re: Matt Branch, former LSU FB player, seriously injured in hunting accident

quote:

---

mehh, use muzzle safety. Never point it at no one or youself. My gun stays loaded. in the house, in the truck, walking to stand, etc. Safety on.

---

This reminds me of a story a buddy of mine told me. He comes to work and tells us that his son shot a hole through the roof of their house with his Remington 700 .270. We asked him how it happened and he said his son (high school age) was showing the gun to his girlfriend and couldn't remember which way the safety went, so he pulled the trigger to see if it was on safety or off. So I said, he should have checked to see if it was loaded before doing that. To which he replies, Oh he knew it was loaded. We keep all the guns loaded so we know they are loaded. You can't fix stupid!

I agree muzzle control is an essential part of gun safety. But I also know a guy that was shot in his driveway by a ricochet from a gun that obviously was not pointed at him. They were unloading their vehicle after a hunt and one of the guns was left loaded.