223:, this is not a how-to-guide; it is, I will admit, currently a how-not-to-guide, and perhaps a warning about beans would be appropriate. The goal of an encyclopedia is to remove ignorance, and how to handle firearms safely is a suitable topic. That some would prefer that there not be firearms to be safely handled is a different topic. They're here, and they go BANG! when mis-handled.
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