Quick thread: As a videojournalist, I'm around guns a lot.
Following a high profile negligent Hollywood discharge, here's my two cents:
If you're ever around guns (especially you, journalists) - even if you don't carry - take a gun safety class.
Following a high profile negligent Hollywood discharge, here's my two cents:
If you're ever around guns (especially you, journalists) - even if you don't carry - take a gun safety class.
This is from a livestream in February.
You'll hear me ask someone off-camera if he knows his rifle's safety is off (it was strapped on his back with one in the chamber).
He thought safety was on, and said "Jesus" when he looked and turned it on.
You'll hear me ask someone off-camera if he knows his rifle's safety is off (it was strapped on his back with one in the chamber).
He thought safety was on, and said "Jesus" when he looked and turned it on.
The possibility of negligent discharge is not an abstraction.
Last year as the NFAC militia performed their *safety check* ahead of a march, a single ND caused three injuries.
Last year as the NFAC militia performed their *safety check* ahead of a march, a single ND caused three injuries.
https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1287155367152058369
A Vice reporter once pointed a gun at the cameraman and actually pulled the trigger, tempting fate.
https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1220377148810285058
I once covered an event in Gettysburg where a guy negligently shot himself, and when EMS came, they accidentally caused the firearm to discharge a *second* time while trying to disarm him.
pennlive.com/news/2017/07/p…
pennlive.com/news/2017/07/p…
My point is this: Even if you don't carry a gun in your profession (I don't!), if your job potentially puts you near guns for any reason (first responder, journalist, Hollywood actor), take at least a simple gun safety class.
You may save your or someone else's life.
You may save your or someone else's life.
If someone hands you a gun, you check to see if it's loaded, even if they promise it's not.
-Finger off the trigger until you're ready to fire
-Treat every gun like it is loaded.
-Never point a gun at something you're not willing to destroy.
-Finger off the trigger until you're ready to fire
-Treat every gun like it is loaded.
-Never point a gun at something you're not willing to destroy.
By the way, my advice to take a firearms class is still true - or maybe extra true - if you fundamentally dislike or are afraid of firearms, or oppose their ownership in society.
There is no life-or-death scenario where you’ll later regret having basic knowledge of gun safety.
There is no life-or-death scenario where you’ll later regret having basic knowledge of gun safety.
https://twitter.com/fordfischer/status/1454556662463975430
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