Treating every firearm as if it may be loaded was drilled into me and my brothers our whole life, I still check even mine when getting them out to look at, and especially before handing them to people to see.
Please allow me to disagree with you on a fine point of that statement.
I taught my son that every gun was loaded until he personally verified that it wasn't. Don't treat it as if. It's easy to get sloppy when you start thinking "as if."
Know that it is and behave as such.
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Obey lawful commands. Video interactions. Hold bad cops accountable. Problem solved.
