Muzzle swept. Should I have been upset?

[usagi]

he should have been ejected from the store immediately.

idiots like that end up with tragic ND's and give all responsible gun owners a bad name.

 

[Redcap]

I knocked a guy at the SW WA fairgrounds gun show out cold for doing the same thing to me two or three years back.

 

[Decker]

Better to speak up then to get shot up.

 

[RVTECH]

I knocked a guy at the SW WA fairgrounds gun show out cold for doing the same thing

Did you face any legal issues?

 

[Frankenrifle]

I may be wrong in this...but I'm offended you didn't say anything. I've been muzzled 3 times to my knowledge and once it ended with my pistol aimed at the offender, so yeah I'd have said something to the guy.

 

[Redcap]

Did you face any legal issues?

Nope. I decided it wasn't a place I wanted to be and left directly after. Haven't been back since either...too many stupids at that show.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Say something? It's pretty much equivalent to someone driving drunk.. I'd feel comfortable taking the keys or gun away.

 

[elsie]

I only get pissed after the round goes off. I have been swept a few times and each time I calmly say something along the lines of "I would appreciated it if you didn't sweep me with the muzzle." It usually ends up with profuse apologies from that person. When it doesn't and they get their panties in a knot, I usually let them know that I tend to return fire.

 

[Greywhisker]

I've been muzzled 3 times to my knowledge and once it ended with my pistol aimed at the offender, so yeah I'd have said something to the guy.

That's what I was thinking... the details weren't clear but it sounded like he "pulled a pistol" from his person as opposed to a case. If I see someone pulling a pistol from their person anywhere, I'm starting my draw stroke. Knowing its not likely a threatening situation like this case, I'm still going to make it known that pulling a pistol and NOT IMMEDIATELY emptying it is deemed a threatening posture. Then to muzzle someone on top it? I'd expect a pistol drawn on me if those were my actions.

There are 4 safety rules. Breaking 1 of them at any given time is a mistake. Breaking any two of them is negligence with deadly conseqence.

 

[soberups]

Politely c0nfronting the man and insisting that he not muzzle you would have been entirely appropriate, and your status as a distributor for the store owner does not change that. From a purely business perspective, a negligent discharge resulting in injury or death on a store premises is not in the best interests of the store owner. You did the right thing by getting out of the way, and you also would have been in the right by approaching him from a safe angle and insisting that he not muzzle you or anyone else.

 

[Flopsweat]

Better to speak up then to get shot up.

This is one of those times when the difference between "then" and "than" is crucial.

 

[G1GRANDEUR]

Yes, I would have told him politely to point the muzzle down or move away from people soon as I see it. But I totally agree how you felt about him.

 

[Ironbar]

If anything, I'd say you had an UNDER-reaction.

 

[aznbala]

Hell yes you should have said something. Rule #2 is assume all guns are loaded. I don't care if I'm not "cool" but F you if you point a gun at me. Accidents do happen.

 

[F2CMaDMaXX]

OP coming back to this?

 

[misplacedtexan]

Doesn't seem so....

 

[usagi]

OP drive by, lol.

 

[semperfi68to70]

I think you were way too "polite". The USMC School of Charm demands you lambast the individual for being such a moron as to carelessly point a firearm at you. This is done immediately after you extricate yourself from the down range position. The lambasting should be loud, to the point and lengthy.

 

[nwwoodsman]

I may be wrong in this...but I'm offended you didn't say anything.

Yeah, I understand that. I kicked myself in the pants for not saying anything. A few circumstances came into play- first time at this type of event, a few business owners and politicians standing in front of me, employment, yada yada, none are which are worth losing my life over. Live and learn

 

[Sgt Nambu]

My standard answer? HEY, POINT THAT ______ THING AT YOURSELF, YOU DUMB ___________ ! Never failed!