Just another slow Sunday.  Today I faxed some consent forms to the HR of my soon-to-be-new-employer so they'd be waiting for them in the morning.  Had to download a new version of Mighty Fax since my old one was for Win98 and doesn't run on XP.


And tomorrow I get to tell my boss that I'm quitting.  Heh heh.

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Freedom Arms was successfully sued by someone who didn't want to follow the instructions.

Jury rules against gun maker:

The complaint said on Sept. 9, 2003, Taylor was horseback riding with friends near Rock River when the accident occurred.

While riding, Taylor was carrying the Freedom Arms .454 caliber revolver in a holster on his right thigh. The complaint said Taylor was wearing a heavy leather coat and returned to his camping trailer when it started to rain.

The complaint said while Taylor was taking off his coat in the trailer, a part of the coat caught the hammer of the gun, causing it to discharge a bullet into his lower right leg. "It blew a 5- by 8-inch hole out of the front side of his leg," Spence said.

I just downloaded the manual for the Model 83, which is the revolver in question.  Six times in this manual is found the following warning:

NEVER HANDLE YOUR FREEDOM ARMS REVOLVER WITH A LIVE CARTRIDGE IN THE CYLINDER CHAMBER WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THE BARREL AND FIRING PIN, UNTIL YOU ARE FULLY PREPARED TO SHOOT AT YOUR TARGET. IN THE FIELD NEVER CARRY THE REVOLVER WITH A LIVE CARTRIDGE IN THE CHAMBER WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THE BARREL AND FIRING PIN.

Emphasis theirs.  Six times.

Note also this section from the loading instructions:

Load four live cartridges in successive chambers. Using the above sequence, the empty chamber will be in line with the firing pin and barrel.

Emphasis mine this time.  The person of interest decided to ignore all these instructions, and ended up blowing his leg off.

The manual also includes this:

VARIOUS SAFETY FEATURES HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED IN THE FREEDOM ARMS REVOLVER, BUT YOU SHOULD NEVER TOTALLY RELY UPON ANY MECHANICAL SAFETY DEVICE. SAFETY IS DEPENDENT ON YOUR INTELLIGENT USE AND YOUR PROPER RESPECT FOR THE FIREARM.

Well, there's the problem.