[Hugh R]

When my son was about 14, like 8 years ago, I took in to a gun range to shoot some skeet and pistols. He had my old J.C. Penny's single shot .410, he put a shell in, closed it and it fired and blew a hole in the fence in front of us. I asked if he had his finger on the trigger and he said "No Way". I put another shell in, closed it and it fired again. The firing pin had jammed. I'd told him to always point it down range, not down. Good thing he did, otherwise he'd have lost a few toes.