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[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

He was gonna teach her gun safety, with a loaded gun while not respecting trigger discipline or the laser rule?

I'd say that's "a likely story" but the man's a Trumper so it's exactly the kind of stupid I'd expect.

[-] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Hadn't heard "laser rule" before, I assume it's the same as "don't point it at anything you care about".

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 month ago

Yes.

Essentially always pretend there's a deadly and infinite laser coming from the muzzle.

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Just to add to this, it's a more helpful way to think about it, because people hear "don't point it at" and they think of "pointing" as an intentional action, like gesturing or taking aim, instead of thinking about all the small ways that a weapon moves as you reposition it or transition from one grip to another, and so on.

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yup.

It makes you think about not just where you point it, but everything it might "slice" as you handle it.

Or even how you set it down, or move around one sitting on a table.

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