Scariest Gun SHOW EVER!!!!

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Smokin250

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I have been working for a gun shop now for about two years and part of working the shop is going to shows about every weekend it seems like. Well a few weeks ago I went to one to work, doing same thing as all the others...well to start off a gun was stolen from another vendor...which is the third show at this certain place in a row that one has been stolen. That was first thing. Then about 1030 my boss and i were standing there talking and i hear POW!!! I was so shocked it didn't even register to me what it was...someone shot a kel-tec 32 about 15 feet behind me...Luckily no one was hurt. The guy shot it down through a table into the vendors box under the table....this was after he looked down the barrel and pointed it at someone else...trying out the laser (according to the guys standing there). Ive never been so scared in my life. I really dont want to give out too many other details about show or vendor...but just thought id share my experience. Just adds to my growing paranoia about gun shows....O yeah and at the end of that day some lady let off a pepper spray in the show too...messed up some people..
 
I was a Sporting goods store the other day and some guy was talking about going to a gun show, and then he asked to look at some of the guns on the rack. The sales associate handed the guy the gun and he was handling it pretty recklessly (pointing it around, dry firing, touching the metal). Then referred to a flash suppressor as the cheese grater like thing. Then was getting confused that an 870 was really a 12 gauge. The guy walked off saying he was going to go to a gun show so that he could load up.

Other scary story was a guy came into a gun store and asked to buy a silencer for a certain class three weapon, the salesman said ok and proceeded to tell him about calling it in and telling ATF. The guy replied we don't need to get ATF involved, I brought cash.

I can't imagine some the weird and crazy stories you must have from working a gun store, let alone working gun shows.
 
My question is: why was there a cartridge in the firearm in the first place?

Did the person handling the pistol load it himself? Or did the vendor not follow proper safety procedures and triple check the firearm before bringing it to the show?

Sometimes I wonder if people need to be educated on proper gun-show etiquette before they are allowed to handle firearms. Just a quick refresher for those who havent been in a while or have never been to a gun show:

1) Ask if it is okay to handle the firearm.
2) If the vendor hands you the firearm without checking the chamber, check it yourself
3) Be mindful of where you are pointing the firearm while handling it
4) If you have a need / desire to dry-fire the weapon, ask the vendor if they are alright with you doing so.
5) Hand the firearm back to the vendor after inspection, dont just leave it on the table so that you arent accused of stealing it if the firearm comes up missing.
 
Originally Posted By: livingthedreamI was a Sporting goods store the other day and some guy was talking about going to a gun show, and then he asked to look at some of the guns on the rack. The sales associate handed the guy the gun and he was handling it pretty recklessly (pointing it around, dry firing, touching the metal). Then referred to a flash suppressor as the cheese grater like thing. Then was getting confused that an 870 was really a 12 gauge. The guy walked off saying he was going to go to a gun show so that he could load up.

Other scary story was a guy came into a gun store and asked to buy a silencer for a certain class three weapon, the salesman said ok and proceeded to tell him about calling it in and telling ATF. The guy replied we don't need to get ATF involved, I brought cash.

I can't imagine some the weird and crazy stories you must have from working a gun store, let alone working gun shows.

Its really rare that peoples gun "horror" stories make me cringe, but these two were pretty bad. Especially the guy wanting a supressor....
 
I have done a few gun shows. I do them to people watch as much as anything. A few months a go I saw a 6'3"+ man of a man/woman in high-heeld combat boots and a woodland camo skirt. I'm 6'2" and he dwarfed me in those heels. I always wonder where in the heck gun show folks come from...I never see them out in public, but everytime a show comes to town it is like they come out of the woodwork.

It sounds like whomever put that gun show on did not do a good job. It is required at all of the shows that I have attended to have a zip-tie run through the action.

Theivery is rampant everywhere these days. I would hate to have to make that call to the ATF.
 
Originally Posted By: Luke BaxterIts really rare that peoples gun "horror" stories make me cringe, but these two were pretty bad. Especially the guy wanting a supressor....

I assume your concern about the guy asking for the suppressor is that he did not wish to follow proper legal procedure to obtain one.

It is perfectly legal in this country to purchase and own a suppressor provided all of the proper steps and procedure in regards to federal and local law are followed.
 
I'm sure that is what Luke meant. That is what scared me about it, was the fact that the guy wanted to completely avoid the necessary legal steps and procedures.
 
I went to a sheriff's gun auction a few years ago.
I was number 160 and all the others had gone thru the line
ahead of me looking at and handling the guns.
As I went thru looking I found 2 loaded and 1 had a round in
the chamber.

Sheriff's department and auctioneer hadn't bothered to check
any of them.
 
I bought a .22 pump at a pawn shop one time.It was a pretty new looking gun and priced right.When I got home with it I went outside and loaded 5 rounds in it to see if it worked OK.It would not load a round when pumped.As pawn shop stuff may have something wrong with it I was not so surprised it did not work right off.I unloaded the 5 rounds out of the tube and started to take it down to see what was wrong.It had 3 live rounds jammed in the back of the lower receiver.I flip the first one lose and it worked fine for years afterward.Those rounds could have come lose and fired at anytime in the shop with people looking at it.Always treat every gun as if it is loaded cause it could be.
 
Originally Posted By: Crimson Raptor

I assume your concern about the guy asking for the suppressor is that he did not wish to follow proper legal procedure to obtain one.

It is perfectly legal in this country to purchase and own a suppressor provided all of the proper steps and procedure in regards to federal and local law are followed.

Yeah, its the fact that this individual was trying to bypass the necessary legal steps to acquire a supressor.

Its scary to imagine how often that has happened around the country. I can only imagine trying to explain that one to the ATF when they question why a firearm or other serial numbered item has come up missing....
 
My boss said the other day that it would be great to have a video camera set up at end of our table (we are first table when you walk in at this show) and sell it calling it "People of the gun Show"


Anyway...there were several things that were done wrong here...not checking the gun before it was handed to a customer was the number one mess up regardless of anything else.
 
Quote:Other scary story was a guy came into a gun store and asked to buy a silencer for a certain class three weapon, the salesman said ok and proceeded to tell him about calling it in and telling ATF. The guy replied we don't need to get ATF involved, I brought cash.



could have been a ATF agent
 
Originally Posted By: RJM AcresI went to a sheriff's gun auction a few years ago.
I was number 160 and all the others had gone thru the line
ahead of me looking at and handling the guns.
As I went thru looking I found 2 loaded and 1 had a round in
the chamber.

Sheriff's department and auctioneer hadn't bothered to check
any of them.



Unfortunately, there appears to be a lot of training issues with regards to handling firearms by LEOs. Not all of course, but there are a lot of good cops who never handled a firearm before academy.

Just last year, our sheriff's department "secured" a firearm during an investigation. It was handled by a couple of deputies, driven back to the sheriff's office, removed from the vehicle, brought into the building and while being handled again, was promptly discharged into the ceiling. Thankfully, it's a 1 story building.

There was no excuse for that unsecured firearm making it into a vehicle or walked into the building, but what is likely is that the deputy(ies) involved had no idea how to properly safe this particular firearm.

Sounds like the folks involved in the sheriff's auction had a similar experience deficiency.
 
I dont do very many gun shows anymore. All the above mentioned just makes me even more wary.....never any good deals, lots of arrogant and uneducated vendors.......I will pass. To the OP, glad you or nobody else got shot.
 
Yeah thats all i can think about it is that of all the bad things that could have happened...no one was hurt...

Gun shows put me on edge as it is...with all of the idiots walking around and ridiculous things you see and hear from customers...having a gun go off was just icing on the cake for me to be beyond paranoid at a show.
 
I gave up on gun shows.. I refuse to pay to buy something.. And I haven't seen any deals there either, usually the prices are inflated.. Then there's all the nuts hanging out. And the last thing I need is to take a round at a gun show.
 


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