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GlockenHammer wrote:
The Marshal wrote:I just want to smack people that reflexively squeeze the trigger when you hand them a gun!!!

A terrible habit.
I agree. I also hate it in IDPA when you are asked to pull the trigger as a final demonstration that your pistol is empty. What a horrible habbit to teach people. It might be okay on a shooting range with the pistol pointed in a safe direction, but I think other people take it back to their homes and other places.

I think pulling the trigger should only be done when (a) you want to shoot something, (b) to disassemble your gun (after making really sure it is in a safe condition to do so), or (c) dry fire (after making really sure it is in a safe condition to do so).

Agreed. In a class or group setting I have done it and have seen it done one of two ways; either the instructor checks every chamber and insures the mag is out, or you show the weapon to the person on both sides of you, and you look at the person's weapon who is on either side of you.

Pressing the trigger to prove empty is a sure fire way to put a bullet hole in something/one

txinvestigator

Liberty wrote:
txinvestigator wrote: If you remove the magazine you remove the possibility that a new round could be chambered when lowering the slide
I suppose but in any gun with a magazine that I have used a round in the mag would be pretty hard to miss. If the slide/bolt is locked back and I am peeking into the chamber I get a pretty good view.

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Thats how accidents happen. Pull the magazine out, please. I could go into the psychological reasons, but I think you know that safety means being cautious, even to a fault.

txinvestigator

Liberty wrote:Hmm... Have I been doing something unsafe? I don't typically drop the mag when checking a gun. I lock it back and inspect the chamber. running my pinky through seems like a good idea, but I've never though of removing the mag as part of the process. It would be pretty obvious if there was a cartridge ready to load in the mag.

Perhaps I need a rethink. Not all cartridges are brassy and shiny anymore.

If you remove the magazine you remove the possibility that a new round could be chambered when lowering the slide

txinvestigator

Rule #1; Treat every gun as though it is loaded, always. or simply, All guns are always loaded.

Carlson1, your brain just would not let you proceed without checking. I would say good job.

Boma, I teach; 1) remove the magazine
2) lock the slide/Bolt to the rear
3) visually check the chamber
4) feel the chamber

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