Yeah I left a local store after seeing a customer point a pistol directly at the clerk who handed it to him and pull the trigger. They both seemed to be having a chuckle. I oddly havent been back.

Something similar happened to me once. I was at an indoor range/gun shop using the range. After I went to use the restroom to wash my hands after. As I came out a customer was at the counter, which was perpendicular to my path, talking with a salesman. The customer was pointing the muzzle of a rifle across my path. If I had kept walking he would have muzzled me. I stopped and looked at him. He got the message and raised the muzzle up so I could pass. Fortunately, he kept his finger off the trigger the entire time, so I guess there's that.

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Originally posted by henryarnaud:
Something similar happened to me once. I was at an indoor range/gun shop using the range. After I went to use the restroom to wash my hands after. As I came out a customer was at the counter, which was perpendicular to my path, talking with a salesman. The customer was pointing the muzzle of a rifle across my path. If I had kept walking he would have muzzled me. I stopped and looked at him. He got the message and raised the muzzle up so I could pass. Fortunately, he kept his finger off the trigger the entire time, so I guess there's that.

No offense, but I don't see anything wrong with his behavior here. If you had kept walking, you would have walked in front of someone pointing a rifle. He would not have muzzled you. When you stopped, he noticed you, and lifted the rifle to allow you to pass, all with his finger off of the trigger. I don't see how this is at all like the ridiculous that most of us have encountered.

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Originally posted by honestlou:

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Originally posted by henryarnaud:
Something similar happened to me once. I was at an indoor range/gun shop using the range. After I went to use the restroom to wash my hands after. As I came out a customer was at the counter, which was perpendicular to my path, talking with a salesman. The customer was pointing the muzzle of a rifle across my path. If I had kept walking he would have muzzled me. I stopped and looked at him. He got the message and raised the muzzle up so I could pass. Fortunately, he kept his finger off the trigger the entire time, so I guess there's that.

No offense, but I don't see anything wrong with his behavior here. If you had kept walking, you would have walked in front of someone pointing a rifle. He would not have muzzled you. When you stopped, he noticed you, and lifted the rifle to allow you to pass, all with his finger off of the trigger. I don't see how this is at all like the ridiculous that most of us have encountered.

I would have to agree.

I was at a gunshow about 35 years ago before the invention of zip ties. A dealer had 4-5 Ruger Mini-14's on his table. My companion picked one up to examine it more closely. He, as a matter of habit, opened the action and a live round flew out. The dealer almost had a heart attack and swore he had checked every gun before displaying them. I mentioned this years later to a show promoter, who said they had experienced cases , where anti-gun activists had attempted to place live rounds in weapons on display hoping to cause an incident.

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Originally posted by NK402:
I was at a gunshow about 35 years ago before the invention of zip ties. A dealer had 4-5 Ruger Mini-14's on his table. My companion picked one up to examine it more closely. He, as a matter of habit, opened the action and a live round flew out. The dealer almost had a heart attack and swore he had checked every gun before displaying them. I mentioned this years later to a show promoter, who said they had experienced cases , where anti-gun activists had attempted to place live rounds in weapons on display hoping to cause an incident.

It doesn't take much to make a mistake. Not long ago I caught a chambered rifle on my table that we all thought had been cleared. Know how I caught it? I checked it before I picked it up. Finger in the mag well, checked the chamber and noticed the bolt closed. Opened the action and out popped a live round. We all looked at each other with shocked expressions. How the f.....? The other rules were being followed so no one was in any greater danger, but it was sobering.

Many years ago (more than a decade) I went to one of the local gun shows and had stopped at the food line to get a couple of BBQ sandwiches. I was sitting at a table there when one of the dealers approached someone at an adjacent table and they chatted. The dealer drew his sidearm to show it to his friend and triggered a round into the concrete floor directly in front of me. The bullet bounced over my head, struck the wall and ceiling behind me, and eventually wound up on the floor nearby. I examined my body for extra openings, found none, and continued eating. Shortly, police and security were there and escorted the dealer away. He was banned from future shows. Investigation indicated he'd been distracted while performing his "disarm" at his vehicle (cell phone fell onto the ground) and failed to remove the cartridge that was in the chamber.

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