Thread: Un safety habits taught at Gun City.

Walked into Gun City this arvo, I don't shop there except for really good specials but was going past after going to a job nearby.

At the "gunsmithing" counter was a newby having his new rifle prepped for him while he got the sell speel about the cleaning gear and other accesseries he needed. Was appalled to have the supposed professional hand mr newby, a rifle with the bolt in and closed, and tell him to have a look, which he did by pointing it at me, with his finger in the trigger well ..........

I had a word about safe habits, but it was shrugged off with" he was just trying to get the eye relief sorted".

So, the gunshop "pro" believes it is ok to point a rifle around, with the bolt in and closed,and he teaches the newby it is ok to do that.

As my verbal approach was shrugged off, I have sent them an email pointing out unsafe actions that become the habit is ummm, wrong.

In my email, I did tell them I will wander into their store tomorrow with my rifle, bolt in and closed, and will wander around the store looking around through my scope, I await the response with trepidation....... (not)

Am I, in the estemed evaluation of the forum members, being a little precious, perhaps my pretty little knickers a little tight today?, Or in fact, should good firearm safety habits be practiced at all time irespection of situation ?

Well i got taught to treat every firearm as loaded so that tells me not to point it at anyone EVER!


Sent from the swamp

You should have cracked them both

Ask gun shitty to explain how bolt in assists establish eye relief w a scope. There must some obscure science we don't know

To be fair it may well have been a completely genuine oversight and shop person was simply less than gracious.

It does say treat every firearm as loaded in the police hand book so you were justified in raising ur concerns in my view

Good on you 257 for having a go at them but maybe you should of left the second to last paragraph out,otherwise you are just as bad even though it was probably just a statement.

i am not going to get into the discussion other than to say if i had seen that done i would have sent the "pro" off to empty the bins whilst i finished fitting the gun to the customer.....
greg

You didn't really send
Them that Email did you???.you just wrote a big speil on firearm safety gone wrong and then sent them that email.you couldn't have?
I'm pretty sure almost every one on this forum knows about rifle safety and I don't think it needs to be constantly wanked on about.I do believe you were right to verbally say something but the rest is bullshit IMO. I will take it all back if you didn't send that email though

bloody shit phone

Entirely appropriate to have challenged the unsafe activity. The email content is dumb.

Gunshops should be setting a good example.

That's pretty poor.

I was in a gunshop in Canada in the early 90's having a browse. Turned around and one of the staff was pointing a pistol at my head. Then he pulled the trigger. Bang! Thankfully it was a blank pistol. Was not impressed to say the least.

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Originally Posted by Koshogi

That's pretty poor.

I was in a gunshop in Canada in the early 90's having a browse. Turned around and one of the staff was pointing a pistol at my head. Then he pulled the trigger. Bang! Thankfully it was a blank pistol. Was not impressed to say the least.

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At least being Canadian his apology would have been well rehearsed and heartfelt.

Originally Posted by Koshogi

That's pretty poor.

I was in a gunshop in Canada in the early 90's having a browse. Turned around and one of the staff was pointing a pistol at my head. Then he pulled the trigger. Bang! Thankfully it was a blank pistol. Was not impressed to say the least.

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Was said pistol forcibly applied to an orifice?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Was said pistol forcibly applied to an orifice?

Speak the correct language VC?

Originally Posted by Neckshot

You didn't really send
Them that Email did you???.you just wrote a big speil on firearm safety gone wrong and then sent them that email.you couldn't have?
I'm pretty sure almost every one on this forum knows about rifle safety and I don't think it needs to be constantly wanked on about.I do believe you were right to verbally say something but the rest is bullshit IMO. I will take it all back if you didn't send that email though

bloody shit phone

Ever heard of being facetious to underscore a point?. Quite pissed I had a rifle POINTED at me with the bolt in and closed, worse in the hands of the clueless.

Originally Posted by Dundee

Speak the correct language VC?

"owe awl yu shulda shoved it up his arse bro"