SHOCKING! Rude behavior observed at gun shop.

[spamsucker]

If that's "SHOCKING" behaviour for you, you need to get out more. Seriously man. You're shocked by the most pedestrian of rudeness. Was it a jerk move? Yeah. Was it inside a gunshop where this kinda stuff happens all the time and sorta to be expected and a complete NON ISSUE since it's not probably a rimfire? Yeah.

So, ummm... cool starry bra.

[Tovarish]

Sarcasm man.

[alfred1222]

I bet they are shooting it during your 10-day wait. You will probably pick it up all scratched to heck and full of unburnt powder.

FFL's dont fire pistols that are in jail. They have no reason too, and its a HUGE liability. Understand this; most FFL's got into the business because they LOVE guns. As a result, they have large collections of guns that they acquired, mostly through people selling them guns. The employee's cant legally take that gun without the FFL being with them, and again, they wont because they get second pickings of everything that is sold to the FFL

[cmichini]

I know this is absolutely stunning...but I recently observed less-than-courteous behavior at a gun store.

Or at least that's how I felt.

Look, I'm not that experienced. I only first caught the pistol bug early this year. But in that year or so, every time I handle a pistol at a shop, I ask the employee if it's okay for me to dry-fire it. Responses vary from "yeah, knock yourself out" to "okay, but you're limited to one." Honestly, I never really felt obligated to ask. I just did it out of courtesy because I knew some people are weird about that.

Anyway, last week, I show up at a store (identity withheld, because this isn't a big deal) to DROS an SSE pistol that I had ordered online and had SSE'd before it arrived at the shop. One of the cashiers gets me started on my paperwork and as he is fumbling around with the DROS system, his boss comes over.

"Whoa, cool!" Mr. Boss exclaims as he picks up and fondles my pistol without any express or implied consent from me, the owner of this $1,200 pistol. Mr. Boss then racks the slide and does four dry fires on the gun, ya know, just 'cause it's a cool gun and he really needs to see how the trigger is.

Really, I'm not afraid my firing pin is going to give it up from a few dry fires. What bothers me is the fact that I always ask for permission, yet the guys I'm paying to do my transfer can't extend the same courtesy to me (and I would have said "of course, do whatever you want.")

Am I out of line? Or is this a total ****bag move?

You should have spoken up.
"Please ask before handling/manipulating my firearm."

Did the dingleberry check to see it was safe before playing John Wayne?

[erik_26]

FFL's dont fire pistols that are in jail. They have no reason too, and its a HUGE liability. Understand this; most FFL's got into the business because they LOVE guns. As a result, they have large collections of guns that they acquired, mostly through people selling them guns. The employee's cant legally take that gun without the FFL being with them, and again, they wont because they get second pickings of everything that is sold to the FFL

In a perfect world I would agree.


However, we live in a world full of rules and over crowded prisons.


This would leave me to believe that not every follows the rules.

[Pappy91W]

OP, sorry man, I got excited about your pistol.

*wince* My wife is working on house breaking me. Just say in a really firm and audible voice "NO, DENNIS", and I'll put it down, then pat me on the head and say good boy. I'll eventually remember.


























Ok, so it wasn't me, but I got a kick out of posting this anyway.

[m98]

You know what you do!!!
Go in there with greasy hands and dry fire their
Most expensive pistol with out asking them
Don't forget to grease the gun with greasy hands

Use old bearing grease thats been used for decades thats got crude and the consistency is almost like cookie dough. And also add a hint of gearing oil into the mix. Touch ur greasy paws all over the glass counter etc

[m98]

FFL's dont fire pistols that are in jail. They have no reason too, and its a HUGE liability. Understand this; most FFL's got into the business because they LOVE guns. As a result, they have large collections of guns that they acquired, mostly through people selling them guns. The employee's cant legally take that gun without the FFL being with them, and again, they wont because they get second pickings of everything that is sold to the FFL

There are some shady businesses here. I've personally over heard employees/owners talking bout taking the guns they have in store and taking it home to shoot and bringing it back and selling as new. The rifles they were talking about were customer ordered bushy acr and scar 16 back when it was first released. Hence i no longer support this pos shop

[pastureofmuppets]

"I don't want that one anymore, it's used."


Rude, but hardly the end of the world.

[deerdeerdeer]

I will not let another man rack my slide!

[John Browning]

You sound like an awesome customer.

If this were a gun that was actually expensive or rare like an Heirloom Precision or an unturned SAA I would be miffed. If it just a shooter like a Sphinx, eh, whatever.

[toddh]

OP, let me ask you a question.

While the guy stood there handling your firearm, you stood there and didn't say anything during that time ??

Maybe the real issue was you wouldn't man-up and say something RIGHT THEN....like stop, please don't handle my firearm, please put down my firearm....etc, etc.

You stood there and watched and let it happen, and probably walked out without saying a word to the person afterward.
Saying something right then may have had an effect to preventing this guy from doing it again to someone else.

Did I leave anything out or am I missing anything ??


Would you let a stranger walk up and handle your firearm at a range ?
So why would a gunstore employee be any different ??

YOU need to learn how to say stop, or no, or get away.

Otherwise you are gonna get rolled over by people throughout your life.



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[SanPedroShooter]

Ha ha I was at local shop doing a PPT on an old Russian revolver and the kid behind the counter picks up the gun and does like a pretend quick draw/ trigger guard finger twirl with it..

Just like in the cowboy movies. I told him 'you better slow your roll pardner, I haven't been paid for that yet and you might drop it on the floor'

We all had a good laugh. Unbelievable.

No dry fire though..

[ambiguous216]

You should have grabbed the keys to his car and do a few peel outs and tell him nice car!

[PseudoTsuga]

I would have politely told him that he has the right and responsibility to make sure it is not loaded. However, since he did more than that, he just bought it from you at your asking price or, at least, needs to compensate you for the diminished collector's value since, you were planning on keeping it as an unfired and uncycled collectible.

Wait.
Aren't they usually test fired at the factory?
I are confused.