Me too. Gun shop employees should educate customers in the 4 rules not violate the rules. In this case, all 4 rules were violated.I would have fired him on the spot.
Me too. Gun shop employees should educate customers in the 4 rules not violate the rules. In this case, all 4 rules were violated.I would have fired him on the spot.
Completely agree!There is a proper place and time, in a classroom/educational setting, with multiple safeguards in place to ensure that there are no accidents, for a demonstration like the OP described. Across the gun counter with two new shooters is not it.
Well I was going to say how I thought it was so wrong in so many ways and incredibly moronic, but I'm going to take Rooter's advice and mind my own business. Because we sure don't want to get "involved" in a firearms safety issue do we.
If both parties, have a clue to begin with, and have both inspected the firearm, I'd probably bite my lip and walk out, BUT. At least one person in this little display, was obviously oblivious to proper handgun handling, and this experience only serves to show him, that it's fine to point a weapon at someone else.
It's a matter of personal ethics I suppose, I would not sit there and keep my mouth shut. If I'm butting in, fine, so be it, maybe someone won't have a hole blown through them at least in my presence. If I offend someone, tough, maybe I can at least plant a seed in their pin-head little brains that that particular act, was moronic at best.
With regard to the advice given earlier about "minding your own business"... If someone get's their head blown off in front of me, now I'm a witness to a gruesome and idiotic negligent discharge, possibly in the line of fire/ricochet, and possibly mentally messed up for a long time to come. Safety and proper handling is every ones concern.
Now you are grasping at straws.I have a pretty good feeling he was going to show the guy the example with the 1911 regardless of whether or not I said anything. Seeing as how he's not bulletproof and I was about to walk by, it does affect me. Also, since the customer might buy a gun and carry over unsafe handling practices to the range, it can also potentially affect me.
The way I read it, there were people dry firing at each other not simply talking.There was no horseplay going on at that time and no breach of safety being committed, simply some guys standing around looking at guns and talking.
Basically, I was in a gun store that also has an indoor pistol range, and as I was walking out, happened to pass by the gun rental counter. This counter has a case of various handguns available for customers to rent. Two gentlemen were looking at various models, and a store employee was showing them the various features of each.
Hey Rooter, didn't you read that part?In order to illustrate his point, the clerk handed the customer a 1911 pistol from the case (action closed, safety off, hammer cocked) and instructed the customer to point it at him as he tried to grab it! :banghead: The customer did so and I heard a click and saw the hammer fall ...
It's worth pointing out that the demonstration could be easily performed by clerk or buyer independently with the free hand, weapon pointed in a safe direction: "Here, point the gun over there, hold the cylinder, now try to pull the trigger. See?"