Yoda
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OK, what are your stories?
I was at a gun shop in Gulf Breeze, FL, where a jerk was sweeping a Glock around at waist level, pointing it directly at four or five of us other customers, constantly pulling the trigger and saying, "Hey! Nice trigger!" Anal-duct!
I was at a pawn shop in Niceville, FL, when a guy with a Tokarev was doing something similar, plus holding it upside down, muzzle resting on his belt buckle, with his thumb inside the trigger guard and his other fingers on the back of the grip. I started to leave, and the very, very nice and lovely lady behind the counter asked if there was anything I wanted. I said that I just didn't want to be around someone who handled a gun so improperly, and I left. When I went back a few days later, she told me that the guy in question steamed for a few seconds after I went out the door, then he went outside to "deal with" me. I guess I had already driven off, because I sure didn't see him. I suggested she post the rules for safe gun handling and enforce them.
I was at a pawn shop in Fort Walton Beach, FL, looking through the glass at a really nice .17 HMR revolver, back when they were fairly new. When I asked to see it, the dealer handed me the gun and its factory case, but inside the gun case was a box of live ammo. I suggested to the dealer that this wasn't a good practice, and he patted the gun on his side and said that no one better load the gun and try any funny business. This started a long and frustrating attempt on my part to convince him that someone loading the gun and threatening him was not the only hazard here. Someone might load the gun and return it to him loaded, setting the stage for something to go very wrong in the future, long after the culpruit had left the store, or the idiot in question just might have a stupid accident on his own. The dealer never admitted that he agreed with me, but he gave me a great deal on the gun and I left with it---and the box of ammo.
Any stories of your own?
- - - Yoda
I was at a gun shop in Gulf Breeze, FL, where a jerk was sweeping a Glock around at waist level, pointing it directly at four or five of us other customers, constantly pulling the trigger and saying, "Hey! Nice trigger!" Anal-duct!
I was at a pawn shop in Niceville, FL, when a guy with a Tokarev was doing something similar, plus holding it upside down, muzzle resting on his belt buckle, with his thumb inside the trigger guard and his other fingers on the back of the grip. I started to leave, and the very, very nice and lovely lady behind the counter asked if there was anything I wanted. I said that I just didn't want to be around someone who handled a gun so improperly, and I left. When I went back a few days later, she told me that the guy in question steamed for a few seconds after I went out the door, then he went outside to "deal with" me. I guess I had already driven off, because I sure didn't see him. I suggested she post the rules for safe gun handling and enforce them.
I was at a pawn shop in Fort Walton Beach, FL, looking through the glass at a really nice .17 HMR revolver, back when they were fairly new. When I asked to see it, the dealer handed me the gun and its factory case, but inside the gun case was a box of live ammo. I suggested to the dealer that this wasn't a good practice, and he patted the gun on his side and said that no one better load the gun and try any funny business. This started a long and frustrating attempt on my part to convince him that someone loading the gun and threatening him was not the only hazard here. Someone might load the gun and return it to him loaded, setting the stage for something to go very wrong in the future, long after the culpruit had left the store, or the idiot in question just might have a stupid accident on his own. The dealer never admitted that he agreed with me, but he gave me a great deal on the gun and I left with it---and the box of ammo.
Any stories of your own?
- - - Yoda