Firearms Safety Rules 2021
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Larry Vickers here welcome to the
Vickers tactical channel this video is
about the lav for firearm safety rules
based on the NRA safety rules but I put
my lav real world spin on him
this is aimed specifically at new
shooters remember we got tens of
thousands of new firearms owners in the
first half of 2020 welcome to the club
we welcome you with open arms but also
it's gonna be beneficial for older
shooters that might think they have
these down pat you might want to listen
to my for its safety rules you might
learn a couple things along the way all
right now I've got FN 509 midsize pistol
here is I'm gonna use as my demonstrator
rule number one know your target and
what's beyond it understand something
this is a range which means an
artificial training environment you see
the big berm behind me 1215 feet high
you see the steel targets near one of
those exist in the real world if you
ever get in a gunfight heaven forbid in
the real world you cannot count on a
dirt backstop 12 feet high behind the
bad guy the range is not preparing you
for the real-world realities of knowing
your target and what's beyond it as a
matter of fact when you come to the
range you kind of see where the targets
are you see the bulletproof backstop and
that's the last anybody ever thinks
about it human nature need to be aware
of that
that's a little bit of what I call blind
spot rule number two
treat guns as if they're loaded at all
times humans don't do that and we can
repeat that message we can understand
that message we can write it down but we
don't do it what we really do is treat
guns as if they're loaded as long as
we're convinced they're loaded as soon
as we've convinced ourselves right or
wrong that the gun is empty we treat it
as if it's made of plastic or wood I see
it all the time already a dude's got a
shot show or a gun show or a gun shop
and you'll see people handling guns in
terrible manners because they assume
they're empty here's the problem with
that most of the time maybe the weapon
is empty but there's gonna come a day
when it's going to be loaded and you're
think it's gonna be empty and when you
pull the trigger you're gonna get a loud
noise and unfortunately the reason
you practice that you treat guns as if
they're loaded at all time so you're
handling it in a safe fashion and when
that day comes and you pull the trigger
and you get that loud noise you're not
having to call 911 nobody's bleeding
that's why you treat guns as if they're
loaded at all times
it's basically an insurance policy for
one that fateful day arise if you handle
guns long enough trust me you're gonna
have a situation you're gonna pull the
trigger you're gonna get a loud noise
when you expect it the least hand in
hand with that is muzzle awareness
don't allow your muzzled across anything
you're not willing to destroy so when
you pick the pistol up or a long gun
you've got to stay switched on on where
the weapon is pointed now pistols
because of the barrel length for
whatever reason humans have less
situational awareness of where it's
pointed at distance as a matter of fact
past arm's length humans don't have good
situational awareness with pistols so I
can be standing here showing this pistol
to you this FN 509 and have a good idea
where it's pointed but I don't really
have good situational awareness at 5 or
10 or 15 yards away long guns are a
little bit better better a barrel length
better situational awareness on muzzle
awareness but it's still not perfect and
it's something you've got to heighten
your awareness Peschel ii if you go to
the range you may there be there with a
crowd of people let's say taking a class
from an instructor like me or someone
else you may look over at somebody in
their car or a back at the loading bench
and they're handling their pistol
sweeping people downrange you got to
stay switched on handle guns as if
they're loaded at all times maintain
situational awareness of the muzzle and
last but not least the golden rule of
firearm safety is finger well away from
the trigger guard until you're ready to
shoot now when I say that what I mean is
up here my buddy Ken hackathorn calls it
to register position for a right-handed
shooter you want to take the index
finger your trigger finger put it on the
bottom edge of the ejection fork
left-handed shooter flat against the
slide all right now the triggers in this
position for a reason it's easily
accessible by the trigger finger which
also means if you stumble or fall and
get the grab reflex going it's also easy
to launch a live round when you don't
want to putting it into the register
position helps prevent that alright I
hope you got something out of these four
safety rules they're the four basic
an array safety rules but with a little
bit of an lav flare to them to keep them
real have a good one stay safe remember
you're a brand ambassador for the Second
Amendment and the right to keep and bear
arms so make sure you're flying the flag
and doing is proud have a good one LED
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