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Statistically, most unintentional discharges occur during loading/unloading, so personally, I’m always a bit sceptical of performing these actions at every single fence or gate I come to.
Treating a weapon as if it could just go off at any point doesn't make people more confident in firearms handling, or generally being around firearms. It does the opposite. A firearm is either "unloaded", "loaded", "made ready" or "loaded and made ready". "Underloaded" is not a thing. And a negligent discharge would require the operator to show negligence. Hence why it is correctly referred to as an unintended discharge. Not a great video.
