The other is simple.....people.
Rule #1) Don't trust anyone
I've been handed many unloaded guns to find out maybe the magazine was out but there was one in the pipe or vice versa; or people who say it's not loaded in general. Been swept by too many "unloaded" guns as well to trust anyone else but myself
For me, verification is the first step cause I don't trust what others may claim, and until I see with my own eyes I don't trust it.
However, like someone mentioned before. It's a numbers game. Accidents will happen and stupid will happen. Car incidents, gun incidents, power tools, etc. Unfortunate things will always happen, we can just hope to decrease the odds by education and people using their brains
If we do everything we can to make NRA1 and NRA2 natural, ingrained behaviors it matters less whether or not the firearm is loaded. We must manipulate (handle, pick up) the firearm to positively verify loaded status.
Would you rather be swept with an "unloaded" firearm or be carefully handed an "unloaded" firearm where the pass was made with obvious respect for muzzle and trigger discipline?
Theres a REASON NRA's 3 are ordered as they are. Safe direction and finger off trigger ARE higher priority than loaded status and MUST be observed before loaded status can be positively verified (or modified).
Verification is not the first step, safe handling before verification is. And THIS is what we MUST teach.
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