Don't even know how to title this...

[Hometeached1]

Wow! I know everyone who own's a firearm is not a "gun nut" and does not shoot all that much, but I figure if you spend $500+/- on something to defend yourself, you would at least know how to work it.:banghead:

 

[barnbwt]

Sounds to me like that woman was simply beside herself with fright and probably couldn't say what the day was at the time. Sounds like she was about to ask you what the number to "9-1-1" was . I don't think an even barely cogent person would call up a teacher from a class five years ago in an emergency; she panicked, fixated on the gun, was confused in her addled state, and sought help along those lines.

While having a gun is certainly not the same as being able to use a gun, neither is "being prepared the same as being able to act" and some people simply cannot function under duress. I've never been in a truly life-threatening situation, but I've been freaked out badly enough times in my life to know I'm about 1/2 to 1/3 as intelligent as I normally am (and that's not saying much ). I don't "think on my feet" as well as I'd like to, so I plan accordingly: plans, so I don't have to think as hard if things go bad in an expected manner. Not as good as being born clearheaded, but better than randomly paging through my contacts list

Glad to hear things worked out well for her, and hopefully the incident taught her she needs to have a plan in place for using that gun

TCB

 

[slumlord44]

People are human. They forget, they panic under stress. Gun people who own many guns sometimes lose tract of how a particular gun works if they have not used it recently. I keep a different gun in my truck than is in my van. Try to practice with both occasionally to keep my skills up. Should do it monthly. She was better off calling you than going it alone. At least you gave her good advice. I call my electrician buddy when I forget something electrical and my mechanic buddy on mechanical problems.

 

[Palehorseman]

I am 74 years old, have been routinely handling and using firearms almost on a daily basis since I was 9 or 10 years old and I don't agree with those calling for mandatory training. I would wager there are not 1:100 gun owners who have undergone firearms training.

Just because some people are ignorant and/or stupid, does not mean the rest of us are.

 

[BullfrogKen]

The last two sounded like good closing posts as I read them.