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Did you know that the safety for a gun is off when the red dot is showing?

Asked by Dan_Lyons (5527points) May 25th, 2014

I thought red meant stop, it won’t shoot.
Apparently red actually means dead.
Red = Dead

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filmfann's avatar

Red means danger here.

LuckyGuy's avatar

Don’t rely on that! Some just have S for Safe and F for Fire – no color. Another has a slider that extends out about 2 mm on one side to denote S or F. Another has an integral safety in the trigger.

The best safety is always treating the device like there is no safety.

Pachy's avatar

I pray never to hold a gun to find out. To me, “gun safety” is an oxymoron

SQUEEKY2's avatar

@LuckyGuy said it best treat every firearm as if it were loaded and the safety is off, and you can’t go wrong.

GloPro's avatar

If you don’t know your gun you shouldn’t carry it around or shoot it until you get a lesson. Don’t assume all guns operate the same way.

Adirondackwannabe's avatar

You never ever trust a safety or assume a gun is unloaded.

ARE_you_kidding_me's avatar

Even the red ryder bb gun’s safety I had as a kid was like that. You Never rely on that just as mentioned. You need to KNOW how the firearm operates. I personally do not rely on any safety, they are a back up. The best safety is simply to never chamber the weapon until you are ready to fire but treat them as if they are always ready to fire.

RealEyesRealizeRealLies's avatar

Why buy a gun with a safety?

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