Joe - thx for the comments and welcome to DC ...... indeed I agree that safety is numero uno always - or should be. It is sad any time to read of ''accidents'' which are in fact negligent discharges due to improper safety discipline - 99.9% avoidable. (I leave a 0.1% error for "Murphy factors"
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Only yesterday I showed my carry 226 to my step daughter's boyfriend - I unloaded first but had to point out to him at one point as he handled it that the muzzle was sweeping my wife and myself... no biggie in one sense but a serious error in another.
So - I hope over time this thread has jogged folk's memories now and again and just maybe saved someone's butt (and a life)!!