Comments on: Some good from a tragic event http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/10/some-good-from-a-tragic-event/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:17:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shootin' Buddy http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/10/some-good-from-a-tragic-event/comment-page-1/#comment-232490 Shootin' Buddy Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:02:47 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=30846#comment-232490 One does not look into a chamber; one feels. The problem with "basic gun safety" is that the people teaching it have no idea what they are doing. And worse, these "teachers" do not know that they do not know. One does not look into a chamber; one feels.

The problem with “basic gun safety” is that the people teaching it have no idea what they are doing. And worse, these “teachers” do not know that they do not know.

]]> By: mariner http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/10/some-good-from-a-tragic-event/comment-page-1/#comment-232484 mariner Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:51:33 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=30846#comment-232484 If that's what he was trying to illustrate, he should have been looking at an empty chamber. If that’s what he was trying to illustrate, he should have been looking at an empty chamber.

]]> By: Tomcatshanger http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/10/some-good-from-a-tragic-event/comment-page-1/#comment-232465 Tomcatshanger Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:28:48 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=30846#comment-232465 Looks like he is looking into the magazine well and out the locked back slide on a Glock. That seems like a pretty good way to guarantee that the magazine is not in the gun, and by looking through the open top of the slide at the camera (student), it clearly demonstrates where the student is supposed to look. I am guessing the caption should read "Fritz Casper of Shooting Sports Inc. in Tampa looks through an empty magazine WELL of a 9mm Glock. He teaches students to never attempt to clean a gun unless absolutely certain it is not loaded." You'd think, on an article about basic gun safety, they'd get their captions correct. You know, the basics. Looks like he is looking into the magazine well and out the locked back slide on a Glock.

That seems like a pretty good way to guarantee that the magazine is not in the gun, and by looking through the open top of the slide at the camera (student), it clearly demonstrates where the student is supposed to look.

I am guessing the caption should read

“Fritz Casper of Shooting Sports Inc. in Tampa looks through an empty magazine WELL of a 9mm Glock. He teaches students to never attempt to clean a gun unless absolutely certain it is not loaded.”

You’d think, on an article about basic gun safety, they’d get their captions correct. You know, the basics.

]]> By: Shootin' Buddy http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/10/some-good-from-a-tragic-event/comment-page-1/#comment-232438 Shootin' Buddy Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:09:57 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=30846#comment-232438 Why is Fritz looking through the magazine? It wasn't the cartridge in the mag that killed her, Fritz! The problem with "basic gun safety" is that the people teaching it have absolutely no idea what they are doing. Fritz should be pointing to a poster of the Four Rules. Why is Fritz looking through the magazine? It wasn’t the cartridge in the mag that killed her, Fritz!

The problem with “basic gun safety” is that the people teaching it have absolutely no idea what they are doing.

Fritz should be pointing to a poster of the Four Rules.

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