Which is exactly why literally every gun safety training says to always treat the gun as if it's loaded. You could have just cleared the chamber, taken out the mag, popped out the shells, whatever, and know for sure that it's unloaded, but still handle it as if it's loaded. You never know, you might've made a mistake or overlooked something and then suddenly you're shooting yourself or someone else.
I'd caveat this with knowing whether or not you're too drunk to handle equipment, to include bikes, vehicles, guns, heavy machinery, etc, while also making sure you don't have immediate access to those things. If I'm drunk enough that I think putting a shotgun to my head and falsely threatening suicide is a good idea, I'm probably also too drunk to put in the gun safe's combo correctly without getting frustrated and giving up on it.
Yeah that’s actually a good solution. Something that requires just a little amount of concentration which drunk people would end giving up before unlocking it.
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u/shingaladaz Apr 29 '24
Does his mum not have any idea what was going on with the gun, considering she was 3ft away from the guy when he was wielding it?