When my good friend purchased a NIB Ruger LCR .38spl revolver about 3 months ago he was a new gun owner/entry level shooter.
As he took the Ruger LCR out of the box to show me, I told him to
stop & that he was doing 2 things
wrong.
He had his index finger on the trigger & the revolver's cylinder was closed.
I calmly explained to him
not to put his finger on the trigger until he was ready to fire & to always open/check a firearm before you hand it to anyone/handle it.
He acknowledged my safety instructions & said he needed to learn proper gun safety methods.
You don't need to be a safety nazi or talk down to new shooters but you can advise them on good(safe) methods.
Remember: the right way is the
safe way,
.
Clyde