return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month ago'Of course!' Harris tells '60 Minutes' interviewer she's shot her Glockwww.rawstory.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down114file-textcross-posted to: guns@lemmy.worldusa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-link'Of course!' Harris tells '60 Minutes' interviewer she's shot her Glockwww.rawstory.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: guns@lemmy.worldusa@lemmy.ml
minus-squareReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 month agoIt’s a counterintuitive mnemonic device to ensure a user doesn’t neglect gun safety precautions with a presumed unloaded gun. I think we all get that.
minus-squareRippleEffect@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoSpecifically to prevent people from using a real gun as a toy or prop and blowing their or someone else’s brains out because they thought it was unloaded. Effectively to treat all guns as loaded, just in case they actually are.
It’s a counterintuitive mnemonic device to ensure a user doesn’t neglect gun safety precautions with a presumed unloaded gun. I think we all get that.
Specifically to prevent people from using a real gun as a toy or prop and blowing their or someone else’s brains out because they thought it was unloaded. Effectively to treat all guns as loaded, just in case they actually are.