I REALLY Can't Believe He Did This | Active Self Protection Extra
Neil reacts to a viral video of a man who repeatedly points a gun at his own hand.
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He has a RIGHT to keep and bear arms, He also has a RESPONSIBILITY to learn safe gun handling, WE have a DUTY and OBLIGATION as Instructors and experienced shooters to point out he is doing really wrong, unsafe gun handling habits. The 4 RULES ARE- 1-ALL guns are ALWAYS loaded. 2- Keep your finger OFF the trigger until the sights are on the target and you are READY to fire. 3- NEVER let the muzzle cover anything you are NOT WILLING to destroy. 4- BE CERTAIN of your target and your backstop area and the target FOREGROUND and BACKGROUND
This reminds me of a book written by Robert Ruark, titled “the old man and the BOY“ (NOT The old man and the SEA) (another amazing read). He wrote about growing up in the 1900s near Wilmington, North Carolina. If you love to hunt and/or fish, it’s one of those books that you just can’t put down.Ruark wrote several books about hunting and fishing during his lifetime. Anyway, he said that he knew a guy who used to stand with his hands over the muzzle of his rifle, like Davy Crockett. He says that the guy has a really tough time doing things anymore because he’s missing both of his hands! My dad taught me when I was very young “NEVER point a gun at anything you don’t want to shoot, and NEVER shoot anything you don’t want to kill. “Unloaded“ guns have almost killed more people than loaded ones!
That’s nice of you to say “you would go hunting with this guy” lol you can’t convince me that that’s true. He is literally advertising his stupidity. I don’t wanna be around him even without a firearm!
We as firearms owners, hunters, target shooters regardless must set examples for those who follow in our footsteps, then their footsteps will follow . bad habits are not good to teach. bad habits with firearms are without excuses. and get people hurt and killed . papa
And you dint mention the fact that he's pointing the gun right to the camera!!! Even if he had check the gun right before start filming, the point is neve EVER point a gun to yourself. Even more important, always ALWAYS point the darn thing to the place with less consecuences. And the objetive is to make of that a habit, to the point were is second nature for your brain. So even if you are in a stress situation and your mind is some were else and you are completly 100% distracted, even then your brain will (uncounsciously) still keep the muzzle poiting in the right direction.
Circa 1997, I was working in agricultural construction (building horse fence, run-in sheds, barns, etc.). Another contractor on a barn project where I was working showed up with his hand bandaged, reporting that he had shot his own hand "cleaning his gun," and that the bullet had missed his kid by a foot or so.
I didn't think of myself as a firearm owner at the time, and the tale made me VERY wary of ever owning a handgun (I had a rifle that had been gifted to me when I was fourteen, but hadn't fired that thing in years–it eventually disappeared in one or another of my many changes of address).
As one who semi-recently returned to the ranks of "people who own firearms," and as a person who has a long history of being a safety guy, the video of this guy flagging his hand made me cringe. A lot.
The guy has no self control. He will have a negligent firearm accident and give the rest of us a bad name. Plus another reason anti 2nd can use to try taking our tools away.
My junior high hunter safety instructor told us to consider all firearms like a ray gun or machine gun constantly firing and keep it pointed in a safe direction whether loaded or unloaded and whether on safe or not. Constant vigilance regarding muzzle control is key to gun handling safety.
Even if he only does this with unloaded guns, blue guns, SIRT guns, hell even finger guns it’s still a TERRIBLE thing to do if for no other reason than it builds pointing a gun at your hand as a habit. The second most important reason we practice gun safety with unloaded guns is so we can execute gun safety with loaded guns.
The firearm safety rules should be treated as gospel for a reason. Even if we know the gun is clear, the rules should still be abided by in order to ensure good habits, but also, we need to be a positive example as gun owners to all the rest of the people in the world that may not be familiar with guns. We're not just protecting ourselves and others, it's up to us to protect the 2nd amendment from ignorant gun control nazis.
Your firearm is not your ally. It doesn’t like you, does not share your objectives. It is just as happy to put a hole in you as it is to put a hole in those you love, the wall or those who seek to harm you.
Solid training and consistent discipline are the only two things that turn a firearm into a useful tool.
Too many ‘gun guys’ treat their firearms like a good dog or a best buddy. They think they’ll get some special consideration from the tool their hands, when nothing could be further from the truth.
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If this guy is in the woods, I’m staying on the couch.
The fps on this video is wild.
He has a RIGHT to keep and bear arms, He also has a RESPONSIBILITY to learn safe gun handling, WE have a DUTY and OBLIGATION as Instructors and experienced shooters to point out he is doing really wrong, unsafe gun handling habits. The 4 RULES ARE- 1-ALL guns are ALWAYS loaded. 2- Keep your finger OFF the trigger until the sights are on the target and you are READY to fire. 3- NEVER let the muzzle cover anything you are NOT WILLING to destroy. 4- BE CERTAIN of your target and your backstop area and the target FOREGROUND and BACKGROUND
No way I would spend any time with that guy if guns were involved.
I’m surprised he didn’t scratch the side of his head with the muzzle of the gun at some point.
Yep, I know a guy who popped his hand just like that… he almost bled out from it.
This reminds me of a book written by Robert Ruark, titled “the old man and the BOY“
(NOT The old man and the SEA) (another amazing read). He wrote about growing up in the 1900s near Wilmington, North Carolina. If you love to hunt and/or fish, it’s one of those books that you just can’t put down.Ruark wrote several books about hunting and fishing during his lifetime. Anyway, he said that he knew a guy who used to stand with his hands over the muzzle of his rifle, like Davy Crockett. He says that the guy has a really tough time doing things anymore because he’s missing both of his hands! My dad taught me when I was very young “NEVER point a gun at anything you don’t want to shoot, and NEVER shoot anything you don’t want to kill. “Unloaded“ guns have almost killed more people than loaded ones!
Bad habits rarely produce good results.
He’s the guy that Forrest Gump was talking about every time he said
Mo – ron !
I think to myself at times, "should I stop making fun of Sitka and Kuiu people?" then I see crap like this.
"I'm not gonna gatekeep, but I'm gonna gatekeep."
It’s rage bait. You’re falling for it. This kind of rage bait could be an entire genre of videos.
He's not worried it's his left hand.
People are so fng stupid!
That’s nice of you to say “you would go hunting with this guy” lol you can’t convince me that that’s true. He is literally advertising his stupidity. I don’t wanna be around him even without a firearm!
Dude needs a fidget spinner.
We as firearms owners, hunters, target shooters regardless must set examples for those who follow in our footsteps, then their footsteps will follow . bad habits are not good to teach. bad habits with firearms are without excuses. and get people hurt and killed . papa
Most people say:
Practice makes perfect.
I've always said:
Practice makes Permanent!
"it's OK it's not loaded" BAM!
And you dint mention the fact that he's pointing the gun right to the camera!!!
Even if he had check the gun right before start filming, the point is neve EVER point a gun to yourself. Even more important, always ALWAYS point the darn thing to the place with less consecuences. And the objetive is to make of that a habit, to the point were is second nature for your brain. So even if you are in a stress situation and your mind is some were else and you are completly 100% distracted, even then your brain will (uncounsciously) still keep the muzzle poiting in the right direction.
Circa 1997, I was working in agricultural construction (building horse fence, run-in sheds, barns, etc.). Another contractor on a barn project where I was working showed up with his hand bandaged, reporting that he had shot his own hand "cleaning his gun," and that the bullet had missed his kid by a foot or so.
I didn't think of myself as a firearm owner at the time, and the tale made me VERY wary of ever owning a handgun (I had a rifle that had been gifted to me when I was fourteen, but hadn't fired that thing in years–it eventually disappeared in one or another of my many changes of address).
As one who semi-recently returned to the ranks of "people who own firearms," and as a person who has a long history of being a safety guy, the video of this guy flagging his hand made me cringe. A lot.
He's an idiot.
I wouldn't be anywhere him if he had a firearm.
The guy has no self control. He will have a negligent firearm accident and give the rest of us a bad name. Plus another reason anti 2nd can use to try taking our tools away.
My junior high hunter safety instructor told us to consider all firearms like a ray gun or machine gun constantly firing and keep it pointed in a safe direction whether loaded or unloaded and whether on safe or not. Constant vigilance regarding muzzle control is key to gun handling safety.
05:57 Neil flagging Stephanie who is washing dishes behind the wall where the muzzle is pointing. Just kidding 😅
Even if he only does this with unloaded guns, blue guns, SIRT guns, hell even finger guns it’s still a TERRIBLE thing to do if for no other reason than it builds pointing a gun at your hand as a habit. The second most important reason we practice gun safety with unloaded guns is so we can execute gun safety with loaded guns.
When I was a paramedic, I once transported a cop who had accidentally shot himself in the hand when clearing his gun, or so he said. It wasn’t pretty.
The firearm safety rules should be treated as gospel for a reason. Even if we know the gun is clear, the rules should still be abided by in order to ensure good habits, but also, we need to be a positive example as gun owners to all the rest of the people in the world that may not be familiar with guns. We're not just protecting ourselves and others, it's up to us to protect the 2nd amendment from ignorant gun control nazis.
Your firearm is not your ally. It doesn’t like you, does not share your objectives. It is just as happy to put a hole in you as it is to put a hole in those you love, the wall or those who seek to harm you.
Solid training and consistent discipline are the only two things that turn a firearm into a useful tool.
Too many ‘gun guys’ treat their firearms like a good dog or a best buddy. They think they’ll get some special consideration from the tool their hands, when nothing could be further from the truth.
I would believe absolutely nothing this guy says.