Dangerous behavior in gun stores

[determined]

I don't think customers should be turning and pointing the guns at other customers. However, dryfiring and looking down the barrel... Come on... Every gun store I have been to checks and re-checks the weapon before handing it to a customer. I have yet to hear of a story and would like a link to one where a customer shot themself looking at a firearm in a gun store. The store would be sued immediately and shut down without a doubt.

Everyone should adhere to safe gun handling techniques but i think some of you guys are going a little overboard here.

[N6ATF]

If customers point a gun (even if it's unloaded) at anyone, it's the store employee's duty to swiftly grab the weapon back and point them (with their middle finger) to the door.

Fixed .

[sb_pete]

I've never understood people not checking chambers, muzzle sweeping, or plain aiming at other human beings or things they aren't willing to but a bullet into. People that do these things deserve whatever level of reaction you give them. This kind of behavior should result in prompt, clear and angry disapproval - especially that creepy crap about saying bang and such.

That said, I understand the dropping slides and dry firing things. It is impolite, but many non gun people don't really know this. They should be informed, but it doesn't fall into the category of unsafe gun handling. Just impolite within the realm of gun handling.

For this same reason, I think gun stores should really have more snap caps. I always ask if they have a snap cap in the caliber of a gun I am seriously looking at ("rather than gee whiz that's nifty" looking at). Even if you ask, and the clerk/owner/seller says it is ok to dry-fire, it is still rude to go dry-firing it 20 times or some such. This is not so if there is a snap cap in place - you can dry-fire to your hearts content with zero-cringe factor.

[BillCA]

Come on... Every gun store I have been to checks and re-checks the weapon before handing it to a customer. I have yet to hear of a story and would like a link to one where a customer shot themself looking at a firearm in a gun store. The store would be sued immediately and shut down without a doubt.

Everyone should adhere to safe gun handling techniques but i think some of you guys are going a little overboard here.

Ahh... no.

I walked into a big box store that will remain unnamed for now and asked to see a lever rifle. The doofus behind the counter acted really put out, unlocked the rack and handed me the rifle straight from the rack. I mentioned that he should check every gun first. His reply was that "oh, we don't allow our guns to be loaded." I had just said something to the effect that negligence causes accidents when I jacked the lever down and...

Fortunately it was just a snap-cap that ejected. I picked it up and told the idiot clerk if that had been a live round and I'd fired it off someone could have been hurt. His reply was "well, it's only a dummy, so it's no big deal."

I did get the manager out to the floor and reamed him a new one about it. I had to use the magic words "district manager" to get the idiot to promise anything would be done.