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Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll
All these "my PAL course taught me xyz" posts are hilarious. You're comparing a classroom situation where the biggest threat is a paper cut to being in the middle of a life or death situation and expecting someone's actions to be identical between the two.
And I wouldn't hold up the PAL course as the be all to end all on gun safety, it's the same course that tells students to look down the barrel of the gun they are proving safe.
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I wouldn't call the course perfect - nothing is. Lots of people pass who should fail.
I know that every time I pick up a gun, I check to see if it is loaded or not, and that I never point the muzzle at or near anyone (or myself), unless the action is open (i.e. when cleaning or checking to see if it needs cleaning). It's fundamental safety that was drilled into me from the first time I shot a BB gun as a kid, and that is automatic for me. Stanley knew this as well or should have and was negligent.