(April 21, 2020 at 8:31 am)onlinebiker Wrote:(April 21, 2020 at 8:20 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I had to look up condition 3. Basically (from the standpoint of a toddler), what OLB is suggesting is giving a child an unloaded gun.
I’m ok with that.
Boru
Correct. A SAO (single action only) semi auto with the magazine full, chamber empty - requires the slide to be drawn back and released (chambering a bullet ) to be ready to fire.
Many adults (women mostly) do not have the hand strength to operate the slide. Thus the gun is not capable of firing.
But don't listen to people who really know guns - listen to the people with emotionally charged and largely fact free stories...
Rampant enotionalism is always better for decision making than logic.
You’re missing the point. Leaving a pistol within reach that a child can’t fire is utterly and completely not the issue.
But there ARE people who allow children access to weapons they CAN fire. And what generally happens to these people is...nothing. I’m suggesting that making examples out of a few of them by enforcing the law might just possibly reduce the number of children killing their siblings and playmates.
Boru
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