Firearms are Not Meant to Be “Safe”, But Gun Safety is at All Time High

By John Farnam

Opinion

Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- Gun Accidents:

“If you haven’t figured it out yet, an absolutely certain way to lose something as quickly as possible is to forget the privilege you have to possess it in the first place.” ~ Craig Lounsbrough

With legal, private ownership of guns among the general population in the USA at an all-time high, one might expect gun-accidents (UDs) to be at an all-time high too.

Not the case!

Just as improvements in automobile safety have reduced traffic deaths and injuries, despite record-numbers of miles traveled daily by the car-owning American public, modern guns and ammunition, along with advanced materials, coatings, and manufacturing methods, have today given us commonly-available weapons that are inherently safer than firearms have ever been.

In fact, I’m not sure it is possible to make serious guns any “safer” than they are now, and still have them reasonably functional for their intended purpose.

All attempts at designing and manufacturing so-called “smart guns” have been an uncompromising nonstarter. Americans will never willingly bet their lives on this dubious, mythical “technology.”

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Source:: AmmoLand