LGS allowing customer to handle guns in jail

[omega]

the guy at TURNER's let me play with a customer's rifle and dry fire it while the gun was in Jail

[General]

My parents taught me,"If it's not yours, don't touch it!".

[Carcassonne]

If it wasn't for the 10 day wait, they wouldn't have your gun in their possession after selling it to you.


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[scamp62]

Then your good with a stranger picking up your gun at the range? And just looking and handling it....hell no you would not "be cool with it". To me it the same thing as it happening at a store..."you don't fu@k with someone else's property without there permission "a golden rule", and that will keep you from getting your @as beat!!

[CheapBloke]

Man some of guys on this thread are kinda over the top OCD... molecules of other person on my weapon OMG! Obviously damage, change of parts, removal of factory equipped mag, handling of super rare collector piece is not cool but really. All in a tizzy about someone touching your plain jane whatever... get over it! OMG they dry fired my Glock, Smith, Kimber heavens it will ruin it fer gosh sakes. If the POS can't handle a bit of drool and fingerprints I would not want it. I personally always ask about warranty on every weapon I purchase. I hope you guys wash all the socks and underwear you got for Xmas - human hands touched it!

Can I test drive your used chevy truck you have on sale naked with my sweaty bawls, i mean it's not a collector's car and just a plain jane truck.

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[stormvet]

You do realize that this happens in one form or another at just about every gun store, maybe not by the customers but the employees, their friends, etc. Especially if it’s a nice or different gun...off roster. Your gun is handled, not in a no touch zone.

[tuna quesadilla]

Gun store is using the mandatory 10 day wait imposed on us, to floor finance their demo inventory.

No, I am not OK with it. Not ok with them finger banging my guns either.

Yep. Once a guy at Turner's did this without me even asking. Pulled out an EAA Tanfoglio and told me some dude was transferring it on a PPT. Probably one of the biggest "WTF" moments I've had at a gun store.

[tuna quesadilla]

For everyone that wants the shop revealed

If the OP is being true and is in San Diego as DevilDawgJJ stated, it can only be 1 of 2 FFL's. There are only 2 (maybe 3) shops that fit that exact description in the entire county. (small place, gunsmithing on site)


I'll never understand why someone would make a post about a shop and then NOT say what shop it is, it completely baffles me

Matt

If OP doesn't want to say, let's start guessing. Is it Gunther Guns? I went there and had a totally mediocre experience.

[Rifle ronin]

This is the most internet thing I have seen in awhile. What if it was stolen? Um...the shop would probably call the cops and report it. What if the person looking at it was hurt? How can you possibly hurt yourself with an unloaded Glock? Do you imagine that the gravely injured party would look at their cracked nail and demand the information on the owner of the weapon, the shop would produce it, and that a lawsuit would be filed? With all the real problems in the world, you have to be about eleven years old to think that either of these are real world problems.

It's not your gun until the deliver button is clicked. Just because you are in your 10 day wait, it does't mean that it's your gun. In principle it is, but in reality it isn't.

This is arguably bad form, it definitely bothers some people apparently and therefore might not be a good business practice. But holy cow, if you get bent out of shape that someone touched your Glock 17 Gen 3...you need help.

Oh, so no one could steal or get hurt from an unloaded firearm? Couldn't someone get hurt by, oh lets say, slamming the slide forward on their hand? Or someone asks to see it and runs out the door? Just because YOU say it won't happen? I didn't know the world revolves around your 3 year old mentality.

[Joseg1320]

Man some of guys on this thread are kinda over the top OCD... molecules of other person on my weapon OMG! Obviously damage, change of parts, removal of factory equipped mag, handling of super rare collector piece is not cool but really. All in a tizzy about someone touching your plain jane whatever... get over it! OMG they dry fired my Glock, Smith, Kimber heavens it will ruin it fer gosh sakes. If the POS can't handle a bit of drool and fingerprints I would not want it. I personally always ask about warranty on every weapon I purchase. I hope you guys wash all the socks and underwear you got for Xmas - human hands touched it!

Would you be okay with someone borrowing your girlfriend for a day if they promised they wouldn't be too rough?

[Richmond10mm]

Some of the long guns I have purchased last few years have a substantial amount of factory-applied storage grease, and handling is readily apparent.

[BigPimping]

Unethical, unacceptable, and morally wrong.

[hunterb]

Unethical, unacceptable, and morally wrong.

THIS.

Once you pay for it and start the DROS, it's your property.
Completely unacceptable if employees fiddle with it let alone let customers fiddle with it.

The only exception IMO is if the LGS calls you and asks and you give permission.

Just a Glock?! Well, to some people $500 is A LOT of money, and that may be the best thing they can afford.
Disappointing that some forum members are okay with this practice.

[oddball]

Just a Glock?! Well, to some people $500 is A LOT of money, and that may be the best thing they can afford.
Disappointing that some forum members are okay with this practice.

I agree. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this out.

ALL guns, expensive or cheap, either in a 10 day wait period, or transferred from another FFL, should not be handled by gun shop employees except to get the serial number, AND THAT'S IT. My old FFL in CA, Kevin Smith, NEVER did this, because 1)he has seen it all as far as cool guns, and 2) he wasn't stupid.

We don't have a waiting period here, but I have a single action revolver that is being built right now, and I have kindly asked my FFL to please do not cock/release the hammer or dry fire it once delivered, since it is a Colt style 4 click system. A lot of gun people have no idea or experience with these certain single action revolvers, and mishandling it can at worst wreck the hammer system, or in the least, run some turn lines onto the cylinder. My FFL is really cool, but he has 4 other guys there, so I wanted to spread the word.

[omega]

the gun store employee tried to make me buy the floor / demo model, he said they were doing me a favor because all the dry firing / handling makes the trigger smoother.

because I wanted a brand new one from the back that has never been out on display.