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A few days after Christmas we had some neighbors over to allure up a bit. In the beginning of the evening we talked about all kinds of things; one of these was my new Springfield Fight for .45 ACP. When I mentioned my newest acquisition, my neighbor Gary said, "Oh, I would like to see that."
After I retrieved it, I gave it a skilful safety check then dropped the empty magazine and racked the slide unsealed. At this point my neighbor quickly commented to his wife, "Tammy, see how he did that." This was in reaction to my safe handling of the firearm. As a 1911 style semi-auto, this empty and locked uncovered slide quickly transferred the message that the firearm was safe to manipulate, and as an experienced gun owner himself he verified my work before handling the gun himself.
I learned to branch and to handle firearms safely as a teenager. My father was a police administrator and also competed on the police force's pistol team. I can remember always having guns around the household. My brothers and I were all taught the safety fundamentals at an early age. I still feel that training is the best tool for keeping weapons safe.
Source: Fox News