Could you please link me to your sources that say it's ok to look down the barrel of a gun.

I've been around guns my entire life, I have several under my name. Since I was 7 years old, I was shooting all types of weapons. I've been to fire arm conventions conferences and meet ups. Not once, in my entire life, have I heard anyone say "oh yeah, just look down the barrel from the business end." While you may single out the fact that I made a condescending comment and saying I have an "extremely limited understanding" of fire arms, I honestly think that if anyone is uneducated, it's you.

Further to that, I will not redact my previous condescending comment because if you're looking down the barrel of guns, especially a shotgun, I would say that you're just asking for trouble. Yes, you may know it's unloaded, infact you've cleared the chamber yourself, but what if one day you're tired from a long day of shooting, or you're distracted? Guess what, you could potentially blow your face off. It's just not worth it and trying to argue that "it's a safe thing to do" is foolish. I bet thousands of people have died from accidental discharge, I know a few people myself. You know what's safer then checking to make sure it's not loaded and then looking down the barrel? Just not fucking doing it.

Honestly, I don't even know why this is turning into a debate, it's like trying to argue that grass isn't green. You can continue all day and night professing that it's fine to do, but in all honesty, you are WRONG.

Now, if anything, YOUR comments indicate a complete lack of gun safety and a very limited understanding of firearms and like I said before, I wish you luck because when you play with fire, eventually you're going to get burned or in this case, eventually you're going to get a bullet through your eye.