Comments on: Rule, err, not sure http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/09/13/rule_err_not_sure/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:05:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ravenwood http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/09/13/rule_err_not_sure/comment-page-1/#comment-181783 Ravenwood Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:58:19 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/13/rule_err_not_sure/#comment-181783 The article (or perhaps an updated one) says they were manually rotating the barrel while peering down the business end with a flashlight. Tragic though it is, that's operator error. When you rotate the barrel it puts a round into battery and fires just like it's supposed to. They apparently thought that since it wasn't hooked up to the power source it couldn't fire. In short, they didn't realize that the firing pin is mechanical, not electrical. The article (or perhaps an updated one) says they were manually rotating the barrel while peering down the business end with a flashlight. Tragic though it is, that’s operator error.

When you rotate the barrel it puts a round into battery and fires just like it’s supposed to. They apparently thought that since it wasn’t hooked up to the power source it couldn’t fire.

In short, they didn’t realize that the firing pin is mechanical, not electrical.

]]> By: gattsuru http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/09/13/rule_err_not_sure/comment-page-1/#comment-181208 gattsuru Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:09:24 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/13/rule_err_not_sure/#comment-181208 Wasn't a rule 1 violation, or at least not just one. He may well have thought or recognized that it could have been loaded, as could have all the folk in the area, and still gotten hurt. The reason he got hurt was quite simple case of rule 3 : <b>Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy</b>. Sticking your head (something you don't want to blow away) in front of the barrel of any gun is inherently unsafe until rule 1 is assured. Wasn’t a rule 1 violation, or at least not just one. He may well have thought or recognized that it could have been loaded, as could have all the folk in the area, and still gotten hurt.

The reason he got hurt was quite simple case of rule 3 : Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy. Sticking your head (something you don’t want to blow away) in front of the barrel of any gun is inherently unsafe until rule 1 is assured.

]]> By: KCSteve http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/09/13/rule_err_not_sure/comment-page-1/#comment-181201 KCSteve Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:55:27 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/13/rule_err_not_sure/#comment-181201 I agree with the others - it <b>had</b> to be a gun left with at least one round loaded that was thought to be unloaded. Thus a Rule 1 violation. Whether it cooked off, he managed to rotate the barrel and that triggered it, or someone else thought it was unloaded, it's all still "Rule 1" I agree with the others – it had to be a gun left with at least one round loaded that was thought to be unloaded. Thus a Rule 1 violation.

Whether it cooked off, he managed to rotate the barrel and that triggered it, or someone else thought it was unloaded, it’s all still “Rule 1″

]]> By: Jim W http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/09/13/rule_err_not_sure/comment-page-1/#comment-181187 Jim W Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:20:38 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/13/rule_err_not_sure/#comment-181187 Unattended loaded gun. He might have played with it or he might simply have been downwind when someone else touched it or it cooked a round off. Unattended loaded gun. He might have played with it or he might simply have been downwind when someone else touched it or it cooked a round off.

]]> By: drstrangegun http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/09/13/rule_err_not_sure/comment-page-1/#comment-181173 drstrangegun Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:35:39 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/13/rule_err_not_sure/#comment-181173 If it was fired for a time and then stopped, it may very well have cooked a round off. The guy could also have *possibly* manually rotated the barrel, depends on teh engineering. If it was fired for a time and then stopped, it may very well have cooked a round off.

The guy could also have *possibly* manually rotated the barrel, depends on teh engineering.

]]> By: HardCorps http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/09/13/rule_err_not_sure/comment-page-1/#comment-181164 HardCorps Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:12:48 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/13/rule_err_not_sure/#comment-181164 how??? It's not physically possible to shoot yourself with that long of a barrel, is it?? how??? It’s not physically possible to shoot yourself with that long of a barrel, is it??

]]> By: anon http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/09/13/rule_err_not_sure/comment-page-1/#comment-181163 anon Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:11:20 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/13/rule_err_not_sure/#comment-181163 "EVERY GUN IS LOADED" I gotta say, I would not have presumed that someone would leave a loaded MiniGun unattended... “EVERY GUN IS LOADED”

I gotta say, I would not have presumed that someone would leave a loaded MiniGun unattended…

]]> By: Mike http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/09/13/rule_err_not_sure/comment-page-1/#comment-181161 Mike Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:04:46 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/13/rule_err_not_sure/#comment-181161 I'll take a wild guess - rules 1 and 2. I’ll take a wild guess – rules 1 and 2.

]]> By: nk http://www.saysuncle.com/2007/09/13/rule_err_not_sure/comment-page-1/#comment-181150 nk Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:54:40 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/13/rule_err_not_sure/#comment-181150 "FRONT TOWARDS ENEMY"? I know, I know, this is nothing to laugh about. “FRONT TOWARDS ENEMY”? I know, I know, this is nothing to laugh about.

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