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An hypothetical scenario. You have been transported to the set of a TV cop show and are about to do a shootout scene with a bad guy. You are handed a Glock 9mm loaded with blanks to use in the scene.
Considering that the majority of members here have spent much of their lives learning and practicing the safe handling of firearms , my question is this. Even being 100% sure your weapon is not loaded with live ammunition , would it make you uncomfortable to point a gun at someone who is not a threat and pull the trigger?
I ask this because today was wipedown day for the handguns and as I did the Model 29 , the memory of an event from several years ago came to mind. At a family gathering we were sitting at the kitchen table gabbing and at some point the conversation turned to guns. My Niece's husband asked me if I owned a .44 Magnum and I told him about the 29. He said he'd never seen a .44 and would I show him mine one day. Sometime later they were over and after a while he asked to see my .44. I retrieved the gun , cleared it and handed it to him butt first. He looked it over for a minute and then lined up on my sleeping cat and pulled the trigger. I almost knocked him down taking the gun from him. I gave him ten loud minutes of why to NEVER point a gun at something you don't intend to destroy.
Funny , the things you remember when wiping down your handguns.
Considering that the majority of members here have spent much of their lives learning and practicing the safe handling of firearms , my question is this. Even being 100% sure your weapon is not loaded with live ammunition , would it make you uncomfortable to point a gun at someone who is not a threat and pull the trigger?
I ask this because today was wipedown day for the handguns and as I did the Model 29 , the memory of an event from several years ago came to mind. At a family gathering we were sitting at the kitchen table gabbing and at some point the conversation turned to guns. My Niece's husband asked me if I owned a .44 Magnum and I told him about the 29. He said he'd never seen a .44 and would I show him mine one day. Sometime later they were over and after a while he asked to see my .44. I retrieved the gun , cleared it and handed it to him butt first. He looked it over for a minute and then lined up on my sleeping cat and pulled the trigger. I almost knocked him down taking the gun from him. I gave him ten loud minutes of why to NEVER point a gun at something you don't intend to destroy.
Funny , the things you remember when wiping down your handguns.