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Discussion: How to carry a rifle in a Gun Shop
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GeneralCarver
Marksman
To end the story:
One of the employees went up to the man and asked if the gun was loaded and told him to remove the magazines. There was nothing too tense about it. But I could tell the employee was a bit frustrated by the behavior. They allowed him to continue his browsing and range use.
This was kind of a silly post, but after observing the incident, I just kinda wanted to know what other people felt. Seems most people are on the same page. Carry rifle on back on sling, no mag in well. It just got me thinking that even going onto a shooting range or into a store, you should handle your firearms like you would in any other place where you don't wish to alarm people. I.E., if your open carrying a rifle, you would not carry it around in your hands.
Thanks for the replies. Was entertaining. And I LOVE that "empty guns" bullet JAR! Every gun shop should have one of those!
One of the employees went up to the man and asked if the gun was loaded and told him to remove the magazines. There was nothing too tense about it. But I could tell the employee was a bit frustrated by the behavior. They allowed him to continue his browsing and range use.
This was kind of a silly post, but after observing the incident, I just kinda wanted to know what other people felt. Seems most people are on the same page. Carry rifle on back on sling, no mag in well. It just got me thinking that even going onto a shooting range or into a store, you should handle your firearms like you would in any other place where you don't wish to alarm people. I.E., if your open carrying a rifle, you would not carry it around in your hands.
Thanks for the replies. Was entertaining. And I LOVE that "empty guns" bullet JAR! Every gun shop should have one of those!
BehindBlueI's
Grandmaster
- Oct 3, 2012
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WTH, OP? This is like when the VCR screws up and I miss the last 10 minutes of Knight Rider. I wanna know what happened!
Knight Rider wins.
^^This. I take just a wee bit of pride in the fact that I'm partly responsible for that policy, as opposed to "No loaded guns at all outside the range".
To the guy carrying the AR at low ready, I'm thinking he gets the attention of various employees, all with hands on sidearms, and one approaching to tell him that it's cased or it's gone, along with its owner, as per posted policy.
Blessings,
Bill
It's usually on the shelf behind the counter, until someone needs an "object lesson" about why we all (well, some of us) clear it even after being told "it's not loaded..."
Here's a view from the cash box with an arrow pointing at it,
followed by an updated pic of the jar with a few more rounds in it than the last time I took a pic;
Look like the back counter could use some straightening up [clears throat and nods towards JetGirl]...
Oh hellll naw. Ditto times infinity for the repair room work bench.Look like the back counter could use some straightening up [clears throat and nods towards JetGirl]...
I'll restock the plastic bags, change the card machine tape, fill the stapler, etc., but there's no way in hades I'm moving the parts books, MEC bushings, gauges, calipers, etc..
It would be like you walking into my home and rearranging my furniture. Pal, it's been there 15 years for a reason and if I so much as stub my toe on a coffee table moved four inches, somebody is gonna get cut.
zombieglock
Marksman
Where does Jetgirl work?! Place doesn't look all too familiar.
I work in the firearms part of the BATFE shopping mall.
ALCOHOL
TOBACCO
FIREARMS
EXPLOSIVES
zombieglock
Marksman
I've driven by many times but never stopped there Jetgirl. Maybe sometime I'll stop by, do I ask for Jetgirl? Or look for a purple shirt wearing monkey!?
Either one works. I get handed the phone lots of times for "JetGirl", "the internet girl with the monkey picture", "INGO member woman", you name it.
indytechnerd
Master
You need a bell hanging from the ceiling that you can ring so all the customers know that you've discovered a chucklehead with an "unloaded" gun. Ring the bell a few times, let all the employees yell, "We Got Another One!", and make a big show of dropping the offending round into the jar.
Lol.
Bunnykid68
Grandmaster
I noticed there was a cop shop next to the tobacco shop
