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I borrowed a friends gun for my class as I was still trying to decide what I wanted to buy.

TAM, one problem I see is that it was the case that almost EVERYONE or every family had a gun and taught their kids. Daniel Boone had his first rifle around age 12 according to different biographies and was hunting alone. A lot of people only know what they see on TV/Movies:

Hollywood almost never assumes weapon is loaded - always racking the slide even multiple times because it sounds cool
Hollywood almost always is pointing weapon at something or someone they don't intend to destroy
Hollywood almost always shows the finger on the trigger
Hollywood never knows what is behind the intended target

It's no wonder we have multiple generations that are completely ignorant on the most basic safety rules.