Re: Article: "Army makes soldiers get comfortable carrying weapons"
- From: "Rubaiyat of Omar Bradley" <cowartmisc1@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 03:53:30 +0000 (UTC)
Aaron Greenhouse wrote:
# Um, so the preferred method of removing a round from the chamber is to
# FIRE the weapon? This seems like a recipe for disaster. This is not
# teaching safe gun-handling. How does this prepare them for having the
# clear the weapon when there is no big barrel of sand around?
No, the preferred method is to remove the magazine, point the rifle in
a safe direction, and pull the charging handle. The big barrel of sand
provides the (relatively) safe place to point the rifle while in a
built-up area such as a military base.
John Cowart
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