Francis, my dad was an M12 16 gauge user when all his buddies shot 12's. When he was teaching my brothers and I to shoot, there were a few things drilled into us from the get go:

Point the gun only at things you are prepared to shoot.
Every gun is always loaded.
Only a fool depends on the safety for safety.
Take every single shell out of your pockets and/or bag at the end of the day....never carry two gauges of shells.

Almost 50 years later I still adhere to those commandments from my father.

The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia