Staunch gun right proponent Ted Cruz is here seen bind a shotgun while being interviewed by CNN . Can you see what he ’s doing wrong ? That ’s right , he ’s violating the first two rules of gun safety .
Update : This says it all really .
Ted Cruz Really Was guide His Gun At His Friends
When you pick up to buck , apply for a hunting or carry licence and any time you ’re at a throttle cooking stove , there ’s four basic rules of hired gun safety that — and this is impressed on you very strongly — must be keep at all times :
Treat all gun as if they are loaded .
Never point a firearm at something you ’re not willing to destroy .
Keep your fingerbreadth off the trigger until you are ready to germinate .
Be sure of your target and what is beyond it .
right observed , these rules are almost entirely capable of preclude inadvertent shot . And I ca n’t underline how thoroughly they are drill into shooters both as they ’re see and as they chaffer any gun reach , gas store or participate in any organized hunt .
I asked local hunter and lifetime NRA member Scott Nathan to explain what he see in this telecasting :
“ While his activity is visibly assailable , he is still not in control of muzzle direction . In a break - action mechanism gun [ as Cruz is carry here ] the gun muzzle should always bespeak down . ”
you could see construction and citizenry in the background — presumably other hunters — being swept by Cruz ’s gag as he speaks .
carry your break - natural action gun over - the - shoulder is an accepted kind of carry . It ’s a comfortable direction to entertain a cloggy gun as you walk and can be done safely , if the action is undefendable and the gun muzzle is pointed at the primer in front of your feet . Here , I ’m doing just that as I hike up a Benny Hill in spare-time activity of Turkey . With the lensman behind me , my gun muzzle is channelize in a safe way .
Photo : Corey Hass
And here ’s what a right shoulder carry looks like from a different angle :
Photo : Ben Godwin forMinimums .
With an unnamed bit of people in front and presumably to his sides , the full mode to carry his gun in this special case would be to hold in it sideways , downcast and pointed down .
So what ’s the gunpoint ? As such an outspoken gun rights advocate , Cruz should also consider himself an ambassador for gun condom , particularly when choosing to make a home TV show while carrying one .
“ He ’s either a poser who does n’t really hound , or just a blindingly life-threatening nincompoop , ” concludes Scott . “ He ’s commence moves like Cheney . ”
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