Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was taught that all guns are loaded and ready to fire, whether or not you have checked (which you must do as Ken and Herb have so well described). Treat it as such. And that a gun WILL kill whatever it is pointed at, whether you think/know it is loaded or not. So never point it anywhere but the ground or up if you know no one is above... I would have never stayed in that room long enough to take a picture... Please run away next time Tina. Sent from my iPad > On Oct 22, 2013, at 3:42 PM, "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > > I know this is OT, but just in case anyone needs advice: Herbert's comment > is pretty close. Protocol is to remove the magazine, eject any round and > lock the slide back. The pistol is then handed butt first, with the muzzle > pointed straight down. The magazine is not reinserted. The idea is that > the muzzle is pointed in a safe direction (true at all times, loaded or > unloaded), and the person taking it can see that the magazine well is empty > and the chamber is empty. This is true of all firearms - action open so an > empty chamber can be verified, magazine or ammunition removed, muzzle > always > pointed in a safe direction. As a radical alternative, there are no doubt > some places where passing a gun around the dinner table is viewed as a > breach of etiquette :). > > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Herbert > Kanner > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 4:26 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Tina's "Tea Party" reunion propaganda photo > > Something else I should mention. Whenever I picked up an "unloaded" pistol, > even if I had unloaded it minutes before, I would check that it was still > unloaded. > > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > > > > On Oct 22, 2013, at 8:22 AM, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at > icloud.com> > wrote: > >> An instructional, potentially life saving, sane and sober comment. Thank > you Herbert. >> >> a note off the iPad, George >> >> On Oct 22, 2013, at 1:13 AM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: >> >>> I'm sure what the "right" way to hand a pistol to someone is, but if I > were handing an "automac pistol" (technically semiautomatic) to someone > over > a dinner table, I would remove the clip ( an only replace it if empty), > work > the slide to eject a shell, if any, from the chamber, and then hand over > the > piece. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information