*sigh*
Sometimes I think everyone needs to take a class before they are allowed to carry a gun. My fiancé has a concealed carry permit and is urging me to get mine. Before that he taught me how to fire it, how to take it apart, and the safety associated with handling it. The pistol we have will not just "go off." First the bullet must be out in the chamber and the firing pin engaged. This takes a significant amount of force, I can't do it easily. From there two safeties have to be pressed and held. Only then will the pistol fire. Any idiot who walks around with the firing pin engaged and a round in the chamber is an idiot.
But perhaps she had something else, something that is easier to operate. Even so, guns don't just go off. Any idiot who walks a gun that only needs the trigger pulled to fire should not have a concealed carry permit. Leaving your gun in a place where a child can get it shows immense stupidity.
Sometimes I think everyone needs to take a class before they are allowed to carry a gun. My fiancé has a concealed carry permit and is urging me to get mine. Before that he taught me how to fire it, how to take it apart, and the safety associated with handling it. The pistol we have will not just "go off." First the bullet must be out in the chamber and the firing pin engaged. This takes a significant amount of force, I can't do it easily. From there two safeties have to be pressed and held. Only then will the pistol fire. Any idiot who walks around with the firing pin engaged and a round in the chamber is an idiot.
But perhaps she had something else, something that is easier to operate. Even so, guns don't just go off. Any idiot who walks a gun that only needs the trigger pulled to fire should not have a concealed carry permit. Leaving your gun in a place where a child can get it shows immense stupidity.