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From: scott@bierstadt.scd.ucar.edu (Larry Scott)
Newsgroups: rec.hunting
Subject: Re: Hunting "Accidents"
Message-ID: <1991Jun7.083629.7871@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
Date: 7 Jun 91 13:36:29 GMT
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>>same motions of stalking, identifying the target, assessing the shot,
>>aiming and squeezing the shot off - only all he gets is a *click*.
>>Meanwhile the instructor can observe all aspects of the process AND be able
>>to give low key corrective instructions (no ear plugs, remember).  Once
>>the proper techniques are mastered and after flinching, buck fevor and
>>other ills are cured, then and only then is live fire allowed.

>   You're "empty weapon" concept stinks and should not be practiced.
>Treat a gun as if it is always loaded, because there is a pretty
>good chance that it is. The guns that are "not loaded" are the guns
>that accidently kill people.
>
>John R. Holand

	John,

	The only thing that stinks is how blind and/or uncomprehending
you are!  Proper gun handling, (including treating ALL guns as if
they're loaded), is exactly what the previous reader is professing!
And if, at any time, the "student" DOESN'T treat the empty gun
properly then the lesson would end right then and there, with
explanation of what the error was. I have a 7-yr.  old son who I'm
just starting to introduce to guns and shooting. I think this is an
excellent concept.

Larry Scott