What is the dumbest thing you've seen/heard in a gun shop?

[StateLine]

Two days ago at the local shop. Older gentleman who is a regular there was checking out a new 1911. The gun shop employee locked the slide to the rear and handed it to the customer. He promptly let the slide go home, turned and assumed a firing stance, pointing it directly at a couple standing about 5 feet away from him. The look of horror on the woman's face was understandable. I don't give a flying fig how many times you "checked to make sure it was unloaded". DON'T POINT GUNS AT PEOPLE UNLESS YOU'RE IN IMMINENT DANGER! I bit my tongue but if he had pointed it at me I probably would have flipped out just a little bit.

 

[BigGuy218]

I was at Shots Fired last week. This women steps into the booth next to us with some type of 380/low caliber pistol. It was a heavily used range gun, so the safety had come loose and was causing a jam and double feeding. This women taps me on the should and says "ITS STUCK, PLEASE HELP ME." After I observe her wave the gun around and point it at her face. I told her to put it down and step out of the booth. I cleared the jam and took the mag out and told her to go see the counter guy. I was speechless.

 

[jmc10129]

good way to handle it. nice and calm. i would have atleast given her some quick pointers

 

[Dorian]

I was at Adventure Outdoors a while back, looking for a knockaround semiauto .22LR in the $100 range. Finally get a guy at the counter to hand me one of 'em after waiting a few minutes (used to that, everything at AO takes forever). Not being familiar with them (all the rifles in the house were bolt actions with the exception of the m1 carbine), I asked how you load the magazine, since it didn't have any kind of visible loading gate on it and the action only opened enough to eject a case. It was one of those models where you unscrew the tubular magazine and slide it out to load through a hole in the magazine itself.

Me: "How do you load the magazine?"
Him: "It's not a magazine, it's a tube." He demonstrates how it works, I patiently watch, let him put it back on the shelf, and walk out.

 

[Gun Nut]

The sound of a gun going off right beside me.

 

[Wolf six]

The sound of a gun going off right beside me.

I fear that day

 

[The Bandit]

iv got a few since the last time i read and/or commented on this thread. was at a lgs store and watched a lady with a 380 walk up, point the gun through the window at me (just my luck), and begin to fiddle with it trying to unload it. I ducked down and told the owners about it as her hands were all over the trigger, and yes there was a round in the chamber when she finally did get it unloaded.
Had another few guys at said gun store , which is awesome btw, look at a pair of those 40mm shells that are salt and pepper shakers. They were in a case just for the heck of it and i listened to a giant conversation on those were supposed to fit into the "40mm launcher in the counter" (actually a 37mm) and they were HE and one actually told his buddy he was the only one allowed to buy them since he had been in the military.........
Watched an anime kid come in one day and ask about background searches on knives and what the wait time was to purchase one......
Saw a lady one time pick up one of those blue blackhawk training glocks, the solid plastic ones and say she wanted on to paint black. That way she wouldnt have to worry about carrying a real gun and she could pull it out whenever she wanted to.
And of course theres always the know it all douchenozzle who owns and g18, aa12, full auto everything, and works as a private contractpr everywhere.

 

[Jled]

Had a guy at a LGS explain to me why the .45 and 9MM rounds are completely obsolete and ineffective. He went on to say that the .40 is a modern rounds and as such is way more effective than the others due to modern engineering and so forth. His main proof of this is the proliferation of .40 in police departments and Federal agencies. I soaked this in for a second then asked him why the Marine Corps was returning the the 1911 in .45? He thought for a moment and said that it was due to bribery....

I was kinda stunned by his vehemence towards .45 and 9MM. I guess neither one of those calibers has proven itself in the real world...

 

[cali201]

I was at Big Woods Goods yesterday and after finishing at the range I checked out. There was a kid standing at the counter, maybe 11 years old or so. He had a bolt action rifle on the counter, maybe a youth model. The rifle was on the counter butt stock toward the cashier and barrel pointed at the kids chest as he rested on it. I suggested to the guy behind the counter it might be a good time to teach the kid muzzle control and also suggested that the bolt be opened to be assured the gun was unloaded. He looked at me funny and then opened the bolt. The kid looked at me as I was from Mars, I asked him if he knew how many people have been shot with an unloaded gun, blank response.

 

[Mr. Goodbar]

A Competency test for gun buyers would be a GOOD thing

just like there should be a application in order to have kids