I just had to post this thread:
As a firearms instructor and a professional in the gun industry, I am getting sick and tired of people attempting to erroneously explain to me what defines a loaded gun.
I have always known a “loaded gun” to be: A firearm with an unexpended round in the chamber that can be fired when the trigger is pressed.
Evidently several years ago some Nevada rocket scientists in Carson City (that’s where Nevada state laws are made) decided to rewrite the laws of physics and define a “loaded” gun as having a full or partially loaded magazine in the gun and an “empty” chamber.
That means if I am carrying a gun, let’s say a 1911 in Condition Three (full mag in the gun, empty chamber, hammer down), would I be carrying a loaded gun? Ok, let’s say I took that same 1911 in the aforementioned condition and I cocked the hammer and pressed the trigger. What would happen? NOTHING! Because the Friggin’ gun is NOT LOADED unless there is an unexpended round in the chamber!
Fish and Game laws allow the transportation of long arms in vehicles on public highways/thoroughfares with fully loaded magazines in the gun, as long as there is not an unexpended round in the chamber. And do you know what those guns are considered under Fish and Game laws in the aforementioned described condition? UNLOADED!
What’s your view? What the Hell is a loaded gun? Am I correct or do I need to be corrected on this?
Be Safe.
Joe