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So I opened my safe right now to take out my 870, Rack the action, and there are FIVE rounds in the tube!(None in the chamber). WTF! I went camping two weeks ago, and I guess never checked to unload my shotgun. I have seen people on here say things like "one time I came back from the hunt/range and realized I had a loaded gun in the car!". I thought "How can anyone do that?" I guess there is a first time for everything. I felt really weird when I discovered it was still loaded after two weeks, as I have ALWAYS been sure to check all equipment when I leave from shooting. I still can't believe something so important slipped by me. Wow. anyway, that wont happen again! Anything like that every happen to you guys?
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1st rule regarding such mess up such as this: Never admit to have done it on a public forum frequented by LEO."Can our form of government, our system of justice, survive if one can be denied a freedom because he might abuse it?" --Harlon Carter
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Also, I'm pretty sure a LEO has to see a misdemeanor in progress to do something about it, not hear about it on the internet weeks later after all the evidence is gone.Comment
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Its not so much the crime I was worried about it was more so the whole "NOT BEING SAFE" that got to me.Comment
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Well - Live and learn - Glad nothing happened -Comment
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It's ok it just makes the LEO's feel better about the stupid stuff they have done and are going to do.I move slow but I make up for it by shooting poorly.
When I hit the lotto I'm only shooting factory.Comment
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Somewhere I read about the rookie LEO who asked the veteran LEO why the veteran put his shotgun in the car muzzle down instead of the usual muzzle up. The veterans reply was "It's easier to hide a hole in the floor than one in the roof."Comment
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Originally posted by KestryllOriginally posted by QuarterBoreGunnerOriginally posted by KestryllComment
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I'm a little OC about checking weapons. I always check ANY gun I pick up, drives gun store people crazy when I check the pistol that they just checked before they handed it to me. It's a religion thing that I'm proud to say I've passed down to my kids."I don't like repeat offenders, I like DEAD offenders!" ~Ted Nugent
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." ~ Claire WolfeComment
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Well, I did a similar dumb thing. I was always so careful and swore I would never make such a stupid mistake. But, one slip in concentration and it's amazing the stupid things you can do. I was warned, I had seen others do it and laughed at them and said it would never happen to me. But sure enough, it did, and I felt like such an idiot afterwards.
You just have to be easy on yourself and chalk it up to life experience. Thankfully I'm divorced now and, like you, won't be making THAT mistake again.
MikeWhy Johnny Ringo. You look like someone just...walked over your grave.Comment
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There is a last time for everything, man
And everybody knows you make up stories like this to tease the LEOs on this forum.
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