> For those that have never been taught range safety just treat it like a
> propeller - always assumed live until you have checked and proved
> otherwise. If you are given any firearm you must clear it. Standard practice
> in weapon handling. Before handing over a weapon you clear it, on first
> accepting a weapon, clear it (so the fact there is no round in the chamber
> should be proved twice on every handover). If you don't know how to do
> so, either ask the person passing it to show you or refuse the weapon.
That matches what I was taught many years ago but what if you have never handled a gun before and know nothing of such basic proceedures? (Nobody ever does that in the movies :-) Are all pilots taught at least this?