Jiggle
Member
I'll start by saying that I visit this forum multiple times each day. I have learned so much valuable information here, and I truly believe that I am a more responsible gun owner because of it. However, I'm young and ignorant, so I've kept my mouth shut so far. I was involved in an incident last night that I thought may serve as a lesson to others, and I thought I'd post it. But first a little background info:
I was at my best friend's [BestFriend] girlfriend's apartment hagning out after work. One of BestFriend's other friends [Moron] came over with his girlfriend. I have never really been fond of Moron, as he is the type who will do anything for attention. He has been carrying concealed weapons (illegally) since he was 18. A few months ago he had an AD at his house, which sent a 45ACP round through 2 doors and into his water heater. If a gunfight breaks out on a TV show, he'll pull his weapon out, fully loaded, and pretend to shoot all the bad guys on the television. He is now 23, and is considered the loser of the group. After all, he hangs out with a bunch of 20 years olds. Also, Moron is a police dispatcher, so he thinks that:
1. He is an LEO, and
2. He is invincible
So anyway, the three of us (BestFriend, Moron and myself) sat around the kitchen table for a bit and talked about various aspects of gun ownership. After a while I got bored of Moron's incessant rambling and laid down on the floor to doze off for a minute. A minute later, I hear a chair hit the wall. I look up in time to see Moron pull his Kahr 9mm from his waistband and shove it into Bestfriend's temple. BTW, the gun is fully loaded with a round chambered. BestFriend, who has pretty good defensive reflexes, immediately pushes Moron's hands, with the gun, up toward the ceiling and plows him back into the kitchen counter. At this point, I had no clue what was going on, so I ran over and tried to get the gun out of Moron's hand. Bestfriend backed off, and I looked down and realized that not only is the gun pointed directly at me, but Moron's finger is on the trigger. I let go. After a second to cool down, I am told that they were talking about situational awareness, and Moron decided to see how good BestFriend's was. I immediately left the apartment and vowed never to step foot in the same room as Moron again.
I also sent him a rather nasty email telling him that he should immediately stop talking to the people he cares about so he doesn't get them killed.
BestFriend now has a bruise from where the gun hit him in the head, and scraped up knuckles from trying to wrestle it away from Moron. How the gun didn't discharge, I have no idea. With three people wrestling for it, things could have turned out very bad.
If I could do it over, I would have called the police and hopefully had his firearms rights revoked for life.
It is truly a shame that we have people like this on "our side".
Moral of the story: If somebody's firearm etiquette, or lack thereof, makes you nervous, please just avoid them. It's not worth getting killed over.
I was at my best friend's [BestFriend] girlfriend's apartment hagning out after work. One of BestFriend's other friends [Moron] came over with his girlfriend. I have never really been fond of Moron, as he is the type who will do anything for attention. He has been carrying concealed weapons (illegally) since he was 18. A few months ago he had an AD at his house, which sent a 45ACP round through 2 doors and into his water heater. If a gunfight breaks out on a TV show, he'll pull his weapon out, fully loaded, and pretend to shoot all the bad guys on the television. He is now 23, and is considered the loser of the group. After all, he hangs out with a bunch of 20 years olds. Also, Moron is a police dispatcher, so he thinks that:
1. He is an LEO, and
2. He is invincible
So anyway, the three of us (BestFriend, Moron and myself) sat around the kitchen table for a bit and talked about various aspects of gun ownership. After a while I got bored of Moron's incessant rambling and laid down on the floor to doze off for a minute. A minute later, I hear a chair hit the wall. I look up in time to see Moron pull his Kahr 9mm from his waistband and shove it into Bestfriend's temple. BTW, the gun is fully loaded with a round chambered. BestFriend, who has pretty good defensive reflexes, immediately pushes Moron's hands, with the gun, up toward the ceiling and plows him back into the kitchen counter. At this point, I had no clue what was going on, so I ran over and tried to get the gun out of Moron's hand. Bestfriend backed off, and I looked down and realized that not only is the gun pointed directly at me, but Moron's finger is on the trigger. I let go. After a second to cool down, I am told that they were talking about situational awareness, and Moron decided to see how good BestFriend's was. I immediately left the apartment and vowed never to step foot in the same room as Moron again.
I also sent him a rather nasty email telling him that he should immediately stop talking to the people he cares about so he doesn't get them killed.
BestFriend now has a bruise from where the gun hit him in the head, and scraped up knuckles from trying to wrestle it away from Moron. How the gun didn't discharge, I have no idea. With three people wrestling for it, things could have turned out very bad.
If I could do it over, I would have called the police and hopefully had his firearms rights revoked for life.
It is truly a shame that we have people like this on "our side".
Moral of the story: If somebody's firearm etiquette, or lack thereof, makes you nervous, please just avoid them. It's not worth getting killed over.