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Just Bill wrote:It is not my intention to be over critical, but SAFETY is the number one objective, ALWAYS. What if they were transporting that gun and it went off in the trunk, through the side, and went who knows where.................not a good thought. EVERYONE is supposed to have fun, and go home with no additional holes.
Before I begin I'd just like to note that there's no way in
I'm leaving my firearms with some random RO (or anyone else for that matter) who I don't personally know and trust.
Now for your comment, I think you're a tad over-obsessed with safety. Yes, that's possible. If the firearm was secured with a physical barrier to the firing pin accidently striking a live primer (cylinder jammed w/o live primer under firing pin, an exposed hammer tied down, rod inserted through cylinder closest to frame to prevent rotation, etc) then what makes the level of risk higher than a firearm carried Condition 0 (GLOCK) in a holster that covers the trigger gaurd? In both cases the firearm won't simply go off by itself or by being bumped into. There will ALWAYS be risk (lack of complete safety) and you can play the what-if game to your heart's content, but what's really important is your ability to MANAGE the risk.
If you're holding that the risk of tranporting a secured loaded firearm is so high as to be unmanageable then you've completely given up on OC, CC, and transporting loose (bulk) ammo. You'd also give the Brady Bunch all the ammo they ever needed to ban storing loaded firearms in your own home for self defense.
Actually I'm surprised the Brady Bunch hasn't tried to capitalize on the ways pro-gun people disarm EACHOTHER. If we're competent enough to carry loaded guns in public and to use them in self defense without commiting mass murder of bystanders, why is it assumed we lose that competency when entering a gun show or firing range? Perhap's I'm just more aware of these imaginary lines of stupidity due to my advocacy work against "free-fire" zones.
If a firearm has been secured with a physical barrier preventing discharge and human error isn't involved (it isn't being carried in the hand) then IMO the risk of a discharge has been minimized to an acceptable level. If the firearm is being held in the hand then it is the holder's responsibility to ensure it isn't pointing in a direction where accidently bumping the trigger would hurt someone. As long as this is complied with the risk is again minimized to an acceptable level. [/rant][sorry for being so opinionated, it runs in the family]