Unloaded guns have shot people.... Ive told every hunters ed class Ive taught.. Unloaded guns never shot anyone, that's why we unload guns for safety, and for that matter no gun has ever shot anyone. The person holding it does that..
several ways to approach that with students
Unloaded guns don't shoot people. But guns people
though were unloaded fired and that happens way to often for a number of reasons.
Level of training be darned because a lot of cops have had NDs some even in public places on film for us to see what they did wrong.
class , what do they call it when you point a loaded gun at someone head and pull the trigger? answer: Murder
class , What do you call it when you point a gun you think is unloaded at someone and pull the trigger and it wasn't unloaded?
answer : it can have a few different names but negligent homicide or something to that effect.
the only difference is intent the person is still just as dead.
Everyone gets tired everyone makes mistakes , everyone.
So all of our safety rules are layered so that you have to break multiple safety rules.
Treat every gun as loaded.
Alwasy keep the muzzle in a safe direction.
Be sure of your target and what is beyond.
Keep your finger out of the trigger guard until your sights are on the target
then we unpack what each of those mean beyond saying them.