Not a good day at Garden State in Lakewood.

[Sig226GuyNJ 128]

I honestly don't understand how shit like this ever happens. Prevention of this is SO SIMPLE. EVERYTIME someone picks up a gun, the absolutely FIRST thing that person should do is check the status of it, EVEN IF YOU WERE THE ONE THAT JUST PUT IT DOWN 30 SECONDS AGO! When I receive a pistol to check out, it's ALWAYS the first thing I do. When I give it back, I leave the action open and then STILL insist the receiver checks the status of it as well. Some may call it overkill, but I call it good habits that should be automatic. I've also been to gun stores to check out guns, where the employee hands firearms to me without checking the status. It just boggles my mind.

[Sig226GuyNJ 128]

Some people just shouldn't own guns.

 

This idiot points the gun at his hand to see if the laser is working.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxIfMuJzKxQ

 

This idiot employee does what I've personally seen so many times. Hand a gun to a customer without checking the status of it. Then, the cop proceeds to flag other customers and also puts his hand in front of the muzzle. But the icing on the cake is, that he racks the slide, and pulls the trigger. Anyone who has any knowledge of guns should know that if you rack the slide with a mag in the gun, and the slide doesn't lock back, means you just chambered a round! Then he pulls the trigger while his hand is still in front of the muzzle.

 

 

This next one needs no explanation.

 

 

WTF is this next guy doing?

 

 

More stupidity.

 

 

 

[PeteF 1,044]

I had a very good friend tell me once "Every time you handle a gun and it doesn't kill you, your respect for what that gun can do is eroded. The struggle is an internal one to stay vigilant of a tool that has always been safe in the past but has the potential to kill you or someone else in the future. The mind is the enemy during the present."

 

Same guy also told me "Every time you hand someone a gun, their IQ drops 50 points." which in my experience is a universal truth.

 

Damn I miss Pat....

I agree. I used to do a lot of wood working. Got complacent with a tablesaw, and had a piece of wood going flying back and blow thru a piece of plywood. If I was standing a little to the right I would have been punctured nicely. Woke me up real fast.

I would venture to guess this is why pilots have a checklist, harder to get lazy and miss something.