Kirk Freeman
Grandmaster
Remember, when you load or unloading, your firearm may dicharge because of a mechanical failure resulting in an AD. This applies to all firearms and especially the more popular platforms of the 1911, 870 or AR-15 with their inertia firing pins.
My AD was with an 870. Tore a chunk off a barricade at Shootrite during one-handed loading drills. Threw round of Remington #00 buckshot into chamber and closed action, gun goes bang (my other hand behind my back to simulate being injured).
The Four Rules always apply. Watch your backstop when loading and unloading (Rules 2 and 4).
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Beaten Ohio man is shot during self-defense lesson - Yahoo! News
Beaten Ohio man is shot during self-defense lesson
GROVEPORT, Ohio – An 80-year-old Ohio man is recovering from a week in which he was beaten during a home invasion and then shot while trying to learn about guns.
Ralph Needs says he wouldn't want anyone to experience what he's been through.
He was tied up and pistol-whipped when at least three intruders broke into his Columbus-area home Sept. 20. Needs' nose was broken and his pickup truck, a computer and credit cards were stolen.
Four days later, Needs was shot in the hand during a self-defense lesson. A 9 mm pistol went off as one of his sons was loading it.
Groveport police say it was an accident, so there will be no charges. No one has been arrested in the assault, but one person was charged in connection with the stolen computer, now recovered.
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Let's be careful out there.
Avoid loading and unloading when not required. Avoid using others as a backstop.
If you can, avoid unnecessary handling of your firearms:
My AD was with an 870. Tore a chunk off a barricade at Shootrite during one-handed loading drills. Threw round of Remington #00 buckshot into chamber and closed action, gun goes bang (my other hand behind my back to simulate being injured).
The Four Rules always apply. Watch your backstop when loading and unloading (Rules 2 and 4).
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Beaten Ohio man is shot during self-defense lesson - Yahoo! News
Beaten Ohio man is shot during self-defense lesson
- AP – This Sept. 28, 2009 photo shows Ralph Needs, 80, who was the victim of a home invasion on Sept. 20, in …
GROVEPORT, Ohio – An 80-year-old Ohio man is recovering from a week in which he was beaten during a home invasion and then shot while trying to learn about guns.
Ralph Needs says he wouldn't want anyone to experience what he's been through.
He was tied up and pistol-whipped when at least three intruders broke into his Columbus-area home Sept. 20. Needs' nose was broken and his pickup truck, a computer and credit cards were stolen.
Four days later, Needs was shot in the hand during a self-defense lesson. A 9 mm pistol went off as one of his sons was loading it.
Groveport police say it was an accident, so there will be no charges. No one has been arrested in the assault, but one person was charged in connection with the stolen computer, now recovered.
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Let's be careful out there.
Avoid loading and unloading when not required. Avoid using others as a backstop.If you can, avoid unnecessary handling of your firearms:
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