The Instructor’s Corner
Chip McEwen
Partner, SAT-C
NRA Certified Instructor
Small Arms training-Consultants, LLC
Safety Has no limits
utdoor Women Unlimited members “accept no
limits” and when it comes to safety with firearms
and safety in the use of firearms at the range or
in the field on the hunt, SaFetY “has no limits” either. Safety and the rules for handling of
firearms on the range and in the field are just like breathing,
you can’t live without air and total enjoyment of the shooting sports can’t happen without safety principles alWaYS
FOllOWeD!! in this article i am asking rob Pinkston, another
partner of Sat-C and an nra Certified range Safety Officer
(rSO), to help answer the question, “What does SaFetY with
firearms entail?”
Rob Pinkston
Certified NRA Range
Safety Officer
Chip: rob as an rSO how would you answer that first
question?
rob: it all begins with the 3 Golden rules of Firearm Safety.
they all start with the words alWaYS KeeP. number 1,
alWaYS KeeP the firearm pointed in a safe direction. By that
i mean the muzzle which is that part of the firearm where the
bullet or shot exits the barrel. number 2, alWaYS KeeP your
finger off the trigger until ready to shoot. number 3, alWaYS
KeeP your firearm unloaded until ready to use. as you mentioned in the introduction these rules are just like breathing.
if you alWaYS follow them you will without exception not
cause an injury to a person.