Gun store idiot of all gun store idiots!

[fireflyfather]

I would have gone back later and had a few words with the owner/manager later if that was me.

In no particular order; I'd have demanded he be fired, on the spot. I'd also have LOUDLY demanded that he point the gun somewhere else, then try and find out what the hell that moron thought he was doing by pointing a rifle at me. There is NO EXCUSE WHATSOEVER for pointing a firearm at a human being unless you are willing to use it on them (SD/war/etc).

 

[Ske1etor]

I asked the guy behind the counter to see a Springfield XD at a pawn shop the other day. I ensured while he was handling it that he did not sweep me with the muzzle. When I got it in my hands I looked at the "Chamber Indicator". I dropped the mag, cleared the chamber and handed the guy the full magazine and single round that had been in the firearm. He looked at me and turned white. He looked like he was going to be sick. I handed him the gun with the slide locked open and said "Nevermind, have a nice day." and walked out of the store.

 

[fireflyfather]

Skeletor, I'd be willing to bet that guy will never hand an unchecked gun to a customer again.

 

[Ghost Tracker]

Oh, I'll take that bet! Smart gun-handling isn't a matter of always remembering. It's a matter of a consistantly practiced habit. If this guy hasn't developed the habit of checking the chamber while working in a GUN STORE...then he's already practiced the habit of NOT checking. And, God help us all, he'll likely "forget" again.

 

[IllHunter]

I was recently fired from my gun selling gig at big "C" for ripping the scoped rifle from the hands of a young (16/17)yo customer and threatening to break it over his head. I was coming up the escalator and saw the glint of the scope lens. He said he was aiming at the Moose which is 75 yds forward and on the first floor. His father objected to my manner and I told him where to get off. He was wrong to allow his nonfoid bearing minor to handle a gun, let alone point it at someone. I correctly guessed it was unloaded and took it from him rather than diving back down the escalator. Stupid is not easily rectifiable. I refused to apologize.

 

[Ed Ames]

I remember one time I was browsing around in a gun store as an employee was showing a woman a revolver. The woman was obviously uncomfortable and he showed her how to see that it was unloaded, how the trigger worked, and so on.

At one point she pulled the trigger while the gun was pointed at him. Then she got an embarrassed look on her face and said something like "I shouldn't do that should I?"

He replied, "it's OK, I had loaded guns fired at me when I was in the army... an unloaded revolver is nothing in comparison... but we have safe targets up on the wall up there for you to aim at..."

I sort of drifted away at that point but it seems a better way of handling an ignorant customer than grabbing the gun out of their hands and threatening to beat them. I know I'm out of step with the whole "cowardice is cool" thing but it just seems like a case where a calm and polite response is going to work out better for everyone.