SHTF Prepping: 100+ Amazing Tips, Tricks, Hacks & DIY Prepper Projects, Along With 77 Items You Need In Your STHF Stockpile Now! (Off Grid Living, SHTF ... Urban Prepping & Disaster Preparedness) by Kevin Moore

Author:Kevin Moore [Moore, Kevin]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2015-11-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight: Preparing Your SHTF Arsenal & Defending Your Home

Basic Guide to Gun Safety

People will purchase guns for varying reasons. Some people will purchase one for hunting, some for a target shooting hobby, and others will purchase for self-defense of their loved ones and property. When I finally bought my first gun the reason was as a way to protect my loved ones in the event of an SHTF emergency.

I learned pretty fast, that all the things I grew up learning about guns were mostly inaccurate. Television and movies are famous for how they depict weapons in a completely unsafe manner. Television and movies value looking cool, and over the top exaggerated action, to showing how a weapon should be safely handled.

When you own and operate a gun there are 4 strict rules that shouldn't be broken.

1. Don't point the muzzle of your gun at something, unless you're intending to shoot it.

2. Your gun is always loaded (even when it isn't, you have to treat it like it's loaded).

3. Don't place your finger on the trigger of your gun until you're ready to shoot it.

4. Always know what your target is, and always know what is beyond your target in case you miss.

Let's look at these four rules in more depth starting with the first one.

Don't point the muzzle of your gun at something, unless you're intending to shoot it.

Discipline is essential. At one point or another, almost all gun owners will have some type of accidental discharge. That's why not pointing your muzzle at something or someone can mean the difference between either life or death. For all you new gun owners your muzzle is the end of your gun barrel where your bullet gets fired out of. The other end, where you're bullet goes into your gun is referred to the breech.

Even if you've double checked your gun, and it isn't loaded, don't wave it around carelessly. You need to have good habits and doing things like this can lead to bad habits forming. Just forgetting to check your gun once and waving it around loaded can be enough to end up with someone getting seriously injured. Please always try and keep your muzzle in a safely pointed position.

Your gun is always loaded (even when it isn't, you have to treat it like it's loaded).

It's important to envision your gun as loaded all the time. If someone checks the gun right in front of you I still suggest personally checking to see if it's loaded. Discipline is important when handling weapons. If you take a lax attitude bad things can happen at inopportune times. Remember, you're responsible for no one getting accidentally injured with your weapon. If you always practice safely eventually it will become second nature.

One common mistake I often hear, is new gun owners forgetting to look if there's still a round loaded in the gun chamber. This can often lead to accidental discharges, and has been responsible for many accidental deaths. You need to learn

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