MKEgal
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She already broke her last rule, by not getting training to know what she's doing!I bought a handgun and will carry it everywhere I go over the next 30 days. I have four rules: Carry it with me at all times, follow the laws of my state, only do what is minimally required for permits, licensing, purchasing and carrying, and finally be prepared to use it for protecting myself at home or in public.
when I got home and opened the box and saw the magazine in the gun I freaked. I was too scared to try and eject it as thoughts flooded my mind of me accidentally shooting the gun and a bullet hitting my son in the house or rupturing the gas tank of my car, followed by an earth-shaking explosion
The gun makes me more fearful than I could have imagined.
a woman with absolutely no firearms training and a Glock on her hip sitting within arm’s reach of small children, her hands shaking and adrenaline surging
I have. My Ruger P944 came with a mag in it because it came with 2 mags and that was the only way to get them both in the box.I've never bought a handgun and found a magazine in it when I opened the box, even used. She's full of it, but, I guess brave.
I have. My Ruger P944 came with a mag in it because it came with 2 mags and that was the only way to get them both in the box.
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She already broke her last rule, by not getting training to know what she's doing!
My state issued S&W M39 had one mag in the well and one wrapped in the box. I was issued one more from supply. My PA-63 came wrapped in paper in the box, one mag in well, one extra mag in box. All the unboxing videos I have seen there was a mag in the gun.I've never bought a handgun and found a magazine in it when I opened the box, even used. She's full of it, but, I guess brave.
I commend the author on conducting such a scientific experiment in order to find out if her fears, and those of her supporters, are valid. As with any scientific venture, it is only the facts, and the evidence, that are relevant, and all supposition, conjecture, and emotional blubbering are irrelevant. Therefore, I will be watching closely to see how many injured, maimed, and murdered men, women, and children can be counted at the end of this experiment. After all, if there are none, the unassailable fact that the author will prove by this experiment is that an untrained person with absolutely no experience carrying is perfectly harmless with a firearm in public. You can take all your fears and concerns about how easy it is to obtain a firearm, how dangerous they are, and how bad guns are, and flush them. Unless their are bodies in the street at the end of this, the author will have proven, beyond all argument, that even the most untrained and inexperienced carrier is perfectly safe carrying a firearm unless their INTENT is to cause harm.
I've never bought a handgun and found a magazine in it when I opened the box, even used. She's full of it, but, I guess brave.
I wondered what would it be like to be that good guy with a gun? What would it be like to get that gun, live with that gun, be out and about with that gun. Finally, what happens when you don’t want that gun any more?
So here I sit at Starbucks, and the irony couldn’t be thicker. On March 12, 2010, I was surrounded by big hairy men with guns on their hips, yelling at me as I led a protest against Starbuck’s gun policy. Today, I’m surrounded by five-year-old boys sitting with their moms at the next table. Now I’m the one with a gun on her hip. The gun makes me more fearful than I could have imagined.
In some way, I feel a certain vindication. I was right to protest Starbucks policy. Today, they have a woman with absolutely no firearms training and a Glock on her hip sitting within arm’s reach of small children, her hands shaking and adrenaline surging.
'Right' from the perspective of "not able to hurt anyone with her ignorance", yes.HeroHog said:Thank God you are carrying an empty gun! That is the first thing you have done right as you are not to be trusted with a gun by your own admission.
Except that she's set out to know as little as possible about what she's buying, so she doesn't know how to check that it's not loaded (since she went out hunting a cop to show her how to do it).eye95 said:We clear all firearms before handling and ask the customer to check for clear before we hand one to them...
I would hope that finding the magazine in a boxed gun that has been cleared would be of little concern to her. She should just assume it is loaded and clear it before handling it.