Captains1911
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Disappointing Incident at Gun Store
While waiting at a carwash yesterday, I had some time to kill and decided to browse a local gun store across the street. After being there for about 5 minutes, I noticed a woman who was shopping for a pistol with who I assumed to be her husband, pointing and dry firing the gun in the direction of other customers in the store, including a child. I almost couldn't believe my eyes at first, and the store clerk helping them didn't seem to care. I walked over and said "please do me and all of us a favor and stop pointing that all over the store, there are safe directions here where you can do that," and pointed a few of them out. Well, neither her, the husband, or the clerk were very happy with me, and I caught an earful, including several expletives, from all of them. I maintained my composure and explained how I wasn't trying to to be a jerk, but just wasn't comfortable with the way she was handling the firearm, however it was falling on deaf ears. The clerk actually demanded that I walk away, which I did after stating once more to "please just be safe."
I'm sure these kind of things happen all too often at gun stores, shows, etc., as I witness it all the time, but as an instructor I sometimes feel obligated to say something when I see it. The problem is, no matter how polite I try to be, it rarely end wells. I understand that the store clerk was trying to make a sale, but safety shouldn't be sacrificed during the process.
So, what do others see and think? Do you witness these kind of things, and what, if anything, do you do about it? To be honest I'm so fed up and exhausted with this kind of crap that I'm considering just staying away from most gun stores and all gun shows in their entirety.
While waiting at a carwash yesterday, I had some time to kill and decided to browse a local gun store across the street. After being there for about 5 minutes, I noticed a woman who was shopping for a pistol with who I assumed to be her husband, pointing and dry firing the gun in the direction of other customers in the store, including a child. I almost couldn't believe my eyes at first, and the store clerk helping them didn't seem to care. I walked over and said "please do me and all of us a favor and stop pointing that all over the store, there are safe directions here where you can do that," and pointed a few of them out. Well, neither her, the husband, or the clerk were very happy with me, and I caught an earful, including several expletives, from all of them. I maintained my composure and explained how I wasn't trying to to be a jerk, but just wasn't comfortable with the way she was handling the firearm, however it was falling on deaf ears. The clerk actually demanded that I walk away, which I did after stating once more to "please just be safe."
I'm sure these kind of things happen all too often at gun stores, shows, etc., as I witness it all the time, but as an instructor I sometimes feel obligated to say something when I see it. The problem is, no matter how polite I try to be, it rarely end wells. I understand that the store clerk was trying to make a sale, but safety shouldn't be sacrificed during the process.
So, what do others see and think? Do you witness these kind of things, and what, if anything, do you do about it? To be honest I'm so fed up and exhausted with this kind of crap that I'm considering just staying away from most gun stores and all gun shows in their entirety.
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