Eye Opening Visit To Cabelas Today.

[nostraDONus]

Stopped in to the Cabelas gun counter. While waiting my turn one of their counter guys was selling a long gun to a customer. As he waited for forms to be completed the counter guy started taking other long guns off the rack and cycled them. He then proceeded to sight down on me at the far end of the counter. With three different guns. Tried to get him to point the muzzle up, didn't seem to register. He then picked up the rifle being sold and released the bolt while it was pointed down the counter between three other customers and another counter sales guy AND the department manager. I eventually got one of the counter guys attention and made clear my disappointment with the situation. He seemed indifferent but said he would mention it to the clueless employee.

Was I wrong saying something? I know they don't keep loaded guns in the rack, but i'd bet that if i sighted down on one of their employees with a handgun, even with a trigger lock, they would escort me out of the store.

Should I have found the store manager and discussed it?

 

[smithman 10]

The LGS is a great place to see the Rule 1 violated over and over, by both customers and employees.

Yes you should have talked to the manager and if you did not receive a satisfactory answer you might want to avoid that shop in the future.

 

[Eric300]

Cabela's in Dundee? If so, that's SOP for those clowns behind the gun counter there.

 

[nostraDONus]

Cabelas in Grandville/Grand Rapids MI.

 

[paplinker]

At a gun show a few years back I had table holder clear a semi auto handgun pointed right at my stomach. She was not clearing it for me but she got to meet me real quick.

I spoke to her with respect but I made it pretty clear she should know better.

Behind the scenes I was told they have had a few negligent discharges each year (six shows) and it's almost always table holders the day before the show opens.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

You should have yelled at the top of your lungs the very first time!

We have idiots paint people with lasers, I've people dive for cover, while the person being lased draws!

About 45 years ago, a gun was taken from the shelf, nobody checked it, then the customer aimed at a man across the street, shot and seriously wounded him. 270 Win at about 65 yards, wiped out one lung! (This was the LGS in Westerville Ohio, previous to Aumiller owning it.)

Ivan

 

[gjgalligan]

Not only should you complain to the store manger you should also complain to corporate management.

 

[Baxter6551]

I agree with others - you should have been vocal and gone higher than another employee. Not to late to go back and talk to someone.

 

[Alpo]

HEY ***WIPE! YOU POINT THAT GUN AT ME AGAIN AND I WILL TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU AND BEAT YOU TO DEATH WITH IT!!!!

 

[Alpo]

I expected The net Nanny to edit my descriptive term. Apparently it does not do that when you type in all caps, so I had to go back in and edit it myself.



And before we get complaints about me using all caps, I was yelling. All caps was intentional.

 

[NYlakesider]

Have a friend that works at a decent LGS. He has said a few times its a rare day if he does not have a few guns pointed at him. He also has said the bad thing is I'm sort of used to it.-

The store guns he is confident about the person coming into the store gets a more serious watching.

 

[twodog max]

Years ago I was at a gun show and negligent discharge happened, It got very quiet. No one was hurt. It was a dealer.

 

[pasound]

My local Cabela's does not allow any guns past the front door without being checked and cleared. So far no metal detector wands, but I'm surprised it's not instituted. The gun counter is long, and all sales people are conscientious about safe handling. Same for the local Bridgeport chain store.

Can't say that about the big local pawn shops, and open carry inside Walmart. I'll never forget the husband and wife team both carrying matching cocked and locked Colt Commanders on their belts, standing in the checkout line in front of me...

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Years ago that happened to me at the Baton Rouge Cabellas. I shouted at the top of my lungs "Hey what the **** are you doing?
Worked well........

 

[30-30remchester]

My pet peeve. I preach to my teenage grandsons, "muzzle discipline always". Gun shops need one place on each wall close to the ceiling that has a large target affixed. This would be the aiming point and nowhere else. At the local gun store, an employee is stationed at the door to check all guns coming into the store to make sure they are unloaded. Surprising how many people take offense to this policy. I know this employee and he gets up to 3 each week that the owners assured were unloaded but were chamber loaded. Even then I saw him point a rifle at the opposite counter full of customers and employees and clear a round from a chamber. Just last month went to our gun club's turkey shoot with a grandson. There was some want to be poser that strapped on a shoulder holster that pointed directly to the rear and was wandering around, pointing his pistol at everyone behind him. Those things need to be outlawed. When asked to remove the shoulder rig, he kept saying it was alright as the gun was unloaded. He was forced to remove it and his membership is up for revocation.

 

[Tom S.]

In my outdoor voice: Hey - don't point that gun at me unless you want me to point one at you!

 

[Walkin Horse]

Several years ago I went to a LGS that does a lot of LEO business. I was interested in an 870 trade in they had behind the counter. The clerk went to clear it and couldn't figure out how to open the chamber. So he just pulled the trigger. I fake ducked and yelled good thing that wasn't loaded. He then tried to hand me the gun, I told him keep it and walked out.

 

[Squarebutt]

I used to belong to a local club that had great facilities, fishing ponds, stocked pheasants, several ranges, etc. There were range officers, but they weren't at all strict. i saw multiple cases of bad and dangerous gun handling, pointed it out several times without anything being done.
The final straw was when a poser did a full auto mag dump with his AAR .223 Ruger snd handed it to his untrained buddy who immediately swung around and leveled it at my bellybutton. Never set foot in the club again.

 

[collectordude]

Call the cops and report the guy for aiming a gun at you.

 

[Model 19 6"]

Wife came home from helping her daughter clean out her dad's house. Daughter gave my wife a 12 ga. S&W to give to me. She came home with it and was pointing it at me. I grabbed the barrel and shoved it away from me. It had 3, 00 buck shot in it. She caught an ear full and the words were loud and vulgar.