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Smokeless power can be safely used in muzzleloading firearms. ANSW ✔✔
False. Smokeless powder is much more powerful than black powder. Any
muzzleloader can easily be blown up if you use smokeless powder in it.
It is good practice to always use firearm safety, but never rely on it. ANSW ✔✔
True. It is good practice to always use firearm safety but never rely on it
because mechanical safeties can fail or be accidentally disengaged, making
proper handling and safe practices the only reliable way to prevent accidents.
Rifle cartridges loaded with incendiary bullets are legal in California. ANSW
✔✔ False. California Penal Code Section 18710 prohibits the possession, sale,
or use of destructive devices, including incendiary ammunition, which is
designed to ignite or explode upon impact.
Incendiary (in terms of firearms) ANSW ✔✔ Incendiary refers to ammunition
designed to ignite flammable materials or create fire upon impact, often used
for targeting fuel tanks, vehicles, or other combustible materials.
Shotgun shells loaded with flechettes are legal in California. ANSW ✔✔ False.
They are prohibited under California Penal Code Section 30210, which bans
ammunition designed to pierce armor or that fragments in a way intended to
increase lethality.
To shoot safely you must know:
Your target's surrounding
, What is beyond the target
Your target
All of the above ANSW ✔✔ All of the above
An illegal firearm purchase (straw purchase) is a federal crime. ANSW ✔✔
True.
You can safely assume your semiautomatic firearm is unloaded when its
magazine has been removed. ANSW ✔✔ False. Even when the magazine has
been removed, a round may still be chambered, and the firearm can fire if the
chambered round is not manually ejected.
You should always wear hearing protection when high-power firearms are
being shot. ANSW ✔✔ True.
Trigger locks and cable locks are designed to prevent unauthorized people
from firing you gun. ANSW ✔✔ False.
Flame throwers are legal in California. ANSW ✔✔ False.
Ignorance and carelessness are major causes of firearm accidents ANSW ✔✔
True.
The safest direction is:
Always muzzle up
The one, where accidental discharge can cause injury or damage
The one, where accidental discharge will not cause injury or damage