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<blockquote data-quote="Retired Educator" data-source="post: 360406" data-attributes="member: 3373">I've been a Hunter Safety Instructor for more than 30 years.. In the beginning we brought our own firearms to class to teach about function as well as safe-handling. Never put a live round in the gun. Had some dummy rounds to use and I always used a bullet with no primer. No primer, no possibility of gun going off. Then the G&amp;F started to provide guns to demo. These were actually operational guns so we didn't have students dropping our personal firearms. Now the G&amp;F provides non-operational guns. Don't know about firing pins but triggers don't work. Not the most smooth operations firearms but are completely safe. Rule 1 used in such classes. IF SOMEONE HANDS YOU A GUN OR YOUR PICK ONE UP TO LOOK AT IT, OPEN CHAMBER TO INSURE GUN IS UNLOADED. Make that a habit for the rest of your life and the chance of an accidental shooting i virtually 0.At the same time, accidents happen. Not sure of a proper punishment for such accidents. For me I would feel so much remorse that any jail time would be minimal compared to living with the guilt the rest of my life.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retired Educator, post: 360406, member: 3373"] I've been a Hunter Safety Instructor for more than 30 years.. In the beginning we brought our own firearms to class to teach about function as well as safe-handling. Never put a live round in the gun. Had some dummy rounds to use and I always used a bullet with no primer. No primer, no possibility of gun going off. Then the G&F started to provide guns to demo. These were actually operational guns so we didn't have students dropping our personal firearms. Now the G&F provides non-operational guns. Don't know about firing pins but triggers don't work. Not the most smooth operations firearms but are completely safe. Rule 1 used in such classes. IF SOMEONE HANDS YOU A GUN OR YOUR PICK ONE UP TO LOOK AT IT, OPEN CHAMBER TO INSURE GUN IS UNLOADED. Make that a habit for the rest of your life and the chance of an accidental shooting i virtually 0. At the same time, accidents happen. Not sure of a proper punishment for such accidents. For me I would feel so much remorse that any jail time would be minimal compared to living with the guilt the rest of my life. [/QUOTE]

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