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Gun safety has always been something from a very early age aware of.
With the very personal knowledge that a parent when fourteen was shot in the shoulder the bullet resting by his heart. By his older brother also an thought to be "unloaded revolver". Carried the projectile in the heart muscle the rest of his life.
The facts may well never be fully known or understood in this case. One fact is for sure a live round was in the pistol. The last person handling the gun may well say it was described as unloaded, still was their responsibility to check. A defective pistol if unloaded would not of killed anyone either.
Been around firearms for close to seventy years and quit going to the range for awhile due to the growing number of unsafe shooters. Quit going rock hunting during Deere and turkey season. For the same reasons, too many hunters firing unsafely.
Only started back going to the range at times when empty of other shooters. Never on weekends or late afternoons. Early mornings before noon seem to be the best times for being alone.
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