A fellow showed me his older Beretta. As soon as I picked it up, I asked if it was OK to clear it, then cleared it (ejected the magazine and chambered round). Safety first!
Nice quick video. Yes there are additional details, but I have newer shooters watch this so as not to inundate their heads with too much information before going to the range for the first time. I'm usually standing by them too in order to ensure they're shooting safely.
I agree, too quick on the 4 rules and like another poster, Care, Control, and Custody....Chamber check and mag check....I'm a 10 year Nevada CCW instructor and I APPRECIATE anyone, like Smith & Wesson, to get behind the camera to help others. "Always a Student, Sometimes a Teacher". I subscribed, Keep up the Great Work!
Thank you, I needed a way to learn safety for my air rifle. Thank you for your help. You help support a lot of good in the world, you defend communities and allow people to defend themselves in a dangerous situation. Have a great day
My understanding is to treat a just picked up or handed to you semi-auto firearm as if always loaded requires a visual open chamber and a digital mag channel check. Better chamber check is to look, then quick look away over strong arm shoulder, then look back at open chamber to check again.
All firearms should always be treated as if they are loaded, not just semi-automatic firearm. Even when you know the firearm is not loaded, you should treat it as if it is loaded. This helps to create better habits for handling firearms when they actually are loaded.
You started with the second rule and made it the second one. here in SA you must state them according to their order First rule : Always point the firearm to safe direction. 2nd rule Always treat the firearm as if it were loaded. 3rd rule : Always keep your fingers off the trigger until you are ready to fire. 4th rule Always know your target and what's beyond it. Thank you
Without correct adult supervision when that adult believes that they are ready, proper gun safety learned young helps drill those rules into their brains later
Rules should be as follows: 1) Always treat every gun as if it is loaded (even when you know it isn't)! a] Always keep firearms pointed in a safe direction*/never pointing a firearm at anything/anyone you are not willing to kill/destroy. b] Always keep your finger off the trigger until target is acquired and you are ready to shoot (even when dry firing). c] Always know your target and what is behind it. 2) If you are going to play with or dry fire your gun be sure it is unload first, and keep in mind that all of the above rules still apply 100% of the time! 3) All guns, not in use or on standby** (e.g. - defense weapons at the ready), should be kept unloaded, keeping in mind Rule 1) a-c] still applies 100% of the time, no matter what! Footnotes: *1) a] - at gun ranges the only safe direction is down range. **3) It is very important that all firearms at gun ranges on stand-by should still be kept unloaded and pointed down range.
There is a lot more detail behind all of this, but if you can strictly follow these basic rules, you have a good chance of not hurting yourself or anyone else while shooting or handling a weapon. A very high, double-digit percentage of gun accidents are due to one of these rules being broken.
Great beginning but hard to follow the series. As with most RU-vid stuff, after you watch the video RU-vid "suggests" other videos. Is there a way to see all of the content (group of videos) and keep them grouped together? Also, I agree with the comments below, more detail should be presented. Suggest using this as an intro then extend the video into a details regarding each rule. For example, point the gun in a safe direction is not always the same direction. What if you are standing on concrete? Would you still point the gun down as shown in the video? What is a safe direction at an indoor range? When can you point the gun in an unsafe direction? For example, it may be necessary when you are putting it away for the barrel to point in a direction that is not typically safe. Weapon should be open and clear. Also, these same rules apply to rifles. I am currently teaching my 10 year old grandson and 8 year old granddaughter to shoot a 22 MAG when they visit. We always review safety before shooting.
If you’re shooting with children, supervise and attend to them at all times. Keep in mind a caliber they can handle comfortably. Remember that’s a very important learning process for children around understanding firearms and safety.
Just thought I should add when he said all firearms he didn’t just mean all guns, he meant anything even resembling a gun because you never know what people do
This S&W MP9 M2.0 has a beautiful print, I sincerely hope that Smith & Wesson, put a good representation here in Brazil! Here we only have GLOCK and SIG SAUER to compete with it in which of the two sells more expensive. With an S&W representation here we would have a North American product of unquestionable quality and total acceptance by us weapons experts! This is what we lack. The biggest problem for us here in Brazil with imports are the licenses and altorisaões! In theory at fixed rates, but in practice the remnant of the last years of the SOCIALIST and COMMUNIST federal government here in Brazil, left us with a civil service at the level of state departments that only operate on the basis of "PROPINA" CORRUPTION. We have to pay in addition to the service and import fees so that our firearms acquisition and registration processes can be deferred! We have a serious problem here with these SOCIALIST and COMMUNIST people in the public departments. If a company like S&W makes available a more objective representation, the acquisition of its products becomes more viable in our country! Smith & Wesson, Thanks for your attention; I hope you will represent us there with S&W if it suits you!
These guys were jumping around to different spots at our local range and finally got kicked out for doing stupid stuff. My brother left his camera up by accident and caught the whole thing (we moved from the 25 yard to the 50 yard). He’s the one walking up at the end of the video... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MxgbvFyF4LU.html
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I believe that anyone must pass a non deceitful or non fabricated psychological test, before possession of any type of firearm, because no one knows whether any individual is capable of committing an act of carnage. History proves my point with all the shootings that have been happening around the United States of North America and it's Sovernity nations that have reported such incidents. Most of these recent shootings are associated with misbehavior of psychological mindsets either via drugs or mental stability. What I seem to not understand is: How can the military spot a sick mind but regular doctors can not? Is the United State of Nor6h American and State: Congress And Senate representatives, showing non care for its citizens and allowing crooks to take over the streets?
I believe that anyone must pass a non deceitful or non fabricated psychological test, before possession of any type of firearm, because no one knows whether any individual is capable of committing an act of carnage. History proves my point with all the shootings that have been happening around the United States of North America and it's Sovernity nations that have reported such incidents. Most of these recent shootings are associated with misbehavior of psychological mindsets either via drugs or mental stability. What I seem to not understand is: How can the military spot a sick mind but regular doctors can not? Is the United State of Nor6h American and State: Congress And Senate representatives, showing non care for its citizens and allowing crooks to take over the streets?
