Gun store handling.
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I could write a book based on experiences from "behind the counter".
Save me from ever having to deal with a know it all husband with his idiot wife trying to buy her a gun.
I finally mounted a B27 on the back wall and told every person that I was showing a gun to that that target was the only place they could point it.
A buck for every time I pushed a barrel aside and I could buy matched Holland game guns.
80% of my customers were very safety cognizant. The rest, not.
My process: check i.d., lay mat on counter. Get gun from case, carefully controlling muzzle. Verify empty. Lay on mat. Ask if they are familiar with action type and operation. Demonstrate. Show them where the " pointing target" is. Let them handle gun. If they crank the trigger without asking, I tell them that was free, next ones are a buck each, with a smile.
All along the way, smiling and friendly....until.
Save me from ever having to deal with a know it all husband with his idiot wife trying to buy her a gun.
I finally mounted a B27 on the back wall and told every person that I was showing a gun to that that target was the only place they could point it.
A buck for every time I pushed a barrel aside and I could buy matched Holland game guns.
80% of my customers were very safety cognizant. The rest, not.
My process: check i.d., lay mat on counter. Get gun from case, carefully controlling muzzle. Verify empty. Lay on mat. Ask if they are familiar with action type and operation. Demonstrate. Show them where the " pointing target" is. Let them handle gun. If they crank the trigger without asking, I tell them that was free, next ones are a buck each, with a smile.
All along the way, smiling and friendly....until.
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Best to visit the gun shop in the off hours when the least number of customers are likely to be there (preferably you are the only customer). Same for the firing range.
Riomouse911
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I was filling paperwork out for a CZ 75BD this evening, and I had a clerk to my left showing another customer a gun unknowingly point it right at me prior to checking it. I said to the lady helping me that I have an allergy to people pointing guns in my direction, so I briefly walked away as she entered my info in their computer.
The other clerk racked it, pointed it towards the floor aimed somewhat near the clerk helping me and pulled the trigger before reopening the slide and locking it open to hand to the customer he was helping.
Once the lady helping me was done , I hotfooted it out of there. (I will have to go back to pick it up after ten days.)
<sigh> Sadly poor gun handling is a universal problem. I try to stay aware when others are handling firearms, and take myself out of the danger zone when I feel they aren’t doing it properly.
Stay safe.
The other clerk racked it, pointed it towards the floor aimed somewhat near the clerk helping me and pulled the trigger before reopening the slide and locking it open to hand to the customer he was helping.
Once the lady helping me was done , I hotfooted it out of there. (I will have to go back to pick it up after ten days.)
<sigh> Sadly poor gun handling is a universal problem. I try to stay aware when others are handling firearms, and take myself out of the danger zone when I feel they aren’t doing it properly.
Stay safe.
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