Something that's been on my mind that bugs me is when people have real weapons are mishandling them.
Namely, when I went shooting a couple of days ago, my buddy bought a nice .357 magnum revolver.
That wasn't the issue.
What the issue was is he was flicking his wrist, causing the cylinder to slam into the revolver's frame, like you see in any Hollywood movie that has a revolver in it.
Now, Hollywood has done such a good job of making this look so cool, that some people think this is how a revolver should be handled.
NO!!!!
You can break off the locking bolt that locks the cylinder into the frame, you can damage the crane, you can damage the frame, and you can damage the ejector rod by handling a revolver like that.
Proper handling of a revolver is after you load the cylinder with bullets is you push on the crane to push the cylinder back into the frame, and you gently index the cylinder.
Another thing I saw that made me cringe is people taking AR-15's, and Glock 19's, and unironically, and proudly even, boasting that they never have to clean their guns.
Excuse me, sir, but real weapons are tools, and if tools aren't properly maintained, they fail. Especially with AR-15's, since the gas system it uses means you will have to clean them after every shooting session. Also, this may just be me, but even after one shooting session, I meticulously clean all my guns, because I find carbon buildup to be disgusting.
How anyone can stomach that much carbon buildup, that's inevitably mucking up the gun's internal mechanisms, is beyond me.
Now, the other thing that's on my mind and sorta bothers me, is every time a friend wants to see any bladed weapon I have that's made out of carbon steel, why do they touch the blade?
I know that there's historical techniques of grabbing the blade, but last I checked, when I'm showing someone a sword, we aren't actively trying to kill each other.
Carbon steel rusts from skin contact, people! So don't get offended when after you touch the blade with your bare hands, that I grab a mucky, oily rag to wipe down the blade to re-oil it. Rust is a pain in the ass to clean off, even if it's all superficial, and I'd much rather prevent rust than clean it.
Part of owning weapons is handling them properly, and maintaining them, and it makes me cringe when I see people mishandling weapons.
