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Show Room/Shop Etiquette and Dealing with New Shooters
10-03-2014, 10:32 AM,
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I noticed that Mike handed me a FNX (.45) with the action locked open. Makes it really easy to verify its empty. I usually even dry fire at ceiling. I think however that is a great idea to double check that it is empty.
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10-03-2014, 01:10 PM, (This post was last modified: 10-03-2014, 01:41 PM by RJDSRT.)
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(10-03-2014, 08:43 AM)RJDSRT Wrote:
(10-03-2014, 12:18 AM)Brian S Wrote: When a salesperson checks to make sure the gun isn't loaded before handing it over the counter, how many people here double check it when it gets to your hand?

99% Do not

I double check revolvers even when the cylinder is open when handed to me by anyone, always have and always will. How many times have we heard or read "I thought it wasn't loaded? It's not a matter of trust, it's pure safety.

Question #2: 1st person checks the gun, 2nd person checks the gun, does the 1st person check the gun when it's handed back to them regardless of trust or not taking your eyes off the 2nd person?
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(10-03-2014, 08:43 AM)RJDSRT Wrote:
(10-03-2014, 12:18 AM)Brian S Wrote: When a salesperson checks to make sure the gun isn't loaded before handing it over the counter, how many people here double check it when it gets to your hand?

99% Do not
I double check revolvers even when the cylinder is open when handed to me by anyone, always have and always will. How many times have we heard or read "I thought it wasn't loaded? It's not a matter of trust, it's pure safety.

Question #2: 1st person checks the gun, 2nd person checks the gun, does the 1st person check the gun when it's handed back to them regardless of trust or not taking your eyes off the 2nd person?
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10-03-2014, 01:41 PM,
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(10-03-2014, 01:10 PM)Brian S Wrote:
(10-03-2014, 08:43 AM)RJDSRT Wrote:
(10-03-2014, 12:18 AM)Brian S Wrote: When a salesperson checks to make sure the gun isn't loaded before handing it over the counter, how many people here double check it when it gets to your hand?

99% Do not

I double check revolvers even when the cylinder is open when handed to me by anyone, always have and always will. How many times have we heard or read "I thought it wasn't loaded? It's not a matter of trust, it's pure safety.

Question #2: 1st person checks the gun, 2nd person checks the gun, does the 1st person check the gun when it's handed back to them regardless of trust or not taking your eyes off the 2nd person?

Always
"Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars."

(10-03-2014, 01:10 PM)Brian S Wrote:
(10-03-2014, 08:43 AM)RJDSRT Wrote:
(10-03-2014, 12:18 AM)Brian S Wrote: When a salesperson checks to make sure the gun isn't loaded before handing it over the counter, how many people here double check it when it gets to your hand?

99% Do not

I double check revolvers even when the cylinder is open when handed to me by anyone, always have and always will. How many times have we heard or read "I thought it wasn't loaded? It's not a matter of trust, it's pure safety.

Question #2: 1st person checks the gun, 2nd person checks the gun, does the 1st person check the gun when it's handed back to them regardless of trust or not taking your eyes off the 2nd person?
Always
"Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars."

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10-03-2014, 02:59 PM,
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(10-03-2014, 01:41 PM)RJDSRT Wrote:
(10-03-2014, 01:10 PM)Brian S Wrote:
(10-03-2014, 08:43 AM)RJDSRT Wrote:
(10-03-2014, 12:18 AM)Brian S Wrote: When a salesperson checks to make sure the gun isn't loaded before handing it over the counter, how many people here double check it when it gets to your hand?

99% Do not

I double check revolvers even when the cylinder is open when handed to me by anyone, always have and always will. How many times have we heard or read "I thought it wasn't loaded? It's not a matter of trust, it's pure safety.

Question #2: 1st person checks the gun, 2nd person checks the gun, does the 1st person check the gun when it's handed back to them regardless of trust or not taking your eyes off the 2nd person?

Always
?
Two answers how about the rest?
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(10-03-2014, 01:41 PM)RJDSRT Wrote:
(10-03-2014, 01:10 PM)Brian S Wrote:
(10-03-2014, 08:43 AM)RJDSRT Wrote:
(10-03-2014, 12:18 AM)Brian S Wrote: When a salesperson checks to make sure the gun isn't loaded before handing it over the counter, how many people here double check it when it gets to your hand?

99% Do not

I double check revolvers even when the cylinder is open when handed to me by anyone, always have and always will. How many times have we heard or read "I thought it wasn't loaded? It's not a matter of trust, it's pure safety.

Question #2: 1st person checks the gun, 2nd person checks the gun, does the 1st person check the gun when it's handed back to them regardless of trust or not taking your eyes off the 2nd person?

Always?
Two answers how about the rest?
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10-03-2014, 08:18 PM, (This post was last modified: 10-03-2014, 08:19 PM by RJDSRT.)
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I'm confused. I only see one question. Alien
"Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars."

"Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars."

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10-03-2014, 10:13 PM,
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Brian is referring to the answers to his question.

I do but I don't think I've been consistent when I'm looking at the same time as the salesman is checking.

I do but I don't think I've been consistent when I'm looking at the same time as the salesman is checking.
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10-04-2014, 12:28 PM, (This post was last modified: 10-04-2014, 12:37 PM by Brian S.)
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(10-03-2014, 08:18 PM)RJDSRT Wrote: I'm confused. I only see one question. Alien


I'm refering to how many people in the forum answered the question.

To clarify the question, Does everyone check the weapon each time it changes hands, whether in a store, with friends, when its unpacked from the factory, or anywhere else?

Example-
Salesperson checked the weapon, customer may have checked the weapon, salesperson gets weapon back from customer. Does the salesperson immediately check the weapon again?

Reason I ask.. When I was about 12 yrs old, I was in a store where the salesperson checked the weapon, customer may have checked it, handed it back to the salesperson, within seconds the customer asked to see it again, salesperson didn't check the weapon since he just checked. Customer slipped a cartridge in the firearm the first time he had it. Customer held up the store using the weapon. Salesman didn't believe the weapon was loaded. Customer fired a round from the same weapon. Salesperson fortunately wasn't fatally wounded. Only the customer knew the firearm only had one cartridge in it until he was confronted by LEO's outside the door who were summoned by a silent alarm. This was back when police responded and appeared within minutes and only carried .38 S&W's..

At 12 yrs old it was a lesson of a lifetime for me, one I'll never forget.
Since then I feel some sales people I've come across had a look of disgust, thinking I didn't trust them when they checked it before handing it to me and I checked it again. One salesperson even confronted me asking if I didn't trust him. My reply was no! I left the store and have never been back. It never happened at RDA. The shooting and attempted robbery happened in my families old business. The confrontation with the salespersons trust happen in a mass merchant.
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(10-03-2014, 08:18 PM)RJDSRT Wrote: I'm confused. I only see one question. Alien

I'm refering to how many people in the forum answered the question.

To clarify the question, Does everyone check the weapon each time it changes hands, whether in a store, with friends, when its unpacked from the factory, or anywhere else?

Example-
Salesperson checked the weapon, customer may have checked the weapon, salesperson gets weapon back from customer. Does the salesperson immediately check the weapon again?

Reason I ask.. When I was about 12 yrs old, I was in a store where the salesperson checked the weapon, customer may have checked it, handed it back to the salesperson, within seconds the customer asked to see it again, salesperson didn't check the weapon since he just checked. Customer slipped a cartridge in the firearm the first time he had it. Customer held up the store using the weapon. Salesman didn't believe the weapon was loaded. Customer fired a round from the same weapon. Salesperson fortunately wasn't fatally wounded. Only the customer knew the firearm only had one cartridge in it until he was confronted by LEO's outside the door who were summoned by a silent alarm. This was back when police responded and appeared within minutes and only carried .38 S&W's..

At 12 yrs old it was a lesson of a lifetime for me, one I'll never forget.
Since then I feel some sales people I've come across had a look of disgust, thinking I didn't trust them when they checked it before handing it to me and I checked it again. One salesperson even confronted me asking if I didn't trust him. My reply was no! I left the store and have never been back. It never happened at RDA. The shooting and attempted robbery happened in my families old business. The confrontation with the salespersons trust happen in a mass merchant.
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10-04-2014, 01:39 PM,
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That's a rough way to learn a lesson... But it's a good one to learn. I know I'll be paying more attention to it from now on..
He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”

— Luke 22:36, NIV
He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”

— Luke 22:36, NIV
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10-04-2014, 10:56 PM,
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This is a little of topic but figured it would belong here


http://imgur.com/gallery/O8b2I
He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”

— Luke 22:36, NIV
He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”

— Luke 22:36, NIV
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10-05-2014, 01:11 AM,
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(10-04-2014, 10:56 PM)Ringo3632 Wrote: This is a little of topic but figured it would belong here


http://imgur.com/gallery/O8b2I

I think that fits here, same idea. Give that 90's swat guy a .22 rifle instead of the shotgun and, yeah, I've been next to him at Bass Pro.
(10-04-2014, 10:56 PM)Ringo3632 Wrote: This is a little of topic but figured it would belong here


http://imgur.com/gallery/O8b2I
I think that fits here, same idea. Give that 90's swat guy a .22 rifle instead of the shotgun and, yeah, I've been next to him at Bass Pro.
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10-05-2014, 09:33 AM,
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Haha I've been next to a couple of guys doing the gangster drill before... Not quite that exaggerated, but pretty darn close
He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”

— Luke 22:36, NIV
He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”

— Luke 22:36, NIV
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10-05-2014, 09:37 AM,
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(10-05-2014, 01:11 AM)AcilletaM Wrote:
(10-04-2014, 10:56 PM)Ringo3632 Wrote: This is a little of topic but figured it would belong here


http://imgur.com/gallery/O8b2I

I think that fits here, same idea. Give that 90's swat guy a .22 rifle instead of the shotgun and, yeah, I've been next to him at Bass Pro.

That was funny!
(10-05-2014, 01:11 AM)AcilletaM Wrote:
(10-04-2014, 10:56 PM)Ringo3632 Wrote: This is a little of topic but figured it would belong here


http://imgur.com/gallery/O8b2I

I think that fits here, same idea. Give that 90's swat guy a .22 rifle instead of the shotgun and, yeah, I've been next to him at Bass Pro.
That was funny!
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