alykitcat
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I would still rather be safe then sorry with any speargun and would go ape$#!# if it one were pointed at me...loaded or not
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Recently I experienced my first contact with a few spear fishermen. I would like to ask an experienced crowd a question or two. I have many years hunting experience with shotguns, rifles and archery equipment I love to hunt and after another year or so of diving and my diving skills are a little more honed, I plan on trying the spear gun out.I also have several years of on the job weapon handling experience and I feel that any weapon should always be treated as being loaded and ready to fire. In other words watch where you are pointing it and never point it at another person or thing unless they are your intended targets. That being said on several occasions in one day I had a spear gun pointed in my direction (a few times underwater, once in a store by a totally different person, to include some loose handling in between). Whether it was armed or not I really do not care as it made me very uncomfortable. I can only imagine how much it probably hurts to get shot with a spear! On one occasion when I asked a gentlemen to watch where he was pointing it his reply was it is not armed. To me this all seems sloppy and careless. My question is are there different rules for spear guns?