The number 9 holds positive value across many cultures. It measures the days Odin spent hanging from the World Tree to gain his wisdom, the gods of the Egyptian underworld, the Greek muses, and the Mayan arts. There are 9 stages to Buddhist enlightenment and 9 Christian virtues. The cultural significance of 9 is lengthy.
Any single number multiplied by 9 ends in a number whose parts add up to 9. We commonly use grids of 9 squares in games and calculations from tic-tac-toe to Wallace's burn measurements. The Fibonacci sequence and Golden Ratio fit in these groups.
The number 9 holds positive value across many cultures. It measures the days Odin spent hanging from the World Tree to gain his wisdom, the gods of the Egyptian underworld, the Greek muses, and the Mayan arts. There are 9 stages to Buddhist enlightenment and 9 Christian virtues. The cultural significance of 9 is lengthy.
Any single number multiplied by 9 ends in a number whose parts add up to 9. We commonly use grids of 9 squares in games and calculations from tic-tac-toe to Wallace's burn measurements. The Fibonacci sequence and Golden Ratio fit in these groups.
It is MY pistol. I unloaded it. I cleared it. It was in my possession until I handed it to the person holding it. It never left my sight. The safety is engaged. His finger is only vaguely on the trigger specifically to avoid some issue where he might unintentionally jerk the trigger, which would have no real result since I unloaded it, cleared it, it never left my sight after that that, and the safety is engaged.
Bullets don't magically teleport into a firearm.
Could he accidentally pull the trigger? Sure, but his finger isn't really on the trigger. The pull is far too stiff for that loose fingertip to do the job. More importantly, the safety is on and there's nothing in the chamber or magazine.
Could the safety fail? Sure. That would have made no difference because the magazine and chamber were empty AND his finger isn't really on the trigger.
Could there be a round in the chamber? By SOME stretch of he imagination? Yes, which is why the safety is engaged and his finger isn't actually on the trigger.
Do accidents happen? Sure. It is fully possible that the guy with the gun could have accidentally or out of habit disengaged the safety (no, cuz he doesn't care for guns and I discussed his hand position with him before we started). It is further possible that he might have put enough of his finger on the trigger to accidentally given it a full pull by sneezing or something (yes, but I had to watch the camera and guide him to have enough of his finger on the trigger to look even vaguely like he could pull it). It's not really possible that I could have accidentally left a round in the chamber; I cleared it multiple times and visualized the chamber to be sure. As I said, bullets don't magically teleport into a firearm.
If you don't know enough to properly use and care for a firearm, you shouldn't have one. If you don't like them, you aren't forced to have one. If you feel like they are inherently dangerous, you should probably avoid cars, planes, anything powered by electricity, staircases, bikes, and the vast array of other daily situations that lead to accidental death because people are not employing the full range of safety measures available when using those tools.
All firearms are threats, but use some kind of sense.
It is MY pistol. I unloaded it. I cleared it. It was in my possession until I handed it to the person holding it. It never left my sight. The safety is engaged. His finger is only vaguely on the trigger specifically to avoid some issue where he might unintentionally jerk the trigger, which would have no real result since I unloaded it, cleared it, it never left my sight after that that and the trigger is engaged.
I am actually in more danger from the extremely sharp machete being held to my throat by a former girlfriend. No safety on that other than my belief that she wants to be helpful more than she wants to go to prison.