The other day I cleaned a few firearms, something I do as a law abiding gun owner. One of the first things I do is check to ensure the firearms are unloaded before I pull them apart. In fact, even though I remove the ammunition and magazine from the Glock and put it well outside of the cleaning area, I still check the chamber each and every time I need to pull the trigger to dry fire.

When dealing with a shot gun, I remove all the shells and place them in another room, then each time I'm required to rack the slide, I inspect the chamber both visually and as well as with my finger to ensure no shells have found their way in. Looking isn't always enough as lighting can play a trick on you!

Even after checking the chamber for a live round, I still follow rule #2 and never point the firearm at anything I'm not willing to see destroyed. You see, I may make a mistake and forget to check the chamber. If the muzzle is pointing away from bystanders or any part of my body and I negligently discharge my firearm, at least the chances of someone getting hurt is much, much less.

You see, law abiding gun owners obey the law. Sometimes, though, they might not follow the four rules when handling firearms. The Brady Campaign to Increase Donations Using Body Counts appears to be trying to confuse people by swapping the term "law abiding" with "accident". Every time someone has an accident, they trumpet their new phrase of "Law abiding gun owner" in an attempt to smear as many people as possible.

The funny thing is, though, that my piddley-ass blog here with an average of 500 readers a day can totally wallop the Brady's ranking in Google. Here's an organization that has to spend millions of dollars a year to try to get their views out and the blogosphere is totally kicking their asses.

Somehow I bet that little tidbit doesn't get put in their press releases.