Weapon shop owners. What crazy reasons have you had to refuse a person a sale? This lady was telling my

brother, the owner of the shop, that she needed something more effective because the arrows she had been

shooting weren't sinking the canoes and kayaks of people floating down the river in her backyard.

They wanted to look at a piece up close. I took it out to let him see it, and he pointed it right

at my face.

Wasn't at the shop, per se, but at the range inside the shop. I'd bought a 45 that I wanted to run

a few rounds through and did just that. As I was leaving the booth and heading to the exit,

an older gentleman tapped me on the arm and asked for help. As I was leaving the booth and heading to the exit, an older gentleman

tapped me on the arm and asked for help. I didn't work at this establishment, and compared to many,

I don't have a ton of experience, but I have a pretty freaking solid understanding of safety with these

devices. That being said, I stopped and asked him what he needed. He stated that he was having

trouble with his weapon, which was on the bench in the booth, stated that he was having trouble with his weapon,

which was on the bench in the booth, and that he couldn't get it to fire, even though the safety was off. As I was responding with the usual, do you have around chambered, he just picked it up,

pointed it at himself, and pulled the trigger. By some sick divine intervention, it didn't fire.

I slowly and firmly removed it from his hands and

brought it back to said bench, where I removed the magazine and discharged a very live round.

It took all of half a second to see that the safety was sitting in a cool, half-on, half-off position,

and that he was scooting by on sheer dumb luck. I placed the device back on the bench,

asked him to wait a minute, and walked out the doorway to the front desk. Before I could open my

mouth, the range officer was walking around to give the guy a peace of his mind. In Texas,

I was standing at my kitchen sink doing the dishes in a third floor apartment one day looking

out the window. Directly across, the guy on three had come out with a piece and was cleaning

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