Customer handed LOADED shotgun at local store

[joeyshoe]

Op Shit Happens every day and to leave a gunstoreand/or not do business with them because of such an incident is a bit childish IMHO.

I never said that I wouldn't do business with them. I made my purchase and left. Also, I'm just not the type of guy to get all up in someone else's business. So yes, I assumed it wasn't a snap cap but that's because everyone was freaking out. Remember, I said that the owner said "what the hell" and "i'll have to review the tapes." probably not a snap cap.

[joeyshoe]

this one time, at band camp...

you were handed a loaded flute?

[brutal]

OK, everyone that replied with something to the effect that "the employee" cleared the weapon - RIF

Go back and reread the OP and please make sure you understand the thread topic before replying.

[th3w01f]

Had almost the reverse happen at Firing Line about 10 years ago. We were looking at something at the counter, customer brings in a gun to sell... clerk notices rounds in the mag, when the customer is distracted clerk grabs the shotgun from him. Ends up having one in the chamber too.

Customer was obviously "not well" and I think the clerk did a good job of keeping everything calm until he was able to take the shotgun.

It did take about 5 years until I could get my wife back into a gun store.

[Clint45]

One of the first things I was taught as a child, the first thing you always do when handed a firearm is clear it to make sure no round is chambered no matter what.

I remember one time I was at a barbeque and a fellow wanted to show off his custom Colt Commander. He dropped the mag, cleared the chamber, pocketed the round, and passed it to a guy who just saw him unload it. That guy also worked the slide to check the chamber . . . so did the next guy, and the next, and the next. Force of habit. Good habit to have.

[BigBear]

this one time, at band camp...

No, seriously!!.... Twice!!

[hollohas]

Weird, back in Tennessee we were learned that all guns are loaded until proven otherwise. So when your handed a gun you check to see if its loaded. If its not loaded well then you better go load it or what good is it?
We were also learned to always keep the muzzle (thats the end the projectiles escape) pointed away from anything we didnt want to shoot. In other words, a safe direction. Even in gun stores, or our living rooms.

Now, if no one else is going to say it, let me be the voice of reason-
Op Shit Happens every day and to leave a gunstoreand/or not do business with them because of such an incident is a bit childish IMHO.

You are assuming everyone in gun stores is going to follow good safety rules like you do? Bad assumption IMO. If a sales person hands a loaded gun to a customer who doesn't follow good safety rules, you're looking at trouble. That's a store I wouldn't shop at either. That sales person is responsible for making sure the gun is unloaded rather than assuming the customer is going to be safe.

Years ago, I was at Tanner when there was a negligent discharge inside the show...I haven't been back.

[dwalker460]

Soooo you can read minds and know who is and is not a good gun handler??? Cool- you should take that act to Vegas.

Just thinking out loud here-

A customer walks into the shop, asks to see a shotty. Salesperson performs his job by taking a shotgun from the rack and handing it to the customer, customer racks slide to check action and a snap cap hits the floor. Someone down the counter says what was that? and picks up the snap cap. Salesman continues to go on about the sale.

Or another course of thought-

Customer walks into a gun shop and says hey, I know jack shit about guns but want something to keep next to the nightstand. Salesguy says here, let me show you this shotgun, and fetches one from the rack. Handing it to the customer he tells the guy to open the action to make sure its unloaded, safety first after all. Shell slipped in by some dumbass hits the ground, gets picked up and put away.

I mean seriously, I could continue this mental masturbation all day, but the fact is that the gun was SAFELY HANDLED. Fuck how the shell got there, if it was even a shell and not a snap cap, I am just glad to see good gun handling and have no idea why you guys have your knickers in a twist.

[DSB OUTDOORS]

Bottom line is. I'm glad that the customer was responsible enough to check the fire arm 1st. Like most of us were taught by our fathers, and it's just common sense. Everyone's safe and sound.

[stevelkinevil]

as I always tell my boys "I dont care if Jesus Christ hands you a weapon, you always check for yourself"