Firearms Safety Rule #7 – Avoid both alcohol and drugs when handling firearms
“It’s Saturday morning. Is anyone drunk? Anyone high as a kite? You’re holding it together very well if you are!”
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Firearms Safety Rule #6 – Store Firearms and Ammunition Safely
‘Incapable of discharge’ – This is a concept I see quite a few people get tripped up on when sitting their firearms licence test.
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Firearms Safety Rule # 5: Check Your Firing Zone
Ask most people about rule number five and they'll give you the standard line about not shooting a skylined animal.
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Firearms Safety Rule # 4: Identify Your Target Beyond All Doubt
Positive target identification isn’t just for hunters out in the hills. I’ve done it at a field shoot – misidentified my target.
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Firearms Safety Rule # 3: Load a Firearm Only When Ready to Fire
Hopefully, by now, you’ve already read my previous articles. If not, go back and read about the history of The Seven Rules.
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Firearms Safety Rule # 2: Always Point Firearms in a Safe Direction
Remember rule number one? Treat every firearm as loaded. Always point firearms in a safe direction is rule number two. If that’s the case, where is the safest place to point a loaded firearm?
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Firearms Safety Rule # 1: Treat Every Firearm as Loaded
When I hold a Firearms Practical Licencing Course, I always try to get the participants involved in talking about the ‘why’ behind the seven rules of firearms safety.
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The Seven Rules of Firearms Safety
As one of the Mountain Safety Council firearms instructors, I get to present and talk about the ‘Seven Rules of Firearms Safety’ a lot.
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