joke 2 IDIOTS, 1 GUN SHOP: Police Officer Suing Gun Store After Shooting Off His Own Finger [VIDEO]

[Tomo]

Wow, a loaded (and cocked) gun on sale. Separate the weapon from the ammo guys, it's not a difficult concept!

 

Also if you are passed a gun in an unknown state the first thing you should do is get them to clear it, then clear it yourself. If you pick up a gun in an unknown state, remove ammo, clear the weapon.

[Nagisan]

Regardless if the customer should know or should not know, the gun shop should always assume that the customer knows nothing and that the person handling the gun prior to releasing to the customer should always check the gun to make sure that it is clear without ammunition as the counter person does not know who held the gun last (when shifts change they do not tell each other that this or that was touched...they sell a product, many people come in touching different things and do different things). 

That's a very good point. Just because someone is browsing around a gun shop doesn't mean they know anything about guns, therefore it should be the employees responsibility to ensure the safety of themselves, the customer, and anyone else in the gun shop.

 

If this story involved a random Joe (that may have never handled a gun in his life) rather than a cop, would the validity of the customer having a case (against the store) still be in question?

 

Not to say the cop shouldn't have checked the weapon first, but I think more blame falls on the store than the cop personally.

[Scorbing]

I was just bringing up how everyone always thinks of themselves as good-safe-responsible gun owners and yet, people still have accidents even while still claiming a gun doesn't harm anyone.

 

 

And you are 100% right. Even the most experienced experts can have accidents, but if the rules are followed those accidents can be prevented 98% of the time.