Carelessness in a gun store

[stix213]

Recently at a local FFL I saw hundreds of uranium centrifuges, dozens of people in white coats speaking both Korean and Persian testing something they placed on the tip of a tall tube, and I saw a sale of a handgun without a safety clear demo.

I'm not going to name the store though.

[NotEnufGarage]

This post is worthless without naming the store.

^^^This times 1000

[NSR500]

I was recently at a store and they had guns... I felt uncomfortable, so I called the owner.

I'm not naming the store.

[rplusplus]

Run to the Hills... Run for... Your... Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiffffffffffffffffffeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeee!

[Coded-Dude]

So I go to a gun store I have never been before, it is a very small store but has a descent amount of items for sale. As I am looking at slings I hear one of the guys behind a counter pull out a gun for a customer and show it to him. Then like normal I hear the slide go back because everyone knows the best way to sell a gun is to make it make noise. So I look over my shoulder to see what gun he is showing and I notice the guy behind the counter fanning everyone with the gun in the store, then after he passes by right in front of my head I hear it go click as it is pointed just to the side of me. Whether or not the gun was empty, which it was, that is not a smart thing to do. I really don't like any gun pointed at me, let alone hearing the trigger go when it has just pasted my head and is still pointed in my direction but a few inches to the side of my head. Needless to say I immediately walked out and will never go there again. So much for gun rule #1, don't point at what you don't want to shoot.

I won;t name the store, but I guarantee I will never mention it or go there again. What was real surprising was that the guy was not a kid and was probably in his 40's. I guess some people never learn.

I know some people may think I am overreacting but when I see a gun pointed at my face then a few seconds later hear the trigger go as the gun is still pointed in my direction, that does not make me feel good.

Oh well, there loss.

you do realize that is the store ensuring the gun is empty before handing it over to a potential customer....standard protocol. It's not a sales technique.

[acaligunner]

So I look over my shoulder to see what gun he is showing and I notice the guy behind the counter fanning everyone with the gun in the store, then after he passes by right in front of my head I hear it go click as it is pointed just to the side of me.


Maybe he's a newbie serial killer :0

acaligunner

[rplusplus]

you do realize that is the store ensuring the gun is empty before handing it over to a potential customer....standard protocol. It's not a sales technique.

Did you see where OP said that even after clearing the weapon that the person holding said weapon then pointed it at him and pulled the trigger breaking rule #1?

[keenkeen]

Did you see where OP said that even after clearing the weapon that the person holding said weapon then pointed it at him and pulled the trigger breaking rule #1?

He's commenting on the section of the OPs post that he bolded.

Not the pointing and pulling the trigger part.

[Silverlake223]

Where is El Dorado Hills anyway?

[Coded-Dude]

just east of folsom off the 50.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=el+dorado+hills+ca&hl=en&safe=off&hnear=El+Dorado+Hills,+El+Dorado,+California&gl=us&t=h&z=12&iwloc=A

[S.A.]

Well I guess for some guys going to a gun store and seeing things and hearing noises is an adventure.

[rplusplus]

He's commenting on the section of the OPs post that he bolded.

Not the pointing and pulling the trigger part.

Ahhhhh yes.... missed that

My bad.

[Coded-Dude]

I bet if we started a poll: "Have you ever been swept at a gun store" The results would be pretty predictable. Not saying that makes it okay....just that it has and will continue to happen.

[lewdogg21]

you do realize that is the store ensuring the gun is empty before handing it over to a potential customer....standard protocol. It's not a sales technique.

2x. When I hand a pistol back to the sales guy I face the barrel towards myself as I know it's unloaded but they don't. I would expect the same. Opening the slide to verify it's unloaded is smart.

[zum]

eh... this rant gets posted at least every week on the net. and if standard protocol of the employee ensuring the gun is empty when handing it to a customer is followed i don't understand the CRYING

FACT: Gun stores and its salesmen are not safety instructors and are not there to PREACH safety, they are there to SELL guns.

with that being said, as a fellow gun owner i do preach safety when i notice a family member or friend handling a gun in the wrong manner.
e.g. finger on the trigger, sweeping, not makings sure firearm is UNLOADED for themselves when handed a gun ect.

now if this happened at A RANGE! I'd have lost my mind on the SOB