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Originally Posted by Superman
We loaded our guns when we parked the truck. While I agree that a deep respect for firearms is imperative, I personally do not rely on that as the sole source of safety for my family. Families have visitors, for example. Guns can be knocked off tables.
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This has nothing whatsoever to do with home defense. There's no point in keeping a hunting rifle loaded/chambered while driving. You couldn't possibly use it while driving and,
AFAIK, hunting rifles or shotguns don't have firing pin blocks in them as modern handguns do. You could chamber and cock (to single action) any of my semi-auto handguns, drop them off the roof of your house onto the driveway and none of them would fire. Even if the hammer dropped, the firing pin has a block that can only be released if the trigger is depressed. The stuff you see on tv is less realistic than cartoon animals talking. Other than the cable installer, I can't remember the last stranger I had even come into my house. All others were adult friends and most of them are gun people anyway. No one is gonna accidentally go into my bedroom, root around my night table and test fire my gun. Ditto for playing with my shotgun. I'm far more worried that a neighborhood kid might jump on my bike in the driveway and have it fall on him.