1. Every gun is loaded!
2. Safe aim is safe shooting. (think before you shoot. You can't take a shot back but, you can always shoot another squirrel, deer or, duck)
3. No trigger unless you're ready to let the round go down range.
4. One of my BIG pet peeves. When you hand off a firearm to someone to shoot, safety is ON! (i.e. teaching a youth how to shoot at the house or, the range) Even in teaching my 6 yr old how to shoot his bb gun, he knows that when I hand it to him, the safety will be ON!
5. Perhaps the most important of all. Firearm education. Teaching kids that "guns are bad" or, "guns kill people" is NOT education. To me, that's like beating a deaf dog for not listening! Teach them how they can be bad. Teach them how they can kill people. Teach them proper handling and, how to handle a situation outside of the house where a gun may be in their presence. (i.e. going to a friend's house where the friends may be "playing" with a gun.)
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