DO NOT, EVER, under ANY circumstances, LOCK IT UP in a SEPARATE CONTAINER from its AMMO, UNLOADED!!!!!!!!


Whoever came up with this "gun safety" advice is a lunatic. Now, anytime you buy a handgun, or talk to so-called weapons specialists or gun safety advisers or even your local gun shop, you hear and see this foolish advice in spades.

At the time where you NEED a handgun, for the purpose of self defense, you need it BADLY and you need it NOW. If someone is trying to rape you, kill your children, burn down your house or drive your car off a bridge with you inside of it, they are NOT going to wait patiently while you unlock your gun cabinet / case, unlock your gun from its fastenings within the case, load a mag, insert mag, charge and fire your weapon, after locating the separate gun and ammo containers and going back and forth between them to assemble your weapon.

Learn about gun safety. If you aren't comfortable handling a weapon on your own, don't. Go to a gun safety course, if you don't know where to find one, you may be able to inquire at your local police station (they also issue gun licenses, and in support of responsible intentions will usually work with you to find the information you seek regarding handgun safety.)

When I say learn about gun safety, I mean, learn about your weapon. If you own one, KNOW how to break it down. Clean it fairly regularly. Get familiar with loading and unloading it. You can use blanks for a while if you aren't comfortable with live rounds.

More importantly, USE it. Learn how to shoot it. Take it to the range every week, put at least a couple of dozen rounds through it. Get comfortable with the recoil, the noise, the muzzle flash. Know your weapon well, otherwise when you need to shoot it, and your hands are shaking because someone is attacking you and trying to cause you severe bodily harm, you'll be able to shoot it. Without training yourself to properly use a weapon, you're more likely to hurt yourself than your attacker.

People are afraid of guns, and vote to pass laws banning weapons that are dubbed by politicians to be "assault weapons," and "dangerous," playing on the fears of people in order to restrict Second Amendment rights. I am not a member of the NRA; I am a (usually modest) member of the U.S. Armed Forces, extremely intent on the safety and protection of my fellow citizens, and the peoples of the world.

Preventing civilians from getting their hands on automatic and semi-automatic weapons of high caliber, possessing lethal force, is an irresponsible concept. The purpose of the Second Amendment is to ensure that every person has the right and ability to defend themselves against CRIMINAL assault, and TYRANNY from a corrupt government. Over the past decade, and more besides, increasingly binding restrictions to our founded Second Amendment rights have created a situation in which many Americans are unable to acquire arms sufficient to defend themselves against any reasonable form of aggression, and all but ELIMINATED the ability for any sort of civil defense, should our government succumb to corruption, and begin (or continue) to oppress its people.

Giving up the right to bear arms is tantamount to agreeing to be enslaved by a tyrant government, controlled by military force and political whim. Self respect demands that people stand up against any such notion. Those of us who carry arms will not stand to be told we may not bear them. Our defense is in the very documentation on which our government is founded: we may bear arms. We WILL hold arms against any oppressive force which attempts to make us lay down those arms. We will rebel against tyrant suppression.

Any other choice is submission to human suffering, submission to helplessness, submission to bondage. To give up human liberty, and the right to bear arms, is to give up free will. To give up your ability to defend yourself when harm comes, is to diminish your value and self worth as a human being. Whether or not guns are banned, criminals will still acquire them illegally. But then you'll have no means to fight them. Police are a deterrent. If they were 100% effective, there would be no crime. I support police, but unless you think a cop will be there at 3AM when you're in bed, sleeping, and someone breaks in, then I suggest you go learn the right way to defend yourself, and demand that right be supported by your government.

The people hold power in a Democracy, NOT the governing body. Demand your rights be honored, and your power be recognized. Do not support any laws which prevent you from bearing arms in self defense. Support laws which provide gun safety by TEACHING proper use of a weapon, but never give up your right to carry, own, or use a weapon in self defense.

Knowledge eliminates fear, and minimizes accidents occurring from gun misuse. Learn, to be safe, don't stand by, ignorant, and let others make decisions which put your very life, and the lives of those you love, in jeopardy.