How to Use A Handgun

Video Transcript

"Okay, for training purposes, towards the end of the segment I'm going to show you how to properly load and unload your firearm. Again, giving consideration that I only have 2 rounds of ammunition here and they're not for this type of handgun. I do not want to have a live gun at the demonstration at this point or at any point. What I would do is I'll walk you through it, demonstrate it, and we'll visualize that there are rounds in there. Every time you deal with a firearm, whether you know it's loaded and you've done physical and visual checks, always treat it as if it was loaded. Having said that, I'm going to grab my weapon, pretend I have my 15 rounds of ammunition already loaded into my magazine. I want to load it and make my weapon hot. I'm going to put my the magazine, give it a nice tap to make sure it's seated properly, at which time I will release the slide. I just chambered a round. Boom, boom, boom. I'm on the range; I'm shooting. Okay, I'm done shooting. For this weapon here, it's a single double. This is single double action. I fired, my hammer is to the rear. I don't want that round in there to fire."