Doesnt treating guns as if they are loaded lead to safe gun handling? Seems like you made a solution for a non existent problem.
I agree; whats popular is not always best and whats best is not always popular.
Maybe better stated "what is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right"
How did miss this restarting?
The 3 NRA rules for safe gun handling keeps the golden rule of gun safety, the most important item, as #1, the second most important as #2, leaving loaded status in its proper place.
We shouldn't teach people to treat guns "as if they're loaded", when what we want is for them to learn to handle guns safely.
...Thus, it's always loaded, makes a great rule #1 for me.