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Rack1146 Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

Safety is on?

While watching a movie, I saw a sign inside a gun factory. It was written on that sign the following: "Safety is on".

What does that suppose to mean?

Thanks in advance.
  

Top answer

Safety [catch] is on It is presumably to remind workers to take care.

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  • Safety [catch] is on It is presumably to remind workers to take care.
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Safety [catch] is on

It is presumably to remind workers to take care.
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Thanks for your prompt reply. I have another question related to the same sentence. What if someone is handing a gun to another guy and saying: Safety is on. What does he mean here? Does he mean that the gun safety is locked or unlocked or is he referring to something else?
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Guns have safety catches to prevent inadvertent firing. So this gun has its safety catch on and needs to be unlocked before it can be used.
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