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Gun Control & RKBA

sarisataka

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10. 99.999% of the time

Reply to wasupaloopa (Reply #9)

Tue Mar 26, 2019, 08:08 AM

Mar 2019

Or more, a gun discharges because the person holding it pulled the trigger.

Recall the video of the dancing FBI agent whose gun fell out. It hit the floor and nothing happened. It did not go off until he snatched it, putting his finger on the trigger.

I have been around and used firearms for over three decades and only twice have I seen a gun fire without a finger on the trigger. Even in those two cases the firing still could be traced to a human action.

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Gun in pocket of 74-year-old substitute teacher discharges in 1st-grade Alabama classroom. [View all] Cattledog Mar 2019 OP

74 and still working? Throck Mar 2019 #1

Yes delisen Mar 2019 #2

Yes, and no. I am 77 and I still work, mostly part time. 3Hotdogs Mar 2019 #8

Nobody could have anticipated this. Voltaire2 Mar 2019 #3

careless gun carrying teachers not uncommon delisen Mar 2019 #4

something that minor makes national news, gejohnston Mar 2019 #11

possibly I could have said"happens elsewhere" or "not unique" delisen Mar 2019 #12

Guns do not belong in schools. sinkingfeeling Mar 2019 #5

bc 1st graders are so dangerous. Kurt V. Mar 2019 #6

The first graders should have guns to defend themselves IronLionZion Mar 2019 #7

How do guns accidentally discharge? The trigger has to move correct? Just carrying a gun is wasupaloopa Mar 2019 #9

99.999% of the time sarisataka Mar 2019 #10

Yep! Poor trigger discipline. I don't like guns carried in pockets. Hangingon Mar 2019 #15

Pocket carry is not my preferred method sarisataka Mar 2019 #20

I found that I often would leave my handgun behind in the safe when I was ... spin Mar 2019 #21

This is true Alea Apr 2019 #22

Modern guns only accidentally discharge when they are physically broken. ManiacJoe Mar 2019 #13

Smart honest citizens carry their handguns in a holster. ... spin Mar 2019 #14

Here many people carry small automatics in their pants pockets. Hangingon Mar 2019 #16

I live in Florida. ... spin Mar 2019 #17

Curse of the tropics? Hangingon Mar 2019 #18

When it is 95 degrees outside you look suspicious if you are wearing a jacket. ... spin Mar 2019 #19