Everyone on my rifle team has to make a poster that promotes gun safety for the state fair. I can't decide what rule is most important. What do you think the most important safety rule is?
2006-08-16 19:24:24 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
How about a poster about knowing your target and beyond, show two scenarios, one where it would be safe to shoot, and the other could show an unsafe condition.
2006-08-17 12:37:38 · answer #1 · answered by boker_magnum 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-24 04:17:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are all important, but the rule of "keep all guns pointed in a safe direction" and "don't touch the trigger until you are ready to shoot" are over-lapping. Even if one is broken, if the other is followed no injury will result.
I will copy and paste my answer to another question on the subject of gun safety.
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A gun is as safe or as dangerous as the person holding it. Regardless of the features of any particular gun, the safety rules must always be followed.
1. Treat all guns as loaded. In your mind you should never make a distinction between a loaded and unloaded gun. This leads to danger because you may think “oh this gun isn’t loaded so I don’t have to follow the safety rules”. WRONG. All guns are always loaded. The only exception to this is some guns require that the trigger be pulled because they can be stripped, and if you are practicing dry fire exercises. In either case you must verify that the chamber is unloaded and all ammunition is removed from the room. Check, check, and then check again.
2. Never touch the trigger until you are ready to fire. You must train yourself to not put your finger on the trigger when you pick up a gun. Nothing will make other shooters more nervous than to see a noobie pick up a firearm and put his finger on the trigger. As mentioned in #1 the only exception to this would be if you are cleaning your gun or practicing dry-fire exercises.
3. Keep all guns pointed in a safe direction. A safe direction is defined as the direction which would be least likely to result in injury if the firearm were to discharge. Usually that means the ceiling or the floor. At a shooting range you must never sweep your gun across other people. Never point your gun at anything you are not willing to kill or destroy.
4. Know your target and what is behind it. This one is pretty simple but sometimes overlooked. A bullet does not stop after it hits the target.
2006-08-17 06:37:17 · answer #3 · answered by benminer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always keep the gun on safety and never point a gun at anyone.
2006-08-16 19:36:30 · answer #4 · answered by angeldolls4u 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The number 1 rule is to "always" treat the gun as if it were loaded.
2006-08-16 21:18:10 · answer #5 · answered by okie 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Household trigger locks and gun safes. More children die each year from improper storage of guns in the home. There is nothing more important then the safety of our children, gun locks and safe storage are in my opinion the most important issue regarding gun saftey
2006-08-17 03:59:02 · answer #6 · answered by SCOTT H 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i would suggest having each person on your team make a different one, because they are all inportant rules, and you dont want every one to show up with the same rule on treir poster.
2006-08-17 16:52:37 · answer #7 · answered by Heidi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always treat a gun as if it were loaded.
2006-08-17 06:56:15 · answer #8 · answered by Black Sabbath 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep your trigger-finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot.
But like someone else said, they are ALL important.
Good luck with your poster.
H
2006-08-16 23:22:13 · answer #9 · answered by H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every gun is loaded.
2006-08-17 03:07:39 · answer #10 · answered by My world 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋