Originally Posted by
scottycoyote
i can see your point, but i think you are comparing apples and oranges here....that being soliders walking around in an armed situation, and civilians carrying concealed.
I'm not sure I'm following what you're saying here. Are you suggesting that a Soldier walking around with a weapon at condition one is somehow different than a civilian walking around with a weapon at condition one? If that's what you're saying, then I beg to differ.
Originally Posted by
scottycoyote
As far as accidental discharges, what about the recent deal with the remington bolt actions going off? We arent really talking about a gun just going off, or at least i wasnt. My point is you are walking around with a loaded weapon on your person and the possibility of something unforseen activating it and discharging it.
"We aren't really talking about a gun just going off", were talking about the "possibility of something unforeseen activating it and discharging it." You lost me. Are you suggesting that a gun doesn't just go off by itself, but something unforeseen could cause it to just go off by itself? What do you mean by "unforeseen"? "I didn't intend to pull the trigger"?
That's just a little bit scary. I've carried M700s for 33 years. None of them have ever discharged without some kind of human intervention. I'm sad that family lost their little boy, but unless Mom was wanting to shoot their horsetrailer (was it?) she was violating a very simple rule: "Never point a firearm at something you don't want to kill"
No, I don't place a lot of stock in the news show's expose'.
Originally Posted by
scottycoyote
...but i submit that being overcautious about a firearm would be better than not.
In the sporting roles most of us carry firearms in, I would agree.
However, having had the intense and haunting occasion to employ small arms at close range in a defensive role, there tend to be only two kinds of people left at the end of the engagement - the quick, and the dead. If you can be overcautious without becoming hesitant, maybe you'll be counted among the former?