lance22
Member
I just gotta share this one ...
I had a brother-in-law pick up my Glock 35 and point it at his head. Evidentally he wanted to look down the barrel.
I had just bought the G35 and brought it over to his house, cased, and wanted to show it to him. He is not familiar with guns and at the time I think it was the first time he had held a handgun. I uncase it, give a quick instruction on how to check the chamber and that when handed to him he is to check the chamber himself - the first thing he does when he gets it in his hand is he sticks his finger in the triggerguard and points it at his face [peering down the barrel with a squinted eye]. I had expected that he would hold it reverently while I give the finger / muzzle / all guns are presumed loaded speech but his idiocy was quicker than my tongue.
I simply asked for it back, cased it back up and walked it to the car That was enough for one day.
Since then, I've had him shooting twice, both times after the trigger / muzzle lectures - and in his case - I always add that pointing it at yourself is as bad as point it at others. The gun is safe if handled correctly but it is extremely unforgiving of stupidity.
I had a brother-in-law pick up my Glock 35 and point it at his head. Evidentally he wanted to look down the barrel.
I had just bought the G35 and brought it over to his house, cased, and wanted to show it to him. He is not familiar with guns and at the time I think it was the first time he had held a handgun. I uncase it, give a quick instruction on how to check the chamber and that when handed to him he is to check the chamber himself - the first thing he does when he gets it in his hand is he sticks his finger in the triggerguard and points it at his face [peering down the barrel with a squinted eye]. I had expected that he would hold it reverently while I give the finger / muzzle / all guns are presumed loaded speech but his idiocy was quicker than my tongue.
I simply asked for it back, cased it back up and walked it to the car That was enough for one day.
Since then, I've had him shooting twice, both times after the trigger / muzzle lectures - and in his case - I always add that pointing it at yourself is as bad as point it at others. The gun is safe if handled correctly but it is extremely unforgiving of stupidity.