It's easy. I'll show you a story that involves violating several of the 4 rules
A police weapons specialist who shot himself in the hand is suing the PSNI. Peter Woods, 50, was dismantling a gun at a police facility in February last year when the accident happened. It is understood that he removed the magazine from a pistol, but a bullet in the chamber fired into his hand. He recovered from his injury. Lawyers for Mr Woods claimed in the High Court that proper safety procedures were not in place, and ammunition may have been faulty
A police weapons specialist who shot himself in the hand is suing the PSNI.
Peter Woods, 50, was dismantling a gun at a police facility in February last year when the accident happened.
It is understood that he removed the magazine from a pistol, but a bullet in the chamber fired into his hand. He recovered from his injury.
Lawyers for Mr Woods claimed in the High Court that proper safety procedures were not in place, and ammunition may have been faulty
And you roll your eyes at the stupidity.
Point #1 - A weapons specialist should know that removing the magazine does not equate to "gun empty"Point #2 - A weapons specialist should know that you never point the muzzle of the gun at anything you're not willing to see destroyed. One's hand falls into that category neatly.Pont #3 - The proper safety procedures were in place, but alas those procedures are not the responsibility of anyone but the weapons specialist handling the firearm. Those procedures are the 4 rules. Follow them, and this cannot happen.Point #4 - It sounds like the ammunition was not only not faulty, but worked exactly as it was designed to. You see, ammo failure usually means the brass casing ripped, the bullet lodged in the barrel, the primer blows out of the rear. It's highly doubtful the primer activated itself without being struck. So, if the primer was struck, it would have ignited the powder in the case which would have emitted a lot of gas, causing a spike in pressure. The bullet would have dislodged from the neck and pushed down the barrel, exiting at a high velocity. That's not a bug, that's a feature.
Of course, it's just easier to sue someone than to man up and go "I screwed up". Glad to see Americans aren't the only lawsuit happy group.