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2. Safety (firearms) - Wikipedia

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   Many original single-action revolvers have a half-cock "safety" notch on the hammer, but these are not drop-proof. [22] Modern single-action revolvers, those made after the early 1970s, almost always have an internal safety, such as a hammer block or transfer bar. It is safe to carry such firearms with a loaded chamber under the hammer.

3. Unintentional discharge - Wikipedia

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   An accidental discharge (AD) occurs when there is a mechanical failure of the firearm.This can include things like firearms that do not have mechanisms to render them drop safe falling a sufficient distance, [1] a firing pin stuck forward, [2] a sear failing, [3] or rounds heating sufficiently to spontaneously ignite in the chamber (as may happen in a closed bolt machine gun).

4. Unsafe firearm and cartridge combinations - Wikipedia

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   Firing a .357 Magnum round in a .38 Special revolver (the opposite is however is a safe and very common practice) Firing a 9×19 mm round in a .40 S&W pistol; Firing a .300 Blackout round in a .223 Remington rifle; Firing shotgun shell of the correct gauge or bore, but in a chamber length that is too short (for example a 70 mm shell in 65 mm ...

5. Gun safety - Wikipedia

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   A yellow flag demonstrates the rifle's bolt is open and the breech is clear. Firearm handling safety poster. Gun safety is the study and practice of managing risk when using, transporting, storing and disposing of firearms, airguns and ammunition in order to avoid injury, illness or death.

6. Slamfire - Wikipedia

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   Shooters must keep the firearm pointed in a safe direction ("downrange") while closing the bolt and chambering a cartridge. If a slamfire does occur, the shooter must do his or her best to hold the firearm securely pointed in a safe direction until it ceases firing.

7. Georgia gun laws explained as four die in school shooting

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   Apalachee High School in Barrow County, Georgia, is the latest school across the US to experience a mass shooting as part of the country’s gun violence epidemic, with four killed and scores ...