US police training?
4 rules of firearm safety
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Fleppensteijn@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 1 day ago
Unironically there’s training where they show trainees 2fps videos of people quick-drawing on cops, and they don’t pass until they shoot the frame the person reaches in a pocket, since theres zero frames between seeing a gun and getting shot.
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 1 day ago
That’s the old training videos, from the woke Obama years. Now they’re just shown videos of black men with their hands up, women driving cars, and kids with their backs turned. If it’s an irate white dude with an AR you de-escalate. Unless that dude looks like he’s gay or possibly a pale Mexican.
Zomg@piefed.world 1 day ago
Check if the firearm is loaded by checking for a bullet while looking down the barrel. Optionally, ask a friend for help, just point it towards them for a quick check.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 1 day ago
hayvan@piefed.world 1 day ago
Reynholm is so thoughtful, he wouldn’t want the bullet to go to waste.
Zomg@piefed.world 1 day ago
Wow! Very safety! :^)
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
The first one is correct in an odd roundabout way. You can tell if the weapon is loaded by its weight. If the weapon has any weight whatsoever, i.e. it exists, it is treated as if it is loaded. Is there a weapon on the ground in front of you? It’s loaded. Have you been holding it for a while? It’s loaded. Did you clear it then put it on the ground and walk away for a bit? Surprise! It’s magically loaded again.
ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
The devil loads the weapon while you’re not looking
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
The always loaded thing is to also teach you to not treat it flippantly. That you keep cognizant of where it’s pointing at all times and never at someone without intention to shoot them. Even if it’s a semi-auto with the magazine out, slide back, chamber empty you still treat that like a loaded gun.
thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Did you clear it
then put it on the ground and walk away for a bit? Surprise! It’s magically loaded again.tuhriel@discuss.tchncs.de 22 hours ago
During my service, the first rule was extended: “every weapon must be regarded as loaded, until you ensured it isn’t”
VinegarChunks@lemmus.org 1 day ago
This rule would make it impossible to clean a Glock
Katana314@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Wanna hear something dumb? Not even a sarcastic joke: If you have a loaded revolver with a cocked hammer, and you want to unload it, you must pull the trigger.
Reductive to say it that way, but basically the cylinder locks while the hammer is back, and most hammers won’t move once in position. Ultimately, the trigger’s job is specifically to release the hammer - just normally resulting in a violent impact with the bullet. If the hammer is being tightly held, or even blocked with one’s full hand, the weapon won’t go off.
I don’t own a gun, but I remember it because it’s the stupidest gun fact I’ve learned.
Alberat@lemmy.world 1 day ago
it’s probably really cheap and reliable to build it that way? that’s what i always assume when i hear “dumb” design for some products
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
It’s required for how revolver weapons operate. You cannot have the cylinder floating at all as even a few mm of difference can result in catastrophic failure. People saying revolvers are more “reliable” are full of fucking shit. The damn things are like clocks with their own set of springs and similar to operate.
It was true that early semi-autos were unreliable in keeping from going off suddenly with a round chamber and hammer back. That was early ones though, not today’s. While it’s not 100%, it’s still much safer than a revolver with the hammer back.
theyoyomaster@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
You also can’t disassemble a Glock for cleaning without pulling the trigger.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours ago
vinyl@lemmy.world 1 day ago
is that a leaked copy of a police training guide?
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 day ago
Can’t be; there’s nothing about shooting minorities.
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 hours ago
not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 hours ago
this goes hard
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 day ago
Best way to check if a gun is loaded is by pulling the trigger.
Katana314@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You should probably look down the barrel as you do, so you can watch whether a bullet comes out, right? Otherwise you might miss it.
trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Simply hold your thumb to the muzzle, this will stop the bullet from coming all the way out.
trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Be careful with that method, it can yield false results if the weapon is loaded, but not cocked. Better make sure to cock it first before pulling the trigger.
Slayer@infosec.pub 1 day ago
Yeah, I recommend pointing a gun at police, that solves the problem real quick
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 hours ago
pandorum@feddit.org 1 day ago
wtf? is this trolling?
Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
This is the shitpost community.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 1 day ago
🎵 Welcome to the internet, have a look around…
snooggums@piefed.world 1 day ago
No, this is srs bizness.
ddplf@szmer.info 1 day ago
This is some really common knowledge among pros, but go ahead rookie, you can stick to your finger discipline bullshit
AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Trigger discipline is for cucks
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 20 hours ago
Weapons are best cleaned while drunk.
theyoyomaster@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Train like you fight.
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 hours ago
My rules of firearms safety:
- Live in a country where firearms are not allowed
- Be kind, don’t make enemies
AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
But then how do you shoot people that accidentally forgot to use their turn signal. Sounds like hell to me hoss
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 hours ago
Who cares about that when the entire city is pedestrian and cycling focused.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Pretty sure this was taught at my CCW refresher course.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Rule 0:
Don’t be seen with a firearm unless you are a white Republican.
Caesium@lemmy.world 1 day ago
the real rule 0 is to excersize the second amendment
TootTootComingThru@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
You’d be surprised how many left and liberal leaning people have come around to firearms recently… For no easily identifiable reason at all. SRA and LGC have seen a shitload of new members.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You should shoot yourself with small caliber bullets to build up immunity to larger ones.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 1 day ago
The body has a way of just shutting that down.