A friend of mine sent this link to me today.
Instagram video of Serious Mistake followed by Negative Outcome. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4LsHBArwtl
In the video, the person holding the gun is trying to get the laser to come on and repeatedly muzzles his own hand looking for the laser dot. Shortly after this frame, the gun discharges and shoots a hole in his hand, which was a definite Negative Outcome.
Sadly, the examples of dangerous gunhandling that gunowners and new shooters see while watching TV and movies are horrific. In the latest debacle by the ATF’s “expert” on the talking head TV show Face The Nation, he muzzles his own hand repeatedly. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/atf-director-and-firearms-expert-show-some-of-the-weapons-being-found-on-the-streets/
The ‘unboxing’ shows on YouTube by so-called wannabe gun ‘influencers’ are universally heinous, too. And before we get to feeling all righteous and self-congratulatory, even people we in the industry would consider legitimate Subject Matter Experts muzzle their own hands regularly when doing demonstrations on YouTube.
Probably the best firearm safety device that could be produced would be an extremely sharp Fairbairn Sykes British Commando Dagger with a 3 inch long 9mm diameter tang and no handle. If any knife producer wants to use this idea, feel free, no license or royalty required.
The 9mm tang could then be inserted all the way into the muzzle of a pistol so the dagger blade would be directly in front of the muzzle. It would teach the importance of keeping one’s hand away from the muzzle. In an emergency, it could also serve as a bayonet. 😊
Keep your hand away from the muzzle, PERIOD. It doesn’t matter if you think the gun is unloaded, keep your hand away from the muzzle. Rule 1: “All guns are always loaded” is a philosophical rule unlike Rules 2 through 4, which are operational rules. Not many people really understand this distinction.
tacticalprofessor 
Many people ‘Learn by Doing’. A serious mistake will usually not be repeated.
I have seen video of an Indiana police chief being handed a then-new Glock 42 at a gun shop.
Upon being handed the pistol from the showcase, he holds it in his right hand and cradles the muzzle in his left palm while talking to the sales clerk.
The chief in question had shot himself through that same left hand while taking down his duty Glock some years previously.
Some people take a lot of learning, it seems.
*raises hand*
How does one insert the blade?
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With the scabbard still on it.
And the slide assembly off the frame!
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Flaming morons. The gentleman with the laser equipped pistol presumably would have glanced down the barrel, but for the laser. Why Dettlebach and his catch-fart try to explain firearms to Ms. Brennan who is utterly afraid, indifferent, inexperienced and unfamiliar with firearms makes me question the point of the whole exercise. Equally indifferent and unfamiliar are the two ATF gentlemen, whose own inexperience and perfidy is on display as they behave like two primary grade school-girls around the firearms displayed on the table. Does it make sense to appoint, incurious, fearful, unprepared, superstitious villagers from the Fifteenth Century to manage the ATF?
This is the primary reason I struggle to understand the appeal of appendix carry. Every time you sit down, your gun is pointed right at your femoral artery. Seems like a bad idea. There are plenty of examples of guns going “bang” during the draw. ”But I’m too careful for that to happen to me,” said every person prior to their first ND. Thanks, but “keep it pointed in a safe direction” doesn’t come with a list of exceptions.