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Originally Posted by KC911
I have witnessed more "gun protocol" violations from gun shop workers than I care to recall.... many times handing an unchecked spoon to a totally "unknown" person .... might be their first time holding one too (i.e. stoooipid). I'd bet Higgins has seen it too .... and some cops are the absolute worse when it comes to "horseplay" .... I know that for a fact. Accidents happen, and "my gun protocols" (and Higgins too) are broken every single day .... but it rarely ends in tragedy.... this time it did. The "live round" on the set caused the smoking gun here.... jmho. 4 million in insurance payout .... next!
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Oh Gawd... I think any of us who spend as much time as I do around guns has way too many "war stories". As in most things in life, while "familiarity (may not) breed contempt", it certainly can breed lazy inattention. And, well, we both know there is absolutely
no room for that around firearms.
And yes, unfortunately, police officers have uniformly been the worst "professionals" I have ever been around when it comes to firearms safety. While they certainly carry them around quite a lot, most of them do not get the practice they should. It's just not in departmental budgets, so the only ones who do are the ones that take it upon themselves. The ones who might be a bit of a gun enthusiast anyway, outside of their professional interests. It's amazing how many of them are not, though, whose only "familiarity" is the department mandated once a year, 20 round or so "qualification". And, well, these guys are smarter and better looking than anyone else in the room, so no one can point out their bad habits... Been there, done that, have the tee shirt (as an NRA Certified Instructor).
So, yeah, almost comical that Alec Baldwin recommends a cop be on site. That would probably only make things worse. But, well, hasn't that been the position of anti-gun Hollywood and others? That only cops can be "safe" around guns? If they only knew...