On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 00:54:19 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 00:19:00 -0500, wrote:

Where we live, inside might be the safest place for an AD.

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If the round didn't hit anything vital, SWMBO certainly would.

I once saw a video of coasties getting ready to board one of their
small boats for a mission. It looked like each one of them would stop
briefly at a device that looked like it might have been a pole mounted
bullet trap, point their sidearm inside, and cycle the action. I
guess its possible they were putting a round in the chamber and then
decocking and/or activating the safety. Any idea?

We had those in Vietnam at the gates of some of the bases. It's a
'clearing' station. A place to point the weapon after dropping the
magazine and ejecting a chambered round - then pulling the trigger
while pointing the gun into the clearing station. Every so often
someone would forget to eject the round in the chamber. The ensuing
'bang' would get everyone's attention - if nothing else just to see
how red the guy's face would get.