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deoxxys posted...

Why do people always assume its not loaded?

Even when you take out the magazine, one shot can always be in the chamber.

It's easy to unload a gun in the wrong order and leave a round in the chamber, then go about your business thinking the gun is safe. I didn't say 'smart', I said easy.

Lokarin posted...

Actually, why isn't magazine insertion part of the safety mechanism for exactly this reason?

adjl posted...

I would guess because this sort of incident is too uncommon to warrant the added mechanical complexity that would entail, but it's just as likely because people view accidents like this as being purely a product of stupidity and therefore resist the idea of implementing engineering-level controls to prevent them.

"Magazine Safety" where the gun will not fire without a magazine is a common but not universal feature. Not everyone appreciates mag safety. Some people want the option to fire the last round in the chamber in the middle of switching magazines. It wouldn't have saved this guy if Dumbass had an empty magazine in there, but it might have if the mag was out and he thought it was fully unloaded.

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