Now I think that depends on the situation. If the gun is not primed it has no more chance of going off than a totally unloaded gun. I travel with a loaded but unprimed gun and do not consider it dangerous. I think it would be a good idea to have some way of marking the gun so there are no mistakes made. Maybe a red ribbon tied arround it or something like that. We can have different opinions and still all be sane, or at least half nutz.