Ok, here's the thing about those guys.

1. They ALL know how to handle their weapons. They did it every day and their lives depended on it.

2. When you pump a shotgun till no more shells eject, you can see light coming through the barrell, and you can stick the pipe into the barrell, and when you blow smoke out the end, NOTHING can be in the barrell.

3. Those guys deserved to do what they wanted to. They had to kill or be killed. They went through more hell than most could dream of.

I have had my Hunter Safety Course that my state requires to buy a hunting license and I have handled guns since I was about 8... I think I shot my first .20 ga at that age. God it kicked. It was a single shot break action.

I have shot many different things, animals and inanimate objects and i have probably used guns in an improper way before but I DO KNOW WHAT I AM DOING. Now for the average person to stick a shot gun barrell into their mouth without having checked it first themselves is stupid. I would however trust my father to unload a gun FOR me.

Now i hate to say it but that whole shotgun trick can be accomplished with a simple piece of 1 in PVC pipe purchased from Lowe's or Home Depot. If you really wanna feel like you're taking a hit out of a real shotgun barrell right Remington on it and go smoke another bowl. LOL...

Also many of the "accidental" shooting deaths that take place are in improper and totally WRONG hunting situations. Such as running deer and shooting TOWARDS another person. You might be surprised how many people do stupid shit like that.