There is only one way you never get a negligent discharge:
Think that your weapon is always armed when you take it in your hand.
That's the way you get trained on arms in Swiss Military Forces.
Even if you had this weapon in your hand before and you are sure that nobody touched it since. Think of it as charged.
Now, the only way to find out if a gun like the H&K is charged is by looking into the bullet chamber. You take out the magazine, make a charging movements, every bullet in the bullet chamber jumps out. The gun is empty, you are sure that there isn't anythin in there.
Wino, I don't say that I understand the FFDO program nor that I have insights. I just tell you guys that the program is set up completly wrong. You never give a pilot a personal gun. Period. I support armed pilots. But there has to be a better way. Of course, they will never listen to me. They are cowboys. No, not the pilots, the TSA/FAA guys that set up the program. They think in law enforcements categories, they have no clue how it looks like in a cockpit.
Dani
Last edited by Dani; 29th Mar 2008 at 00:05.