Originally Posted by
GardoneVT
It’s a good problem, one encountered in many areas of life. I’m sure people who work at car plants and oil refinieries where machinery can main or kill don’t necessarily care about the safety presentations either. But those companies teach it in a way that lessons reinforce each other , and it’s all done before the staff members are in a position to hurt themselves.
It’s my belief we see a lot of unsafe gun handling (defined for the moment as routine violations of the Four Rules) because that process never happens. The Four Rules are presented as self evident statements of fact on the gun class 101 dry erase board , and if you get it you get em. If you don’t ...well, whatever. Load up and shoot,and here’s your basic pistol cert.
To me ,considering the risk ( thank you Jay Cunningham) of an ND during admin handling is much higher for ordinary folks then clearing holster to engage a threat, safety should be the only focus of any introductory class. It should also be taught as a modern safety class would be in any other profession, not with macho posturing and “gun guy” winks and nods. I realize some instructors already do that - but a lot don’t,and we see it all around us at ranges and classes and gun shops.