re: WWTOBD? One in the chamber edition

He told him it was empty.

And no, you should never hand somebody a loaded gun in that situation.

People are far too cavalier with gun handling.

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so it's perfectly fine to carry a loaded gun in a holster but not to hand one to someone else. I agree there are safer ways to do it but it's not like he was spinning it on his finger with the safety off.

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Well, you don't know what the person you hand it to will do (like spin it on his finger, etc). My normal rhythm of handing a gun over to someone is to eject the magazine, rack the slide, and then hand it over butt-first, so that he/she can take it by the grips. If you visualize this, you see that the barrel may be pointed in my direction.
So, no. I don't want to be gut-shot, so I want 100% certainty that the pistol is empty.