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Most of you know I work as an Armed Security Officer. Tonight, during shift change, an employee of ours was showing off his new toy, a Tarus (not sure of the model) Hes a newer employee, and former 101 airborne vet. As he approaches, I firstly notice the unfit for duty holster he had. Some crosspoint walmart holster you typically see kids with using airsoft guns in. I first corrected him on that, he proceeded to draw his weapon and show off his pistol. I had no problem with it until I noticed 2 things.
1st he did not unload his firearm, and 2nd, he did not point it in a safe direction. Instead, he proceeded to flag about 3 other employees, the barrel of the weapon basically dragged along the lower abdomen and crotch region of all 3 employees, me included. He began talking about tactical reloading before I stopped him. I informed him he needed to reholster his weapon and not point his gun at anyone. Instead, he ignored me more less and flagged us one more time. I snapped into Army mode and told him if his weapon wasnt holstered in the next 3 seconds I was going to drop his ass. I let him figure out what that meant.
It got me to thinking, is it a common occurrence among persons who handle firearms all of the time? I am a firm believer in safety first. I typically drop my mag before unholstering my weapon and maintain positive muzzle awareness, point the weapon at ground level and remove the chambered round. On average, at least 500 people die each year from accidental discharges, typically shooting a friend or family member and upwards of 3500 accidentally shoot themselves each year (accidentally deleted the source I pulled off google for the statistics) All the accidents could have been avoided if said persons would have exercised proper safety by pointing the weapon in a safe direction (usually the ground as I was taught in the Army) and kept the finger out of the trigger-well. I believe every once in a while, we all need to be reminded just how deadly the weapons we carry daily are. We become so complacent we often figure "We know it all" and "have done it a thousand times."
When showing someone a new weapon we have purchased, although excited, we should make sure the other person knows what youre doing prior to drawing your weapon, in most cases, other persons around may not know what youre doing and interpret your actions as hostile or offensive, although 90% of the time I assume were in our own homes or a friends home, and they all know you bought a new toy and youre going to show them anyway.
Anyway, wanted to post something regarding muzzle awareness. Although this was somewhat of a stupid rant, and an "I know I know" type post.
1st he did not unload his firearm, and 2nd, he did not point it in a safe direction. Instead, he proceeded to flag about 3 other employees, the barrel of the weapon basically dragged along the lower abdomen and crotch region of all 3 employees, me included. He began talking about tactical reloading before I stopped him. I informed him he needed to reholster his weapon and not point his gun at anyone. Instead, he ignored me more less and flagged us one more time. I snapped into Army mode and told him if his weapon wasnt holstered in the next 3 seconds I was going to drop his ass. I let him figure out what that meant.
It got me to thinking, is it a common occurrence among persons who handle firearms all of the time? I am a firm believer in safety first. I typically drop my mag before unholstering my weapon and maintain positive muzzle awareness, point the weapon at ground level and remove the chambered round. On average, at least 500 people die each year from accidental discharges, typically shooting a friend or family member and upwards of 3500 accidentally shoot themselves each year (accidentally deleted the source I pulled off google for the statistics) All the accidents could have been avoided if said persons would have exercised proper safety by pointing the weapon in a safe direction (usually the ground as I was taught in the Army) and kept the finger out of the trigger-well. I believe every once in a while, we all need to be reminded just how deadly the weapons we carry daily are. We become so complacent we often figure "We know it all" and "have done it a thousand times."
When showing someone a new weapon we have purchased, although excited, we should make sure the other person knows what youre doing prior to drawing your weapon, in most cases, other persons around may not know what youre doing and interpret your actions as hostile or offensive, although 90% of the time I assume were in our own homes or a friends home, and they all know you bought a new toy and youre going to show them anyway.
Anyway, wanted to post something regarding muzzle awareness. Although this was somewhat of a stupid rant, and an "I know I know" type post.
