Interesting comments today from a gun shop

[David LaPell]

Today I was at a gun shop trying to sell a couple of things to make some money for bills and when I was there a guy walked in with his son. The guy was looking for a handgun to wear on his hip while he is fishing up north. He also wanted a handgun that was waterproof. His son proved to be someone who has read to many magazines or seen too many movies. They looked at some of the guns and they looked at a 9mm, the shop owner told them for bear protection the 9mm is a bit weak. The kid wanted to know if there were any Desert Eagle .44 Magnums. Nothing but a .44 Magnum would do even though neither ever owned a handgun. The younger guy had shot a .357 Magnum but didn't want a revolver, too slow he says. They looked at a .32 colt and thought that since it fired more rounds, that would compensate for the lack of power. Eventually the two left because they couldn't find their Desert Eagle.

 

[ditrina]

Today I was at a gun shop trying to sell a couple of things to make some money for bills and when I was there a guy walked in with his son. The guy was looking for a handgun to wear on his hip while he is fishing up north. He also wanted a handgun that was waterproof. His son proved to be someone who has read to many magazines or seen too many movies. They looked at some of the guns and they looked at a 9mm, the shop owner told them for bear protection the 9mm is a bit weak. The kid wanted to know if there were any Desert Eagle .44 Magnums. Nothing but a .44 Magnum would do even though neither ever owned a handgun. The younger guy had shot a .357 Magnum but didn't want a revolver, too slow he says. They looked at a .32 colt and thought that since it fired more rounds, that would compensate for the lack of power. Eventually the two left because they couldn't find their Desert Eagle.

I deal with that EVERY day..

Most often asked.... " How many Boolits do it shoot!!"

 

[OK Hog Shooter]

That's a sad comment on the state of mind of too many non-gunners. I see it more than l like to admit. When the opportunity presents itself l try to interject some knowledge and sense in regard to such things. Sometimes it works and sometimes the folks' auto-idiot drive is too strong to perceive any truths.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

Good Lord. I mean they do not have a clue as to what they are talking about. And they are alive & vote. And breed.

 

[StuperDan]

Ppffftt.. heck ya. If you have a stainless 44 mag glock brand desert eagle, you can shoot a bear underwater and the fish up north get so scared they jump on shore into your cooler.

 

[A10]

Hopefully someone will get them educated before they go north. And hopefully they'll be going with a guide who can help protect them from themselves. Shoot a brownie with a .32?

 

[tops]

Good Lord. I mean they do not have a clue as to what they are talking about. And they are alive & vote. And breed.

and want to carry a loaded gun. Larry

 

[fat tom]

Hopefully someone will get them educated before they go north. And hopefully they'll be going with a guide who can help protect them from themselves. Shoot a brownie with a .32?

Hey,bears gotta eat too!
f.t.

 

[writerinmo]

Using the bears to thin the shallow end of the gene pool...genius!

 

[mtb1bkr]

While purchasing a gun at the LGS a couple days ago, a gentlemen asked one of the folks who work there if that gun, a S&W revolver was "one of those where the hammer rests right on the primer?" The guy said "yes it does." The older fella mumbled something about safety and then kinda just ambled around the store for a bit. When I was done with the load of paperwork needed to put the gun into probation, I went over to the guy, and talked to him a bit, and then showed him the hammer block and how it keeps the hammer off of the primer and he seemed pretty happy about that. The guy who worked there, an older fella, didn't want it to look like he was paying attention, but he kept craning his neck to see what I was talking about! Guess I should have showed him as well, but I had to go pick the kids up from school.

 

[DOEBOY1]

Don't forget we all had to start somewhere. Not all of us were born with pre programed gun knowledge. Explain to them with a smile and make a friend maybe even an other gun nut. We need all the friends we can get. Just saying. Doeboy

 

[poe]

Gunshop tales.....gotta love 'em!

 

[JcMack]

A GS near me has a counter dedicated to a certain gun buyer type. All the 9's and 40's in this counter are displayed with 33 rd. magazines in them.

 

[Moonman]

Potential Future Darwin Award Candidates.

 

[imjin138]

I used to wrk at a shop here in town and heard a bunch of them, from I am buying this for my son who is 2 and will grow into it and my wife wants a .44 Mag for home prottection.

We did have a man who bought an old automatic in 9mm Largo and read on the net that it could be bored out to 38 super that worked out well until the gun blew up. Had shrapnel from the grips in his face and hands. Thats why I always said dremel tools should be registered.

 

[old bear]

Don't forget we all had to start somewhere. Not all of us were born with pre programed gun knowledge.

Most of us have been fooling with firearms so long we tend to take a lot for granted. Sometimes it is good to remind ourselves none of us were born knowing it all. Believe me I have asked my share of basic questions and made more than one stupid decision. One day I will relate the story of the attempted great lion hunt.

 

[Alpo]

Hopefully someone will get them educated before they go north. And hopefully they'll be going with a guide who can help protect them from themselves. Shoot a brownie with a .32?

Skeeter Skelton had a story, on the subject of "beware the man with only one gun", about a friend of his that moved to Alaska. He had one gun. A Colt Police Positive 32/20.

Skeeter went to visit him, one time. The guy fed him moose, and there was a Kodiak rug on the cabin floor.

Skeeter said, "Now, I'm not claiming the he killed a moose and a Brown Bear with a 32/20 pistol, but he still only had one gun."

 

[mc5aw]

One thing to consider ... depending on the son's age, he has probably grown up in the present culture of Hollywood and video games where killing and violence are gratuitous (and mandatory) components. Most of us grew up in either the six gun days of TV, or at the very least, the age of Dirty Harry and revolvers, and our firearms perspectives were very different than the current generation. Pick any modern film, where guns are prevalent, and count the instances of unrealistic (and often idiotic) gun play. Then check out the new video game Modern Warfare 3, (which within two weeks of its release had sold $750 million) which is predicated on killing as much as possible with as many weapons as possible. That garbage festers in the minds of today's kids and shapes their collective realities. I'm not excusing ignorance, nor condoning it, but I'd say it's a decent wager that the son in the OP has a frame of reference limited to watching movies with sideways shooting semi-autos, unlimited ammo, and lots of no-goodnicks getting blasted into oblivion.

 

[silentflyer]

Yea but if these guys don't go out and buy a .44 Mag for their first gun, think of how all the deals on the used .44's will dry up after they have shot it a dozen times and are scared to death of it...if they don't shoot themselves with it first...

 

[NKJ nut]

I see a lot of it in my shop. I honestly think I could write a book about the experiences I have had and comments I have heard from people. I try to help people as much as I can but I am here to tell you, novices are easy compared to those who think they know a lot more than they do. And god help you if someone says something like "I am very knowlegable about firearms". He'll be the very one who has to be shown how to lower a hammer without pointing the firearm at some part of his body and then letting the hammer slip. Or he may be the one who insists that a .380 "shoots harder" than a .357 magnum. Or if you deal in title II he may tell you that you will go to prison because "silencers are totally illegal in the United States. Unlike the novice he will be unreceptive to being taught anything.