• Etterra@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Rule#1 of responsible gun ownership: always assume the gun is loaded

    Also

    Rule#1 of responsible gun ownership: never point a gun barrel at somebody unless you intend to kill them.

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      2 months ago

      never point a gun barrel at somebody unless you intend to kill them.

      In the infantry it was “don’t point the loud end at friends”

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        2 months ago

        But you can have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda.

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        2 months ago

        Clearly you have neither spoken to a veteran at length, not are you one yourself. But here, I’ll explain it. The reason you call multiple rules/laws “the first” is because they’re all both equally and critically important.

        Ask multiple veterans what the 1st rule of warfare is, you’ll get multiple different answers. If you then reply with “I thought this other one was the first rule of warfare” they will reply to the effect of “yeah, it is.”

        Because firearms are dangerous tools that serve the singular purpose of killing or destroying a target, any target, and have been from inception to the modern day, every safety rule is just as important as all the others. Ergo, multiple first rules of firearmb safety.