{"id":3292,"date":"2008-10-31T21:31:01","date_gmt":"2008-11-01T01:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soulhuntre.com\/2008\/10\/31\/gunplay-reply-capture\/"},"modified":"2008-10-31T21:31:01","modified_gmt":"2008-11-01T01:31:01","slug":"gunplay-thoughts-about-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/2008\/10\/31\/gunplay-thoughts-about-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunplay: thoughts about safety…"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an old thread on Fetlife<\/a> the topic of gunplay came up. Someone asked how risky it was, and how folks manage those risks. This was my reply, and it\u2019s worth capturing here\u2026<\/p>\n

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The actual risks fall into three categories. I’ll only really address two of them<\/p>\n

The first is human error. It is possible to make a mistake in how you operate or check a gun. In fact, almost everyone I know who has been around guns for a long time has at least one story of "the mistake". Usually it happened when you got overconfident. Almost always, it only ever happens once – not because anyone gets hurt but because it scares the hell out of you. You are never complacent again.<\/p>\n

Human error is combated with a layered defense. You do everything you can to double check everything you do, and you also set things up so no single mistake will matter.<\/p>\n

For instance… when I desire to be maximally safe with a gun I will use in a scene I will do the following.<\/p>\n