Gun Ownership Should Start with Safe Handling

I've written before about how important it is for all gun owners learn the basics of safe gun handling skills.  I was sickened by the news that a Virginia teen rapper accidentally killed himself on live stream.  I don't know the details and I didn't attempt to find the video.  His death, though, is completely preventable.  

Safe gun handling is not intuitive.  If you haven't been trained and intentionally apply the rules, you will not  automatically be safe.  You will likely automatically do what you've seen in pop culture.  Most TV shows and movies do NOT show safe handling.  The image below is a great example, the actor is pointing the gun in an unsafe direction with his finger on the trigger.  Review the rules and then apply them 100% of the time!