JIM- I'm going to take your post here- and add it to the Framed poem- from an earlier Ruger ad- sort of a Frederick Remington bronze of a Father passing down a firearm to his Youngster- "If a Sportsman true you would be-listen carefully My Son, to me- NEVER EVER let your gun, pointed be at anyone- Though it may unloaded be, matters NOT the least to me=-Olde English phrasing-but the message from a by gone era rings true today, and tomorrow, and for as long as Fathers and Sons and Grandsons sshare their love for shooting and hunting-The make or action type of any firearm is not the issue here-if a gent were behind me on a clays field with a broken open Perrazi- or an Iver Johnson Skeeter-and had it pointed at my old semi-over the hill carcass, I would politely tell him that pointed down at the ground is the safe manner- if he refused, or took offense, I would leave the stand and let the scorer or other club members handle it- and keep my hot Irish temper in check-I recall that Harlo Curtis- a VP of GM back in the "Ike" era- blew the head off his duck blind partner in Nov. over on Walpole Island- The last line of that Olde English poem addresses this tragic event-"You may kill or you may miss, but at all times remember this- all the pheasants ever bred, won't repay for one man dead" Thanks for your input here Jim-right on the money- Gun Safety is a 24/7/365 code of conduct-RWTF!!
