A simple device could help prevent accidental gun deaths, but most firearms don’t have it
www.nbcnews.com
At least 277 people have been killed since 2000 by shooters who believed the gun in their hands was unloaded because the magazine was removed.
  • Noxy@yiffit.netEnglish
    15·
    9 days ago

    how the fuck does anyone have a magazine-fed gun and not know that removing the magazine doesn’t unload the chamber

    that’s fucking scary

    that said, seems like a no-brainer to mandate this magazine disconnect mechanism

    • GiddyGap@lemm.eeOP
      10·
      9 days ago

      how the fuck does anyone have a magazine-fed gun and not know that removing the magazine doesn’t unload the chamber

      A child who finds a firearm in an unlocked safe that the parent thought was locked may not know. Or many other scenarios.

      • Noxy@yiffit.netEnglish
        2·
        8 days ago

        Yeah definitely true and a good reason for the mechanism to exist.

        Just, wow, some of the anecdotes in the article.