Played straight during the Minor Heat arc, when the Summer teams are exploring an old army ship.There are some candidates that took gun maintenance not that seriously and paid the price. Botan, from Team Summer B, is also very concerned about gun safety and knows the rules, due to being a former police officer. Part of their education included guns and how to properly use and maintain them, with most of Team Summer A itself following the rules well. Averted by (most) of the Team Summer A candidates.For obvious reasons, Don't Try This at Home. Note that there is a very good reason why all of the examples here are listed under Artistic License, as trying to actually replicate any of them could lead - and has led - to accidents, many of them fatal. See Guns Do Not Work That Way, for links to Tropes of the most common offenders. May also be the writer hinting that a character isn't as professional as he should be. Firing in the Air a Lot is always a case of this, as are Pants-Positive Safety and Gun Twirling. If the rules are followed and somebody gets shot anyway, that's Reliably Unreliable Guns going off. If a major accident occurs due to sloppy handling, it's I Just Shot Marvin in the Face. If this is done for comedic purposes it's Juggling Loaded Guns. The distinction between this trope and Reckless Gun Usage is that this involves people who either should know gun safety based on their profession, or are stated to have extensive experience with firearms while Reckless Gun Usage is when the handling of a weapon is understood to be a mistake because it is handled by people who don't know any better. This is particularly troublesome when these people are supposed to be experts with lots of experience with their weapons. drunk driving or check fraud) at gunpoint for no real reason. What results from this are scenes where characters are doing things they shouldn't, such as placing their fingers on the triggers of their weapons when not about to fire, or pointing their weapons at people whom they are not trying to shoot one particularly common example is foolish officers making routine arrests (e.g. Many writers, actors, artists, and directors, however, ignore these rules. Those who have had their guns discharge accidentally, and those who will have their guns discharge accidentally." There is even a saying among gunsmiths that " There are two types of gun owners. Even an expert can make a serious (and possibly fatal) mistake when handling a gun. It requires vigilance to be aware of these rules at all times. note If you don't know for sure what's behind your target, do not fire unless there is an immediate and credible threat to your life from the target - even if you hit the target dead-centre, over-penetration is a thing, and bullets that have passed through something or someone are still capable of inflicting life-altering or life- ending wounds on the next thing they hit. Always be aware of who or what your target is, and who or what is around and behind it.Keep your finger off the trigger and outside the trigger guard until you are in position and ready to shoot.note Or at any living creature that you don't really want to stop living. Never point a gun at something you do not intend to shoot and destroy.No matter how cool you think it looks, do not rack the gun (thus chambering a round) unless you intend to use it immediately. Physically check the gun to verify it actually is unloaded and doesn't have a round chambered note If you don't know how to check this, then hands off!!, and then continue to treat it like it is anyway. Always treat every gun as if it's loaded.There are considered to be Four Rules of Gun Safety: Such power needs to be respected, and it shouldn't be surprising that there are various obvious safety rules in place when using a gun, that anybody who wants to use a firearm should know. Guns are dangerous things they're designed with the primary purpose of using a projectile to injure or kill whatever it's fired at. The Benny Hill Show, "Murder on the Oregon Express"
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