jonnyghost
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So what the hell is jonnyghost talking about? :roll:
Don't rely on anyone else when it comes to your own safety.
So what the hell is jonnyghost talking about? :roll:
But the cop was a customer. It was up to the clerk to make sure the gun was safe and that it was handled properly by the customer. It's the shop's responsibility to ensure safety in their establishment.We have two separate things here.
1- Store owner handed someone a gun he did not check.
2- Cop points the gun, that he did not check, in a direction he is not looking, puts his finger over the muzzle and pulls the trigger.
Both idiots but the cop was far more negligent.
But the cop was a customer. It was up to the clerk to make sure the gun was safe and that it was handled properly by the customer. It's the shop's responsibility to ensure safety in their establishment.
Johnnyghost, I still don't see, legally, where the cop's actions overwhelm the first instance of the shop's responsibility. Makes me wonder, too, about that cop but still and all......
He racked the slide so that action striped a round out of the magazine and into the chamber. The round was all ready in the gun but not yet in the chamber.
So once that cop did that wouldn't the cop had know the gun was loaded ?
You have to remember I know nothing about guns only that you should always aim them away from people and pets .
The magazine should have been checked and unloaded as well as the chamber checked and unloaded. When you unload a gun you check both.
So it looks like the store could be more at fault for not telling employees to do this before letting a person check the gun out.
Sure but just because someone else screwed up doesn't mean you should throw all good safety practices out the window. That's why there is rule number 1 "Treat every firearm as if it's loaded"
Here, they pull the clip before they hand it out as well....but yea... even if an employee or ANYONE hands me a gun with the slide opened.... I still check if it's ammo-free and point the gun in a safe direction before pulling a trigger.
well I know his hand didnt stop that bullet aand the guy down the aisle was lucky he didnt have 2 assholes....
POINT THE BARREL DOWN PEOPLE !!!!!
But the cop was a customer. It was up to the clerk to make sure the gun was safe and that it was handled properly by the customer. It's the shop's responsibility to ensure safety in their establishment.