Comment on 4 rules of firearm safety

• tuhriel@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  During my service, the first rule was extended: “every weapon must be regarded as loaded, until you ensured it isn’t”

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  • thebestaquaman@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    During my service the rule was pretty clear that any assembled weapon is always treated as loaded, regardless how many people have checked it. Part of the idea was that no matter how sure you are that your weapon is clear, there’s no way for me to be sure, and if you ever muzzle-swipe me you can bet your ass I’m not taking any chances on whether it’s clear. So basically, if the weapon is assembled, it’s loaded. Always.

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• VinegarChunks@lemmus.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  This rule would make it impossible to clean a Glock

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  • thebestaquaman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Never used a Glock before, how is that? Don’t you disassemble it before cleaning it?

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    • VinegarChunks@lemmus.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The design requires that you clear it and pull the trigger before disassembling it

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      • thebestaquaman@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Aha, then I understand! In my training, a “clear” drill was always concluded by firing in a safe direction (e.g. the ground), so I would regard that trigger pull as the conclusion of the clearing drill, not as “treating the weapon as unloaded”. The point of that step was exactly the mentality that “You just cleared the weapon, so obviously you should treat it as loaded and fire a shot into the ground to re-check that you actually cleared it”.

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