My favorite recent one was a guy, dressed in tight tactical cargo pants, a tactical range belt, a sheepdog tshirt that was rather tight, and an open carried S&W in an uncle mike's type fabric holster. He KNEW his stuff and was there with a lady friend trying to teach her which gun to buy. I laughed as the guy taught the gun clerk for 20 minutes why this caliber is better than that and this barrel was ballistically superior. Finally the girl said she wanted to look at one so the clerk pulled it out. He removed the trigger lock, dropped the mag, inspected the mag visually, inspected the weapon visually and with his finger, he then reinserts the mag. Nothing...ever left the visibility of the 3 people...4 if you count me chuckling in the background. NOW LET'S PAUSE....IM ALL FOR SAFETY AND THE GOLDEN GUN RULES, AND YES I FOLLOW THEM...but the gun was clearly empty, safe and fully cleared. This was a gun shop, not a big box store i might add. The clerk turns the gun so he muzzles himself, and passes it to the woman...grip side first. The tactical ninja with her freaks out...to the point i almost reach for my pistol...dude is YELLING about pointing the gun at the guy. Girl....freaked out....puts the gun down. Guy behind the counter is like...ughhh wtf just happened. Tactical ninja finally stops, takes a deep breath, rubs his face a few times for effect...and directs the woman to pick up the gun again. So she complies...picks it up and in trying to adjust it to fit her hand, gun was too big for her, puts her finger inside the trigger guard...doesnt pull trigger back, just finger inside. The ninja turns bright red and belts out another tyrade of insults and instructions on how bad the girl is waving, flagging, and ENDANGERING EVERYONE in the store with her careless actions. I am about 2 seconds from telling him to calm down or busting out laughing...when the clerk says, "sir the weapon is clear and there is no danger of the weapon going off." I immediately zoomed in for what happens next...the girl, who felt better with the support of the clerk says, "yeah so and so...just let me loook at it, im buying this gun."
The dude makes some comment about people's lives being in danger and he can no longer take part in this and says he will go look at the accessories while she is putting everyone in danger. He was sweating, bright red, breathing heavy, and wiping his hands all over his face like a crazy man. Im sure of two things that day, 1. That man didnt need to be teaching anyone about guns, formally or informally., 2. If that was his GF or wife...she was probably getting a beatin later that day.
And im somewhat convinced that man shouldnt be carrying a gun. I chuckled a few times and slowly walked away as the dude passed by me.