Safety at gun stores/shops

[Divernhunter]

^ You forgot "Check every firearm handed to you to see if it is loaded". Even if the person handing it to you just checked it. Then it becomes habit. More than once I have been handed a firearm that turned out to be loaded without being told before hand it was loaded.
Once at a party(drinking type) a friend of a friend wanted me to see his rifle that he was proud of since he knew I was into firearms. Went and got it. Walked thru a house full of drunks and handed it to me. First thing I did was open the bolt and check it. It had a round in the chamber and the safety was off. I unloaded the rifle , handed it back to him and told him nice rifle go put it away. Then gathered up my wife and we left. Rude .....maybe. Safe.... yes. Alive.....yes and thank God no one else grabbed the rifle and did something stupid with it.

[MaHoTex]

Another person who doesn't understand what MYOB means

Even if the gun is not being waved around in your direction in the shop, some idiots ND hitting someone will ruin your day(and shopping). Then of course there's the more important fact that it is an easily correctable situation with potentially lethal consequences in the event the idiot does manage to have an ND.

Seriously? Why are you being like that? The MYOB was meant as a joke really... For the clueless, so was the first entry in my post about hitting the deck. Forgot the smiley I guess.

[MaHoTex]

MYOB

^^ HaHaHa Thanks for the support Aaron.

[Yugo]

I would have yelled out loud, "TAKE COVER!!!" and got on the floor (after making sure he watched me do it). For a person to remember something that they have trouble with requires a DRAMATIC experience, even though you might be laughed at; THAT GUY WILL NEVER FORGET THAT HE CAUSED YOUR REACTION.


OK I probably would not have done that. But you get the point, people like us that know about sweeping and trigger etc. should always watch for and educate people that don't.

[RudyN]

I would have told to customer and made sure the the shop employee heard me. By the way I was looking at the Bass Pro TV ad yeasterday and in the section at the gun counter one guy was sweeping either a rifle or a shotgun at the person standing close to him-ouch!

[gwanghoops]

There's always dumba**es out checking out guns. The store guys are all used to the idiots, so they don't want to hear it. Grab the gun to make sure it's not in your direction. You're not going to teach them anything.

[jerhyn]

^ You forgot "Check every firearm handed to you to see if it is loaded". Even if the person handing it to you just checked it. Then it becomes habit. More than once I have been handed a firearm that turned out to be loaded without being told before hand it was loaded.
Once at a party(drinking type) a friend of a friend wanted me to see his rifle that he was proud of since he knew I was into firearms. Went and got it. Walked thru a house full of drunks and handed it to me. First thing I did was open the bolt and check it. It had a round in the chamber and the safety was off. I unloaded the rifle , handed it back to him and told him nice rifle go put it away. Then gathered up my wife and we left. Rude .....maybe. Safe.... yes. Alive.....yes and thank God no one else grabbed the rifle and did something stupid with it.

Well I didn't go through the whole speel I told her in my post just the immediately relevant, but "to assume that it's loaded and treat it as if it was loaded even when you know its not" was the 1st.

[terdog]

Personally, I would go have a chat with the manager.

That "employee" has the responsibility to do things right. He should be looking for another job.

How much fodder do we have to give the anti-gun crowd?

[DPmax]

I asked where the safe wall was at a Turners once and the sales guy said I could point the handgun at him... I just stood there dumbfounded, couldn't do it, ended up putting it back on the counter and lost all interest in shopping that day.

[negolien]

I follow the below

[pastureofmuppets]

If people that tout Mind Your Own Business just Minded Their Own Business they wouldn't post Mind Your Own Business on a thread because they would be minding their own business; but telling people to mind their own business is a perfectly valid response however it contradicts the idea of minding your own OH MY GOD MY HEAD HURTS AND WHY IS THERE BLOOD COMING OUT OF MY NOSE?

[Thunder]

I was checking out a shotgun and I had it pointed towards a corner and down. But the clerk kept walking in front of me. He did it 2-3 times and each time I came off the gun and pointed it up and away. At one point he said "na man, don't worry about it". I don't get why he kept doing it, I guess clerks do get immune to it.

[BigL]

Being from south Sacramento whenever I walk into River City gun Exchange theres always and idiot like this. The clerks usually always take the gun away from the person or advise them not to sweep/dry fire etc.

[retiredAFcop]

Perhaps gun shops should place an obvious target in a ceiling corner (i.e. away from other people) for customers to point firearms at.

[jazman]

If he didn't fix the situation really fast... they maybe nice but they are not safe minded.

There is no excuse for him not checking the guy straight away. There is no immune.

As others have said, it's our duty to call it if we see it not being dealt with. Gotta look after each other.

Personally, I would go have a chat with the manager.

I have a hard time taking what you say seriously with the avatar you post.