The (lack of) safety dance
There was a lot of this at the NRA convention. I couldn’t help but move out of the way many times when people were pointing guns in unsafe directions.
True story: At the NRA convention, I pointed an H&K VP9 right at Tam. At their booth, they had those little retractable cables that keep people from stealing guns. And theirs had a pull weight of about 70lbs. Expecting to pick up something light, and instead grabbed something heavy, I bent my hand and muzzled myself then her.
June 15th, 2016 at 9:04 pm
With 70,000 people walking around in aisles 5 rows deep there is no where you can point a firearm at the NRA convention that isn’t pointing at someone.
The second you pull a display piece off the wall at the S&W booth there is someone in the aisle behind the booth and three aisles of people behind him you can’t even see even if you do the right thing and start pointing it at the ground.
Unless every gun on display starts pointed at the ground or the ceiling and you are physically prohibited from pointing it more than 5 degrees from straight up or down you are going to be pointing an empty display gun with the firing pin removed at someone or “what’s beyond” in an aisle you can’t see.
June 16th, 2016 at 9:17 am
Recently went to a gun range and was trying out a few of the rentals behind the counter. The counter people were suggesting that I get a feel for it, but every time I raised the gun to simulate aiming, one of the two people behind the counter would invariably walk right in front of it. I kept lowering the gun and moving it to a safe spot, and they’d get in front of it again…
June 16th, 2016 at 9:49 am
Maxpwr,
In that environment, you give points for effort. When you pull the gun off the display, aim in on the floor or ceiling and not the ear canal of the guy next to you, and we’re cool.