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Originally Posted by fdpaq0580
Major teaching opportunity. Even experts can, and DO, make mistakes. Is it any surprise that average folks sometimes screw up, sometimes with deadly results.
That instructor will never forget that lesson and will probably put special emphasis on clearing your weapon and to NEVER assume it had been done correctly if you didn't do it yourself.
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Yes, that was the reason he told the story. To emphasize being sure you know the status of your firearm.
Standard Sig academy policy is to have someone else check that your firearm is clear before your gun is declared safe. You check it, then you present the action open firearm to whoever is next to you so they can check it too. I think that works for lower level classes but in advanced classes it's easy to take for granted that the gun is clear and the other guy will catch it if it isn't.
I took another class from a current national champion not at the Sig facility where his policy was only the person in possession of the firearm would verify that it was clear. Driving home the point that it's always your responsibility no matter what someone else tells you. That makes more sense to me.
BTW, that applies in gun stores too. After a minimum wage clerk checks a firearm and then hands it to you if the first thing you do isn't checking it again yourself you are making the same mistake Baldwin made. And you would be in the same legal jam if something goes wrong.