Advice from Gun Shop Customers: annoying or helpful?

[223 Gunner]

Advice is what you hear when someone advises you.

Thanks warthog, I was in a hurry when I posted. But I did correct the spelling.

 

[sharold762]

I think that some people are helpful others are a real pain
It drives me up the wall to hear idiots talk about your guns have to be "registered"in your name
ohhh I go crazy

 

[rubicon_joey]

I normally keep my mouth shut and only offer my 2 cents when it's asked for. I'm not a big **** chat kind of guy though. Now days if you want to know something about a gun the manufacture has it on their website or you can normally find it on a forum like this.

 

[Punkinhead]

IMHO women with carry experience and just general experience with firearms should absolutely share that opinion with other women. The challenges that a woman faces in finding the gun that's right for her are different than men. A woman's perspective may be more valuable having already travelled that road.

I agree. I would normally come down on the side of minding my own business, but I took my son to an NRA Basic Pistol class that had several female students. I saw first hand the unique issues women can have picking a gun so I think a female giving advice to another female is a good thing. There were several women in that class who'd been sold a completely inappropriate gun by what could have been a well meaning salesman who was just ignorant of the challenges facing women. But most men should keep their opinions to themselves because the likelihood of coming off as a know it all are much higher than the odds of coming off as helpful.

 

[Expat]

I usually take the talkers at gun shops to be either, 1. lonely so they hang around the shop for company, b. fanboiz that are peddling their favorite (brand, caliber, platform, etc.). 3. one of those guys that has an opinion on everything and is a general know it all or d. someone genuinely hoping to help out. Unfortunately it can be hard to tell which is which in the few minutes of interaction.