Funny Questions from NOOBs

[morcey2]

I was in one of my usual pawn shops looking at a few things near the gun counter when an early 40's couple who look like they have money goes over to the gun counter. I listen to their conversation, mostly because they were talking very loud. The guy says "I've never held a gun, but I think I know what we need. Let me do the talking." They're looking at the shotguns when the owner walks over. He looks at a couple of Remington 870's and a mossberg. I get swept a couple times and kindly ask them not to point them at me. They look perturbed because "No one's ever been shot by an empty gun."

The owner asks them how familiar they are with guns. The husband: "I own a couple but we're here for something for my wife." um. Yeah. Sure. I think the owner heard them earlier. Now for the dumb question.

"She can shoot 24 (yes, 24) gauge shells in in the 12 gauge so it doesn't kick so hard, right?"

"Once! What kind of guns do you own?"

"um, a 12 gauge and.... "

He finished with a bunch of nonsensical numbers trying to come up with a handgun caliber. I'm pretty sure he ended at 40mm.

I'm sure his wife was very impressed

Matt

 

[FIVETWOSEVEN]

He finished with a bunch of nonsensical numbers trying to come up with a handgun caliber. I'm pretty sure he ended at 40mm.

Reminds me of some guy after I talked about my 9mm, he said "oh I want to get one of those! I have a Glock though." I asked what caliber and he said "let me check, 30 caliber." He stated. It was quite obvious at that point that he didn't own a gun.

 

[allaroundhunter]

Had someone try to convince me that the revolver I was shooting didn't have to be reloaded after 6 shots....

His words:
"After you fire, the next trigger pull will rotate the cylinder and eject the last fired round out the right side and reload it with a round from one of the other 5 cylinders. Then those rounds will be replenished with 6 rounds that you load into the grip of the gun."

 

[joedotnet]

My son asked why my AR15 didn't shoot as fast as the guns that looked like it in call of duty.

Sent from my SGH-i937 using Board Express

 

[FIVETWOSEVEN]

His words:
"After you fire, the next trigger pull will rotate the cylinder and eject the last fired round out the right side and reload it with a round from one of the other 5 cylinders. Then those rounds will be replenished with 6 rounds that you load into the grip of the gun."

Reminds me of that tag line that someone uses here:

"sir, that is a 5 shot revolver," "it is not you idiot, look... 1,2,3,4,5 and one in the chamber makes 6.... moron"

 

[LJ-MosinFreak-Buck]

I was talking to a couple friends of mine and we got on the topic of firearms, and told them that I wanted to get out shooting again so I can get in some range time. The girl asks, "What kind of guns do you have?"

I say, "5 rifles, a shotgun, and a pistol."

She says, "Pistol? Aren't those illegal!?"

Ah, the wonderful misinformation of the media. I did explain to her that they are quite legal to own, and if she was interested in learning to shoot one, I would be happy to take her (she agreed). So, I think I did a good enough job of explaining things to her. It is quite funny when you think about it, though.

 

[drsfmd]

Had someone try to convince me that the revolver I was shooting didn't have to be reloaded after 6 shots....

His words:
"After you fire, the next trigger pull will rotate the cylinder and eject the last fired round out the right side and reload it with a round from one of the other 5 cylinders. Then those rounds will be replenished with 6 rounds that you load into the grip of the gun."

There is indeed such a creature, despite how absurd it sounds. It was called the "Dardick" after its inventor, and used these very strange cartridges called "trounds".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dardick_tround

 

[TwoWheelFiend]

I think when we make fun of people for asking dumb questions we only hurt the firearms community as a whole. Not everyone knows everything about guns. If we want the firearms community to grow we need to make newcomers feel welcome and not alienated.

- .02

 

[scrat]

in general its just sad. When people find out you have guns. the first question is are they all registered. The next question is do you have a license. I then ask them if there car is registered and if they have a license. I then ask them if they think its polite to ask everyone driving if their car is registered and if they have a license.

 

[leeroy71]

I believe most of the dumb questions I get are more out of ignorance.
Ignorance can be fixed.....Stupid cannot be.:banghead:

And I have had some "gun savvy" folks make some stupid comments.

 

[MyGreenGuns]

I agree that funny questions can pop up whenever you know a lot about a topic someone else is just learning. (Not just guns)

My most recent n00b question was to ask the difference between "Tactical" and "Mall Ninja". I had never heard "Mall Ninja" until I started lurking this site. I got a lot of mockery regarding this question.. (LINK TO THREAD)
PS: thanks to MODS, looks like they cleaned up a lot of the sarcastic responses!

 

[USAF_Vet]

I think when we make fun of people for asking dumb questions we only hurt the firearms community as a whole. Not everyone knows everything about guns. If we want the firearms community to grow we need to make newcomers feel welcome and not alienated.

- .02

It's not that the questions they ask are dumb (some are), but it's the know it all statements that are so blatently wrong that they pass off as fact. There is a lot of stuff I don't know. I'm secure enough to say so. The people who talk nonsense ("I own a Glock 40" type of people) and stick to their ignorance and never admit to being wrong are what I find funny.

 

[Skribs]

Showed my realtor my Springfield XDM. After saying "This is a Springfield XDM" he asks "Is that a Glock?"

 

[HarcyPervin]

I think I hear more stupidity flowing from the food-holes behind the counter these days. Last week I listened to club numbnuts at a store to be unnamed (but rhymes with Slander Fountain) try to sell a .44 magnum Mare's Leg as a do-all gun. He even worked with the customer to explain how it could be shouldered and shot accurately. When the conversation turned to bear-hunting with it, I laughed, asked the customer where he planned on getting his nose fixed if he tried to shoulder the gun, and walked away.

A lack of knowledge can be dangerous, but I think spreading stupidity as fact is about as bad as it gets.