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Right2Carry wrote:I haven't seen too many double action revolvers that take little effort to pull the trigger.... I have always thought that most double action guns require a deliberate pull of the trigger in order to fire the weapon, and that pull required some effort.

It seems the revolvers (or double-action handguns in general) that are designed as carry pieces have stiffer trigger pulls. Those that are designed for target shooting, such as Dan Wesson revolvers, require much less effort in double-action mode.

Then there are "race guns" and other cases where the owner adjusted the trigger.

- Jim

surprise_i'm_armed wrote:Richard Jewel ... died young of natural causes.

I didn't know that.

Oldgringo wrote:Fourteen year olds should have better manners and more sense than to go through someone else's house looking for what they can "find".

Fourteen-year-olds and sense do not go hand in hand, especially when the teenagers are in a group.

What the homeowner should have done was put a mean, hungry pit bull in the room with the weapon. That would'a showed 'em.

- Jim

Newspapers have to be very careful about identifying people who might be guilty of or liable for something based on preliminary reports.

A man named Richard Jewell will never again have to work because of the libel and defamation settlement that he received.

- Jim

Both of the girls involved were guests in the residence.

Of course a revolver cannot fire itself, and no one in their right mind would cock a holstered revolver.

Most likely the girl who picked up the weapon put her finger on the trigger and pulled it. Possibly she didn't realize how little effort it would take. It was pointing where she was looking, namely at her friend.

I have seen people who didn't know how to handle weapons do this, more than once (fortunately with unloaded weapons).

As for teaching firearms safety, every handgun sold new since 2004 has come with a lock and prominent warning labels. Everyone who has a hunting license in something like the past 30 years has had a hunter safety course. Everyone who has been in the military has been through drills. The NRA has programs, and most instructors will give free informal instruction if asked.

Horse. Water.

- Jim

In Neosho, Missouri (northwest Ozarks) Monday a 14-year-old girl died after being shot by another girl at a slumber party.

The shooter found a holstered, loaded revolver in the home and removed it from the holster. The weapon discharged "accidentally." The victim was killed by a single .38-caliber round that struck her in the head.

The holster was a Christmas gift to the homeowner.

No charges have been brought.

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- Jim