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Rules for Safety in Handling Guns
Rule I.—The very first and most important rule for you to know and to live up to is to never under any circumstances point a gun, whether it is loaded or not, at any one. Many a person has been killed by an idiot who pointed a gun at him, playfully pulled the trigger and then tried to justify his terrible mistake by saying he didn't know it was loaded.
Rule II.—Never point a gun at anything which you do not intend to shoot at.
Rule III.—Never load your gun while any one is in front of you, and it naturally follows that you must never stand in front of any one who is loading a gun.
Rule IV.—Always keep your face away from the muzzle of a gun, for it has no business there. There is only one end of a gun barrel that it is safe to look through, and that is the breech end.
Rule V.—A bad habit that some beginners get into is to cock and pull the trigger for fun. This is bad for two reasons, and these are: (1) because the gun might be loaded and (2) because if the gun is unloaded the whole mechanism of the action is needlessly worn and may be strained. If for any reason you should want to try the action of a gun put an empty cartridge in the firing chamber and then try it out.
Collins, A. Frederick. Shooting, for Boys,. New York: Moffat, Yard and, 1917. Print.
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