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I just realized that many of you reading this thread may never have own guns or been around those who do.

Gun safey is extremely important to every gun owner I have ever known since I was a small boy. Forget about cop no cop. Here just a few common gun safety pratices:

1. You unload a weapon before you hand it to someone you[I] know[/I] to look at it.
2. You don't leave loaded weapons just laying around your house in the open when someone is coming over.
3. You lock it in the car glove box before you enter certain buildings.
4. Many people unload a weapon before entering a building and/or put it in a case.
5. Put away your guns as soon as you're done with them.
6. Many owners use gun safes or trigger locks.
7. Many owners store their guns in one place and the ammo in another.
8. You would NEVER take out your loaded hand gun in a house full of people, set it down, and leave the room!
9. You take responsability for your gun when it is around others!

I'm certainly no expert, I don't carry (yet) and haven't been to a carrying class(yet), so you other responsible gun owners please add to the list if you can. This officer is as much a poster child for gun control as the drug user/dealer that leaves the loaded gun on the coffee table for the kids to find. I've personally never seen someone just leave a loaded hand gun lying around in my 52 years around them.

I'd hate for anyone reading this thread that is not familiar with gun ownership and owners to think this cop represents any more than the smallest percentage of gun owners. He is in that small percentage that includes drug dealers, bank robbers, terrorists, and crazy people. And remember, gun control laws have no impact on criminals or the insane because by definition, they don't obey laws.

This cop should be repremanded/punished. This incident should be reported. He might be starting to "lose it" and he certainly should not be teaching gun safety classes.