Safety Checks Ordered After N.Y. Rifle Maker Ships Loaded Guns

April 8, 2008

  • April 8, 2008 at 12:14 pm
    lastbat says:
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    I wonder what the quality control process is. Since the weapon must be test-fired it needs to be loaded. It would make sense that the procedure is probably something like – load two rounds, fire said rounds, clear the weapon and on to the next. I wonder what additional controls they have put in. It could be another round of inspections (just as error prone since it relies on people). I’m sure there are mechanical devices, x-ray machines and such, that could detect unspent rounds left in the weapon, but the company probably didn’t purchase any equipment. I really want to know more.

    And arms dealers should already be clearing any weapon they handle. Never trust that somebody else made the weapon safe; that’s a good way to get shot.

  • April 8, 2008 at 12:59 pm
    Dave says:
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    The other thing to consider is that once the weapon is fired, even for testing purposes it should be cleaned. Any gun owner knows that before you start the cleaning process the first thing you want to do is to make sure that there are no shells in the gun. Somehow I suspect that these guns got out without being cleaned.

  • April 8, 2008 at 1:47 am
    Mary says:
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    Not to worry. The batch of guns involved were being shipped to Iran.

  • April 8, 2008 at 2:15 am
    Gun Guy says:
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    While this is a huge mistake to ship loaded guns, the number one rule is to treat all guns as loaded.

  • April 8, 2008 at 2:47 am
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  • April 8, 2008 at 3:06 am
    Sending the lead back? says:
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    Sounds like we are sending the lead back to China.

  • April 9, 2008 at 9:03 am
    Charlton Heston says:
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    GUNS DON’T KILL PEOPLE
    PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE



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