• infinitevalence@discuss.onlineEnglish
    12·
    38 minutes ago

    FFS I can watch you clear a firearm and the first thing I will do is clear it when handed to me or I pick it up at the range.

    Always assume it’s loaded. It’s not hard.

    • wheezy@lemmy.ml
      1·
      3 minutes ago

      I’m not a gun person so maybe I was just fooled by a video. I also probably don’t use the right terms so forgive me.

      But it was awhile back; one video I saw of a guy showing how he was clearing the chamber of a pistol. Pulled it back from a full clip and counted each one. He counted 8 (which was expected for the size). Kept clearing it while nothing came out. Asked the viewer “Clear? Nope. Did you notice what’s wrong”?

      Pulls the gun back to show the bullet still visually in the chamber.

      Apparently it was a pistol with a recall or common issue of not correctly clearing the last round. He had an additional bullet chambered at the start so he counted the clip size but the pistol had 9 rounds initially with one still completely capable of firing at the end.