Customer handed LOADED shotgun at local store

[DSB OUTDOORS]

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

You get an Atta Boy Steve!!

[joeyshoe]

This was just something I had never been witness of so I thought it would be a good little topic to bring up and show my involvement in the forums. Didn't know I was gonna get some much "mental masturbation." They had/have and will continue to receive my business. Like it's been said before, obviously glad that everyone is safe and if anything, this is a good reminder for all to be safe.

[crays]

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.

Not trying to bust your balls, dwalker, but shouldn't the "clerk" check the chamber before handing over a firearm to an unknown entity? It's not mindreading, it's common sense.
Don't you, regardless of the situation, and based on your upbringing/training, check every single firearm you handle? I happen to believe from my previouus interactions with you that that you are a pretty savvy and responsible gun guy.
Referencing highlights by color:
Didn't do his job correctly,
Relinquished control of an unchecked firearm to an unknown entity,
and, the firearm was not SAFELY HANDLED, as the clerk handed it over without clearing it.
No pissing contest, no projection of superior gun handling or firearms acumen, not calling anyone out. Just my observation.
I happen to think the clerk was at fault for not clearing the firearm before handing it over. Maybe he was having a bad day. Maybe the neighbor is banging his wife. Maybe he needs to stop on the way home from work and get the brakes done. DOESN"T MATTER. Safety = #1 Priority.

Now, I'm off to unholster, and sip New Year's beers.

Happy New Year to all you trigger-stroking MoFo's on this wonderful forum.
It is a pleasure engaging in intellectual discussion with you all!
crays

[dwalker460]

I actually do tend to clear a gun before handing it over, but I know people who do not, that whole "ll guns are loaded until proven otherwise thing", so while I personally do things one way, I recognize its not the only way. I have had store clerks hand me guns with and without checking the actions, but I always do, so I dont get hung up on it. I take your point though

[crays]

But in the back of your mind, aren't you thinking..."That guy is definitely not on the ball"?