HUNTINGsmart! USA Knowledge Base

You’re going to hear the phrase ‘check it yourself’ a few times, but this chapter isn’t about beating a dead horse—it’s about preventing a dead loved one. Being able to safely handle firearms is a required skill. This means that whenever you handle a firearm, hand it to someone, load or unload a firearm, you must be able to prove that it’s safe by ‘checking it yourself’.