whats wrong with this armslist post?

[Birds Away]

Well, I do agree he should sell it.

 

[1775usmarine]

Give him a break he could be disabled and working for the ATF. They probably promised him lots of candy.

 

[venenoindy]

ARMSLIST - For Sale: LNIB Charter Arms Mag Pug .357/38 special

Stupid hurts!

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

*sigh*

The avatar mentioned above, as the guy explained, was taken with a camera mounted on a tripod. No one was holding the camera.

This picture - no big deal.

Prove to me that there's a round under the firing pin. Prove to me the hammer's back. Prove to me that the picture taker was directly opposite the camera.

Good grief, people.

And I thought *I* was wound tight.

-J-

 

[BravoMike]

There is much speculation here. Do we know for a fact if one of the four rules was broken? Could he have taken a picture with his iPhone and never had it pointed at anyone?

 

[kehrhit]

There is much speculation here. Do we know for a fact if one of the four rules was broken? Could he have taken a picture with his iPhone and never had it pointed at anyone?

You are right, we can't know if his head was in the firing line directly, but we can say he is handling a weapon improperly that he absolutely knows to be loaded. As soon as it was out of it's holster he should have unloaded it prior to taking pictures. I would say he is not demonstrating proper respect of his firearm. This is how accidents happen.

I once had a guy pull a pistol out of a case and cover me and my buddy with it ... literally had the muzzle pointed right at us ... I told him that made me uncomfortable. It didn't have a trigger lock on it and I had no way of knowing the state of the pistol. His response was "Don't worry, it's not loaded." ... yeah, how many times have we heard that one end badly. Needless to say, I've not been back to that establishment.

 

[kehrhit]

Wow, just wow...i kept re-reading his post trying to find what was wrong, and then i scrolled down

Did anybody else flinch when they saw the picture? I wasn't expecting it and i think my body was trying to get out me of the line of fire

Same here ... my body physically recoiled at the sight of the 3rd picture....

 

[Snapdragon]

Yep.

 

[Iroquois]

Hope it is his only gun….hope he sells it….if nothing else it is a bad example.

 

[JettaKnight]

So I clicked the linked....
Nothing wrong here, no ALL CAPS, seems legit...
...nice picture...
...another nice pictu...

WHOA!!!!

 

[JettaKnight]

Same here ... my body physically recoiled at the sight of the 3rd picture....

Each time I look again, the same reaction, even if I know it's coming.

 

[Steell]

Was in a pawn shop when a guy walked in carrying a rifle, he was carrying it horizontally so when he walked in it pretty much covered everyone in the store. He handed it to the clerk, and the first thing the clerk did was to open the bolt, discovering a round in the chamber and no safety on, in addition to a full mag. I think it was a .308.
Stupidity knows no bounds.

 

[bobby knight]

He'd be ok, he had the camera to cover him.

 

[ol' poke]

He'd be ok, he had the camera to cover him.

plus them are those hollow-points. They are designed to not pass through - probably would have been stopped when they hit the camera lense.

WW!

 

[Gluemanz28]

*sigh*

The avatar mentioned above, as the guy explained, was taken with a camera mounted on a tripod. No one was holding the camera.

This picture - no big deal.

Prove to me that there's a round under the firing pin. Prove to me the hammer's back. Prove to me that the picture taker was directly opposite the camera.

Good grief, people.

And I thought *I* was wound tight.

-J-

Rule #2 according to Mr Jeff Cooper is NEVER let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy. He needed the picture to post the listing so therefore he did NOT want to destroy the camera. Your honor I rest my case.

 

[bobby knight]

Probably more people shot by accident than on purpose.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

As if Cooper's 4 rules are the be-all, end-all.

They really should be thought of as "great guidelines" rather than "rules".

If breaking one of those 4 rules resulted in instant death - there wouldn't be anyone on INGO.

Seriously, people - common sense on BOTH sides of this issue - is prudent.

 

[Bennettjh]

So I clicked the linked....
Nothing wrong here, no ALL CAPS, seems legit...
...nice picture...
...another nice pictu...

WHOA!!!!

Same here!!

 

[metaldog]

What the last thing Billy Bob saw when he took a "selfie" with his camera gun?

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

I ducked when I scrolled to pic 3...