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shafter · February 11, 2013, 12:51 PM

At the most I'd ask the clerk who was helping me to ask the other guy to please point the gun in any other direction than at myself.

I do realize that 99.9999999% of the time the gun the other guy is examining has been cleared by the clerk and is unloaded. Unloaded guns do not bother me anymore than walking in front of a stopped car in a crosswalk freaks me out. It would be a different story entirely if this happened at a range.

However, every now and then the clerk is lazy and doesn't clear the gun. That happened to me the other day. I asked to examine a used (even worse) Glock behind the counter. The clerk just handed it to me. I took it, dropped the mag, and checked the chamber.

My personal rules for gun handling at a gunshop is 1) Clear the gun, 2) Do my best to point the gun at the floor or wall behind the counter, 3) Always ask before dry firing.

February 11, 2013, 12:51 PM	#16
shafter Senior Member Join Date: December 23, 2009 Posts: 1,624	At the most I'd ask the clerk who was helping me to ask the other guy to please point the gun in any other direction than at myself. I do realize that 99.9999999% of the time the gun the other guy is examining has been cleared by the clerk and is unloaded. Unloaded guns do not bother me anymore than walking in front of a stopped car in a crosswalk freaks me out. It would be a different story entirely if this happened at a range. However, every now and then the clerk is lazy and doesn't clear the gun. That happened to me the other day. I asked to examine a used (even worse) Glock behind the counter. The clerk just handed it to me. I took it, dropped the mag, and checked the chamber. My personal rules for gun handling at a gunshop is 1) Clear the gun, 2) Do my best to point the gun at the floor or wall behind the counter, 3) Always ask before dry firing.