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Originally Posted by finnbow
Food for thought:
The most popular bolt-action rifle of all time in the US, the Remington 700 (and the smaller Model 7), had a recall of ~7 million rifles manufactured over 8 years due to a defective trigger that would allow the gun to discharge without pulling the trigger.
While single-action revolvers and bolt action rifles have differing actions, both are held in a cocked position prior to discharge and both can have manufacturing defects. That said, I have no opinion on what actually happened in the Alec Baldwin case.
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Key to gun safety is knowing and acting as if the weapon is loaded and can fire at any time.
A actor holding a weapon must be responsible and behave accordingly. If not, IIRC manslaughter is used when an accidental cause of another's death is determined.
Also worked with a guy who's son blew off a toe with a shotgun. was resting the end of the barrel on the top of his foot. Butt up on chest and started tapping his foot......forgetting a live round was in the chamber.....just enough to send the primer to pin.