Sheslinger
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This story has two parts, so bear with me.
We had two friends of our over, and Cslinger was showing them "the collection". The girl proceeds to take the rifle and turn 180 degrees, with muzzle crossing all three of us standing there. Cslinger, her husband, and I all sort of got a little upset and told her to watch it. She said, "Ok, alright, what's the big deal though?" Our argument that she did not know whether it was loaded or not was met with, "What kind of idiot would give someone a loaded gun?" So, I found myself being the anti here and was telling her about all stupid home accidents because someone handed someone else a loaded gun or left it laying around. Her husband tells her that is precisely why he does not want to have a gun in their house because she does not take gun ownership seriously enough.
A couple of days ago, a 55-year-old woman was beaten while walking down the trail near where this couple used to live. So, we had them over, and my friend tells me that she is freaked out and wants to buy a gun. I found myself once again in an unusual situation, telling her that she needs to start coming shooting with us first and trying different things and to wait until she is comfortable with something to buy a gun.
So, anything like this ever happened to you where you had to tell someone, "You are not ready for a gun"?
Thanks
Sheslinger
We had two friends of our over, and Cslinger was showing them "the collection". The girl proceeds to take the rifle and turn 180 degrees, with muzzle crossing all three of us standing there. Cslinger, her husband, and I all sort of got a little upset and told her to watch it. She said, "Ok, alright, what's the big deal though?" Our argument that she did not know whether it was loaded or not was met with, "What kind of idiot would give someone a loaded gun?" So, I found myself being the anti here and was telling her about all stupid home accidents because someone handed someone else a loaded gun or left it laying around. Her husband tells her that is precisely why he does not want to have a gun in their house because she does not take gun ownership seriously enough.
A couple of days ago, a 55-year-old woman was beaten while walking down the trail near where this couple used to live. So, we had them over, and my friend tells me that she is freaked out and wants to buy a gun. I found myself once again in an unusual situation, telling her that she needs to start coming shooting with us first and trying different things and to wait until she is comfortable with something to buy a gun.
So, anything like this ever happened to you where you had to tell someone, "You are not ready for a gun"?
Thanks
Sheslinger