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Old August 30, 2012, 02:56 PM   #47
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This brings to mind a question. Is this (ie: using these aiming points as a backstop) really considered to be a safe/acceptable practice?
In most cases, it is but I don't assume so. Although not always perfect, there is always at least one direction that is safer than most. In some stores, I have seen where they don't have a designated direction or the clerk is totally uninformed about firearms. ....

Case in point;
A young male clerk upon handing me a handgun, directed me to keep the muzzle pointed behind the counter. I replied the he was behind the counter and that was not a safe direction. He said that was the store policy. I asked him what was above the ceiling and he replied, the roof, I guess. Still didn't get it. ...

At our station, during our hunter safety classes, I ask the students to define the safe direction at that time. Most are pretty good at it. ...

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