"Guns will never be cheaper than they are right now."

(man that advice put me in some debt.)

Keep it loaded, safe from others meddling fingers, and learn that trigger. Someone earlier mentioned “prep the trigger”. That’s right. If you know your trigger, you’ll learn to prep it. I learned the trigger tips many times but it sunk home on double action revolver qualification when I had to qualify on one every year for years.

The other was to think of gun safety as a laser always coming out of the barrel. If it crosses someone, it kills them. Helped me teach the wife and kids awareness.

“Remember the first rule of gunfighting ... have a gun."

You already own the best holster in the world.
Its your right hand. Draw to meet a threat.

Always keep your muzzle pointed in a safe direction in case of accidental discharge, like a hippie or a communist.

Buy guns every chance you get

You can never have too much ammo. It's better to have it and not need it, then to need it and not have it.

Aim small, shoot small.

An old cop told a bunch of us young cops during a training session:
"Always carry a back up, and if you don't have a rifle; go out and buy one"

I guess mine was all the regular firearm safety advice and also not to sell them until I either was close to death or I left them for someone. I have received a few of my dad’s guns since he passed and those would be the absolute last guns I ever let go of. My dad gave me my first revolver I ever used as a duty weapon and still have it.

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Originally posted by cndrdk:
An old cop told a bunch of us young cops during a training session:
"Always carry a back up, and if you don't have a rifle; go out and buy one"

A backup gun was always drilled into me as well. I always have at least two firearms either on me or in reach at all times.

Two is one, one is none.

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Originally posted by sigspecops:
Two is one, one is none.

Words I have always lived by for anything at all regardless if firearm related. Sometimes I expand it to three or four.

Don't get complacent.

This is a true story that happened at my 30 year high school reunion. My Dad was a middle school math teacher. 7th hour the teachers taught a quarter mini course that was their hobbies or whatever they wanted to teach. My Dad was a certified Hunter Safety Instructor so that was what he taught. In my class were twin brothers named Keith and Kyle. Kyle was a bit off, but if you made fun of him you would have Keith to answer to so no one gave Kyle a hard time. 15 years ago on Thanksgiving Keith and his Dad got into a shouting match which was par for the course. The Dad produced a handgun and shot Keith to death. Fast forward to my reunion years later I'm having a good time and Kyle comes up to me and tells me the story of what happened that day. He said he remembered my Dad's course and the main message was treat every gun as if it were loaded. He saw his Dad produce that gun and remembered what my Dad taught him and he got the hell out of the house. He credited my Dad and his Hunter Safety Course for saving his life. He just felt the need to tell me that. At the time I was speechless, and still to this day I am in awe of what one simple message can ultimately mean.

“ Don't point a gun at something unless you are planning on killing it “

You always have more than you need and less than you want.

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Originally posted by jljones:
Prep the trigger

This after taking both your Practical and Applied classes. Game changer for me !

This was a SigForum member's signature back when I joined; it was memorable then and is still memorable, true, and relevant to many areas of life:

"You will not rise to the occasion; you will default to your level of training."

Software is more important then hardware, get educated before you go shopping.

Watch what you put in your brain, the firearms industry, like many others, is rife with snake oil salesman, self promoters and folks that think they know more then they actually do.

Mission drives the gear. Meaning, you need to understand what actually need your equipment to do, and then get what you actually need.

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