Guns Don't Kill People, Neither Do Poor Immigrants

I’ve only gone hunting once, but what a revelation. Hunters are the personification of careful around guns.

So fearful was I of getting gun etiquette wrong on my lone trip that I paid an exorbitant fee for two shooting lessons beforehand. My instructor was clear that the quickest way to not have hunting partners would be for me to violate the myriad safety conventions that hunters follow. Among others, all on my trip were required to have their .28 gauges open and free of ammunition at all times. We could only load our guns when it was our turn to fire, and only after everyone in the party was behind us. Once shots were taken, the firing individual was expected to immediately crack open his gun, empty the spent rounds, and walk back to his horse with gun clearly open.