return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months ago'Of course!' Harris tells '60 Minutes' interviewer she's shot her Glockwww.rawstory.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-link'Of course!' Harris tells '60 Minutes' interviewer she's shot her Glockwww.rawstory.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 months agoIt’s a counterintuitive mnemonic device to ensure a user doesn’t neglect gun safety precautions with a presumed unloaded gun. I think we all get that.
minus-squareRippleEffect@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoSpecifically to prevent people from using a real gun as a toy or prop and blowing their or someone else’s brains out because they thought it was unloaded. Effectively to treat all guns as loaded, just in case they actually are.
It’s a counterintuitive mnemonic device to ensure a user doesn’t neglect gun safety precautions with a presumed unloaded gun. I think we all get that.
Specifically to prevent people from using a real gun as a toy or prop and blowing their or someone else’s brains out because they thought it was unloaded. Effectively to treat all guns as loaded, just in case they actually are.