Okay, this is one thing every American should be familiar with and have some confidence around and with firearms.
I wasn’t taught by my parents and had to learn from others. But, these are basic skills and knowledge that I personally believe every American should have.
Four Rules:
- Handle every firearm like it is loaded.
- Keep the firearm oriented in safe direction.
- Be certain of your target, what’s before and beyond it.
- Keep your finger outside the trigger guard until you’re ready to fire.
A safety selector and a trigger. These two things are important and you should know where they are on your firearm.
Generally speaking, most firearms are going to have the safety near or on the trigger guard. These are pretty important so they shouldn’t be hiding anywhere. Trigger, I hope you know what this is, but it can be found in the trigger guard and is the thing everyone wants to pull as soon as they pick up a firearm. These two things should be functioning properly before you go shoot any firearm. The reason I’m mentioning this is because I recently purchased a 100 year old shotgun and the safety was not functioning correctly and needed to be replaced to make the shotgun safe to use.