Agreed, wagga.
What gets me is you hear reports of people hurting/killing themselves while cleaning their weapon or by not knowing the gun is loaded.
Hello? Why would anyone clean a loaded weapon? Don't you know to check the chamber?
Then there was the Los Banos incident where a dog shot its owner because the owner laid down a LOADED shotgun on the ground with the SAFETY OFF and the dog's paws engaged the trigger. BAM! The man suffered wounds by #2 shot. Luckily he was not killed. Embarrassed, but not killed.
Yeah, I can go on. Know this, I pack heat, but I don't go showing off. I have packed it in Yosemite. I have never packed it on the MWT.
I have drawn my weapon once on my OWN property. Trespassing perp. Needless to say the Madera Sheriff's office was happy the perp was caught. I had to clean up the "mess" because the dude defecated in his britches and left some fecal matter in my carport. Guess he wasn't wearing underwear.
I am off my dais now.