched her practice with them for hours.  You have to get that retention stuff down cold.  The level 3 she used to have was terrible, and clearly designed to keep the company from getting sued way more than to keep their officers safe.  If you didn't know how to get that spring steel strap out of the way, you'd need bolt cutters to get the pistol out.

Having different pistols with differently designed retention mechanism holsters for them seems far more complex than I would be willing to deal with (or be safe with).

YMMV

And BTW, even with his retention holster problem, he failed the rule against covering the trigger while the muzzle still covered his body.   Don't do that (even with the safety on).

I used to get (and pay for) very nice leather holsters (and still have them).  But the newer kydex holsters, with no retention devices at all, are extremely tight fitting to individual pistols (with or without added devices), and you'd have to be shaken upside down hard enough for your brains to come loose, before your pistol came out.  And much more reasonably priced.

[Bret SD]

Here's my story.

Three of us were out in the sticks along a dirt road siding a big field shooting hand thrown clay pigeons with a 12.  (no drinking)  (the road was the shooting line)

I'd already shot and thrown, so I was down the road a bit watching.  Using a hand thrower is a bit of an art, and the guy throwing kind of got it sideways, and then the wind picked it up and sent it back my way.  In slow motion I watched the barrel go up, then over, then follow the pigeon right down on me.

I screamed bloody murder (DON'T SHOOT @#$%^!!), and dove flat in the muddy water ditch along the road, face down.  He didn't shoot, and everyone but me though it was hilarious. 

Something had been sh!tting in that ditch for many years.  And there were no spare clothes.

Ever since that day, I only stand behind other people shooting.  And if they are rookies, close enough to catch their arm if they turn around to sweep me. Which I have done, a number of times.

Damn Jess, that would scare the hell out of anyone.