Proper manual safety use is critical for safe shooting. Follow Col. Cooper’s binary rule—on target, safety off; off target, safety on—to build strong safety discipline and prevent mishaps with your pistol.
The four core gun safety rules are essential lifestyle principles crafted to prevent unintentional tragedies. A mnemonic can make them easier to recall, so you can live them every day. Let’s meet for tacos.
During a local shooting match, a highly experienced competitor had an unintentional discharge, causing injury. The incident unveils the importance of firearm safety, equipment knowledge, and medical response preparedness.
Owning a handgun for personal protection doesn’t mean one is adequately prepared to use it for that purpose. Just like owning a car doesn’t mean one is ready to start driving it. There is some learning and skill development that…
Here are a couple of benign cautionary tales regarding ammunition which could have ended tragically. There are some important takeaways here that gun owners should heed.
Wrapping up the fundamentals of safe gun handling with this post on the fourth rule. Short version… only press the trigger when you are certain and confident of what will follow as you will be responsible and accountable for it.
Placing a finger on the trigger should only be a deliberate and intentional act. Indexing the trigger finger along the side of the gun should be the default instinctive and habitual behavior.
I’m happy to see the population of gun owners grow regardless of the reason or circumstance. I welcome all of them. I encourage all of them to learn the safe gun handling as it is a responsibility that comes with…
There really is something special about introducing someone to firearms, and introducing my nephew was no exception to that. Check out to video to see him go from uncertain and nervous to confident and happy all while being safe!
A few weeks back, I had the privilege of introducing my nephew to shooting. It was quite an honor that my sister, who doesn’t share my view on guns, trusted me and allowed me to teach her kid, my nephew,…
