realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago‘Do not store guns in your oven’: Loaded gun stored in oven fires multiple rounds after getting overheatedwww.live5news.comexternal-linkmessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up1553arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1546arrow-down1external-link‘Do not store guns in your oven’: Loaded gun stored in oven fires multiple rounds after getting overheatedwww.live5news.comrealcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square143fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoI’ve never seen any warnings etched into guns before, but I haven’t seen any newer guns made since like the mid 90s. All I’ve ever seen etched into guns was the brand name, ammo size, serial number, and where the safety button/switch is.
minus-squareseathru@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoIt started in the 70’s, By the 80’s Ruger was putting it on all of theirs. After Dix V Baretta in the 90’s it became fairly standard.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoFair enough. I was never a gun enthusiast, but my late father had like 5 different older guns I got to try out back in the day. 🤷♂️
I’ve never seen any warnings etched into guns before, but I haven’t seen any newer guns made since like the mid 90s.
All I’ve ever seen etched into guns was the brand name, ammo size, serial number, and where the safety button/switch is.
It started in the 70’s, By the 80’s Ruger was putting it on all of theirs. After Dix V Baretta in the 90’s it became fairly standard.
Fair enough. I was never a gun enthusiast, but my late father had like 5 different older guns I got to try out back in the day. 🤷♂️