there's a reason we always practice the
three rules of safe firearms handling
and today we get to see why
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host as always john korea today's video
comes to us from a gun store in cambario
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the link below guy on the left here has
just gotten a gun in at his local gun
store and he's trying to check it out
they delivered it to him uh it's
obviously unloaded his buddy there in
the red shirts checking it out with him
and i think he wants to figure out how
to take the gun apart and see what's
going on inside it so his buddy's going
to take it here and you can already see
that these guys are not being very you
know good with say firearms handling so
our dude decides to get his own gun out
and go hey let me show you how it works
on my gun so he's gonna start trying to
take the gun apart and messing around
with it and see oh okay this is
happening here whatever shows him you
know this is how i take this particular
one apart well he has taken the magazine
out of it and now he's trying to show
but he's got to press the trigger on
this gun in order to take it apart and
he does so right into the abdomen of his
friend so when he presses the trigger he
did not get the round out of the chamber
and that one hit his buddy right in the
abdomen so now they're going to try to
get some first aid on him if you go read
the news stories that i've linked in the
description might need to use google
translate for those um
they did help his friend get to the
hospital uh apparently he is in serious
condition but stable condition with that
gunshot wound i don't hear anything
about charges for the negligent guy but
we're going to think about say firearms
handling ah this one drives me nuts i'm
gonna talk about the three rules for
safe firearms handling but do you
practice the three or are you gonna get
mad at me because i don't articulate
them by cooper's four rules let me know
in the comments at active cell
protection i described three rules of
safe firearms handling they are the
three rules that were first propagated
by the nra i think they're the easiest
to understand number one we always keep
firearms pointed in the direction of
least consequence rule number two we
always keep our finger high and in the
register until we've made a conscious
decision to fire the gun rule number
three we always keep firearms unloaded
until in use and we double triple check
that not just with our eyes but with our
fingers and and with our feel now if we
if we do not violate all three of those
rules
all three of them are required for
somebody to be injured and i get it some
people prefer colonel cooper's four
rules i don't think that they articulate
the need as easily so we're gonna see
through this how he violates all three
of the rules of safe firearms handling
and the mistakes that were made here
that caused this to keep us in a spot
where we don't do this as good safe
sober moral prudent people first of all
i just want you to notice they're
already not practicing great safe
handling practices right you can see
them here pointing the gun at the staff
member down the counter top those kinds
of things they're being
casually negligent with their
understanding of where to point the
firearm again the direction of least
consequence number two huge mistake here
you you know any customer at a gun store
never ever ever ever take your gun out
of the holster at a gun store do not
take your firearm out of the holster
casually like this to show it to
somebody or anything like that i see
people do this stupid stuff at gun
stores all the time do not be this
stupid guy who pulls a gun out of his
holster his defensive firearm to show
somebody something at the gun store that
in and of itself is just a bone-headed
idea and leads to problems like this if
you need to show it to a gunsmith or
something like that that's one thing but
do so in a very safe manner friends and
you see here he puts it on the table and
then he starts futzing with it again and
it looked like at first that he had
unchambered the gun but the round did
not come out of the gun he's got a
loaded gun here friends and and i get it
so so this is why we say no matter what
yes we keep the firearms unloaded but we
triple check that and then number two
again our first rule is that we always
keep firearms pointed in the direction
of least consequence and and so he's not
thinking about what direction the
firearm is pointed and therefore it's
pointed at his buddy right now and then
he's going to make this the third
mistake and he's going to violate rule
number two which is you know always keep
your finger all high and unregister off
the trigger until you've made a
conscious decision to fire the gun
now again if you're going to take the
gun apart for maintenance or for
demonstration or for whatever that's
when you you again have to follow all
the rules of safe firearms handling and
recognize that i have verified that it's
empty that i have have triple verified
that it is empty that i am pointing it
in the direction of least consequence
and that i have double checked and
triple checked that and this is why
honestly i don't love firearms that
require a trigger press in order to take
them down i know several do and i know
some of them are very popular i think
that that is less optimal and and there
are some very popular guns that require
it and it's one of the reasons that i
actually don't like them as much because
i don't think that that is helpful and
that leads to negligence in these kinds
of areas now it's 100 this guy's fault
it's not the design of the gun or any of
that stuff his fault that that happened
now what now he has a buddy he has just
shot now he has committed aggravated
assault on his friend
and now of course you need to get that
guy some help right now so he's kind of
looking at him like oh no are you okay
no i'm not okay i'm shot now what do you
do and they're looking for where's our
first aid kit your first aid kit should
be on your person remember an individual
first aid kit an emergency stop the
bleed kit on your person at all times i
carry one on my ankle uh mountain man
medical sells them we give all the
proceeds of that to charity and so if
you'd like if you need a good one that's
the one that i use every day it's a
great kit filled with the highest
quality components and all that stuff to
have on your person to get this guy some
help and and again if you're not part of
the solution get out of the way but you
need to be a part of the solution here
you need to have the first aid equipment
and the first aid skills to use them so
the biggest ones here good grief follow
the rules of safe firearms handling and
please stop violating those friends and
number two make sure you have your first
aid kit on your person and you know how
to use it as we cover our asp