Perhaps 'cocked" might well mean the opposite of what most people say in some circles but to most British usage, cocked means an opened 12 bore with no cartridge up the spout.

When I did my RAF recruit training, (didn't stay long, the apprenticeship like many military ones wasn't recognised elsewhere and once I saw that, I was down the pit within a couple of months.) The 7.62 SLR rifles we trained with had to be "cocked" in, bolt back, when the rock ape shouted 'show me that the rifle is clear."

Now, you also, in certain colloquial circles, cock a pin back to fire the gun.

This is what Terribulus either got confused with or purposely confused to make him or her look good, at my expense.

Find Keith and go and play with his toy soldiers eh? This thread is about a backward country and lawlessness, not our civilised approach to firearms.