Okay, so some years ago this idea hit me, after reading (yet another) accidental shooting news item. You know the ones, and with anyone over the age of about 9, they say the same thing:
"I didn't think it was loaded".
How many times have those words been in the paper? So, I took a piece of paper and a couple of magic markers and wrote:
Warning! LOADED!
Turn off safety to fire
I put one on top of each pistol in its case. I made another and rubber banded it to the stock of my .22 (we lived in the country then with chickens and predators).
What I'm wondering is, do y'all think that an improved version of this might make a commercial item? I was thinking of doing the same sort of thing, except on a long strip of sticky notes, professionally printed. Peel it off, wrap around grip or even trigger and the sticky note glue holds it to itself. The sticky idea came to me when I got my lever gun. I wanted to do something like I had on my .22, but I thought "if I had rounds in the tube only, and the note said "Warning! Mag Loaded!" or such..." You'd have to remove the note to move the lever. If you're in a hurry, just tear it by using the lever. If you're not, remove the note and set aside for later.
What do you guys think? Worth the trouble to patent and go forward with it?
Dave