(phone rings)
Tech: "Hi, thanks for call Sturm Ruger Glock Colt Beretta technical support, how can I help you?"
Caller: "My gun doesn't go bang."
T: "OK, is it a revolver or a semiauto?"
C: "I don't know, I just want it to go bang!"
T: "Is it kind of flat and square, or does it have big wheel thing in the middle?"
C: "Uh... hang on..." (clunk) "It's kind of square."
T: "OK, it's probably a semiauto. What happens when you pull the trigger?"
C: "Nothing."
T: "Nothing at all? Does it go click or make some other noise?"
C: "Yeah, it goes click."
D: "It sounds like there's not a round in the chamber. Try pulling the slide back as far as it will go, then letting it go forward."
C: "Pull the what?"
T: "The slide. You know, the top part of the gun."
C: "Oh, OK... um, it won't go forward. I pulled it back, and it stayed there."
T: "Is there ammunition in the magazine?"
C: "In the what?"
T: "The magazine. The part that holds the cartridges and goes into the handle."
C: "Cartridges?"
T: "The bullets." (rolling eyes)
C: "Um... I don't know, how do I find out?"
T: "Look down through the top of the gun. Do you see bright shiny things, or just dark metal and/or plastic?"
C: "Um... just dark stuff."
T: "It sounds like you need more ammunition, which you can purchase at any sporting goods store."
C: "WHAT?! I didn't buy this thing just so I could keep spending money on it! You should provide all the parts I need to make it work! Get me your supervisor!"
(Copyright notice: me, 1999. Distribute freely)
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"The right of no person to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person and property,
or in aid of the civil power when thereto legally summoned, shall be called into question.."
Article 11, Section 13, CO state constitution.
[This message has been edited by Coinneach (edited December 02, 1999).]
Tech: "Hi, thanks for call Sturm Ruger Glock Colt Beretta technical support, how can I help you?"
Caller: "My gun doesn't go bang."
T: "OK, is it a revolver or a semiauto?"
C: "I don't know, I just want it to go bang!"
T: "Is it kind of flat and square, or does it have big wheel thing in the middle?"
C: "Uh... hang on..." (clunk) "It's kind of square."
T: "OK, it's probably a semiauto. What happens when you pull the trigger?"
C: "Nothing."
T: "Nothing at all? Does it go click or make some other noise?"
C: "Yeah, it goes click."
D: "It sounds like there's not a round in the chamber. Try pulling the slide back as far as it will go, then letting it go forward."
C: "Pull the what?"
T: "The slide. You know, the top part of the gun."
C: "Oh, OK... um, it won't go forward. I pulled it back, and it stayed there."
T: "Is there ammunition in the magazine?"
C: "In the what?"
T: "The magazine. The part that holds the cartridges and goes into the handle."
C: "Cartridges?"
T: "The bullets." (rolling eyes)
C: "Um... I don't know, how do I find out?"
T: "Look down through the top of the gun. Do you see bright shiny things, or just dark metal and/or plastic?"
C: "Um... just dark stuff."
T: "It sounds like you need more ammunition, which you can purchase at any sporting goods store."
C: "WHAT?! I didn't buy this thing just so I could keep spending money on it! You should provide all the parts I need to make it work! Get me your supervisor!"
(Copyright notice: me, 1999. Distribute freely)
------------------
"The right of no person to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person and property,
or in aid of the civil power when thereto legally summoned, shall be called into question.."
Article 11, Section 13, CO state constitution.
[This message has been edited by Coinneach (edited December 02, 1999).]