People scare me.

To be honest, I would try to give him a short little lesson. Unfortunately, when a 20 year old tries to tell someone that they are wrong, even being very polite about it, they get very argumentative... This is especially true of men and women behind gun counters...

For the most part, the little things get let go. When something dangerous is suggested is when I feel like I need to give a little tip.

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I have a co worker just like that, I correct him all the time. I hate to do it in front of customers but I don't want them getting false info either.

That sentence desperately needs a semi-colon after the word "shoot" to keep it from reading that the weapon is "fine to shoot most people"

After spending a relatively small amount of time behind a gun shop counter, I could write a decent sized book on the things that I've seen and heard. Like the man on Pawn Stars says: "You just never know what's gonna come through that door."

So what was his further explanation on the right and wrong ways to put shells in?

I think that's the guy that told me unleaded is fine to put in the diesel engine; just most people don't know how to steer it right.

I think more context is needed to say whether or not he was giving bad information.

To be perfectly honest, I have decided to shut my piehole unless I see something unsafe. There are too many customers, opinions, and employees to try to get into the middle of every discussion I hear.

"They're" (they are) or "there" (right over there)?

If that sentence had improved spelling and punctuation, it could be properly understood. But anyway...

So, incorrect ammo/gun match aside... how is it possible to improperly load rounds into a break-action double?

Because there's no way to place them in the chambers backwards.

I guess I don't understand how, and I certainly don't accept the notion that, the majority of people could fail to correctly place two rounds into the chambers of a double barreled gun. They simply won't go in... any other way than right.

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That sentence desperately needs a semi-colon after the word "shoot" to keep it from reading that the weapon is "fine to shoot most people.

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Yes, as I have often said, punctuation saves lives. Take the following:

"Let's eat Grandma!"
"Let's eat, Grandma!"

Do you see the danger, people?

"There fine to shoot most people just don't know how to put the shells in right"

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I'm not sure if it was all that scary but it sure was funny...

"There fine to shoot most people just don't know how to put the shells in right"

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That sentence desperately needs a semi-colon after the word "shoot" to keep it from reading that the weapon is "fine to shoot most people"

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I'm not sure if it was all that scary but it sure was funny...

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I don't see the problem other than bad grammar.

1. They are fine to shoot most people (assuming they need shootin').
2. Most folks don't know how to put shells in right.

Both are true, assuming it isn't a 410.

The first time I saw the (back then) new Glock style trigger safety, I asked the guy behind the counter if that was "a safety". He replied (with horror in his eyes), "No, that's the $&?@ trigger!". I shook my head and never walked back in there. I knew what a trigger was - what an idiot. I guess he thought I was an idiot too though.


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"Let's eat Grandma!"
"Let's eat, Grandma!"

Do you see the danger, people?

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Around here (and with many of my relatives), it is a Franco American thing...

"Throw the horse over the fence, some hay..."

i see thr spelin' gramar Nazis are out in ful forse.

Grammar-Nannies won't kill you, but they may beat you into a comma (which should give us all pause).

Grammar-Nannies won't kill you, but they may beat you into a camma (which should give us all clause).

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trying to keep in the spirit of being well dictioned and all.....LOL.

Reminds me of an episode of Bill Maher's 'Politically Incorrect'... where a famous gangster-rapper tried to insult a journalist that he didn't agree with, by criticizing his use of "all those big words"!

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Are grammar nazis more dangerous than bad advice dispensers? No, we aren't. We are just more annoying.

Sounds like my coworker, the "gun nut" at work. He told me that if I get an AR, I should get the recoil-operated version instead of the gas-piston version, because it's a pain to clean the gas tube on the gas-piston version.

We are just more annoying.

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I wouldn't say annoying, I'd go with arrogant.

dealing with humans, in general, is like a "trip" through the looking glass.

An argument can be made from the other side of the counter. When going to a gun shop I don't normally go to, I ask stupid questions just to "qualify" the guy behind the counter. I need to know if he knows what he's talking about before I start asking questions I don't already know the answer to.

I have come across a few guys behind the counter that have so little gun knowledge it's scary. The scariest part is every single one of them answered my questions (about what ever gun I came in for, it's different every time) like they knew and were 100 percent sure.

So the argument can be made from both sides of the counter.

Some examples for the sake of conversation here would be-

Every time they say "clips" I cringe and no longer seek advise from that individual.

One time I handed my hand gun to a store clerk in a carry case and he opened it up and started to fondle without clearing or checking to see if it was loaded in any way.

Had someone once state stopping power statistics

I ask stupid questions just to "qualify" the guy behind the counter. I need to know if he knows what he's talking about before I start asking questions I don't already know the answer to.

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I actually really like this idea.

The best I had was about four years ago. I was shopping for an M&P .45. The older gentleman behind the counter informed me that .45 ACP was too puny of a cartridge for any manner of self defense and I needed a .45 LC for "More shock trauma". He then attempted to sell me a used 125th anniversary model 25 for $1600. I walked out as he was pontificating some more about the "shock trauma"