RIP Sears

[ChrisLong]

Terrified? Why?

Guns, ammo, fish hooks, spear guns, etc. Things I know nothing about and don't wish to find out.

 

[SixToe]

How the heck could you be “terrified” walking into a store with inanimate objects on a shelf or behind a counter?

 

[ChrisLong]

How the heck could you be “terrified” walking into a store with inanimate objects on a shelf or behind a counter?

Guns scare me. I didn't even like going to the shooting gallery at Disneyland.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Can’t believe this wasn’t the end of Kmart:

 

[Driftwood]

I've never been scared walking into a Bass Pro.
I've been terrified coming out knowing my wife is going to ask "how much did that cost?"

 

[I Should Coco]

Guns scare me. I didn't even like going to the shooting gallery at Disneyland.

I understand what you’re saying. But growing up in Chicagoland, I was always more concerned about the stolen/confiscated guns being sold out of car trunks by criminals/cops than I was worried about the guns sold at Kmart.

 

[ChrisLong]

OK, I witnessed one incident. We had a staff party at a guy's condo. Maybe a dozen people, including the HR director (which is incidental to this story, except that she was supposed to be a responsible person). The guy brought out his shotgun to show around. He handed it to the HR woman. She obviously didn't know anything about it, was holding it awkward -- BOOM!!!!
The blast of buckshot goes through the wall to the next unit. The owner turns white and races next door, I was behind him. The couple next door are sitting calmly on their couch and they pointed to the direction the buckshot went. No harm done, except a hole in the wall.

Also, I was particularly shaken by the death of Chicago guitar player Terry Kath.

 

[I Should Coco]

Yeah, that was such a senseless, tragic loss.

 

[dixiehack]

Some people don’t like being around guns. I kind of lean that way myself, although that’s more about the people who tend to be super enthusiastic about them.

But fish hooks? For real?

 

[Scout]

OK, I witnessed one incident. We had a staff party at a guy's condo. Maybe a dozen people, including the HR director (which is incidental to this story, except that she was supposed to be a responsible person). The guy brought out his shotgun to show around. He handed it to the HR woman. She obviously didn't know anything about it, was holding it awkward -- BOOM!!!!
The blast of buckshot goes through the wall to the next unit. The owner turns white and races next door, I was behind him. The couple next door are sitting calmly on their couch and they pointed to the direction the buckshot went. No harm done, except a hole in the wall.

Also, I was particularly shaken by the death of Chicago guitar player Terry Kath.

You also might have had something happen in your toddler years.

The fish hooks sounded like you took the student code of conduct really seriously.

 

[justgladtobehere]

OK, I witnessed one incident. We had a staff party at a guy's condo. Maybe a dozen people, including the HR director (which is incidental to this story, except that she was supposed to be a responsible person). The guy brought out his shotgun to show around. He handed it to the HR woman. She obviously didn't know anything about it, was holding it awkward -- BOOM!!!!
The blast of buckshot goes through the wall to the next unit. The owner turns white and races next door, I was behind him. The couple next door are sitting calmly on their couch and they pointed to the direction the buckshot went. No harm done, except a hole in the wall.

Also, I was particularly shaken by the death of Chicago guitar player Terry Kath.

What was he doing passing around a loaded gun?

 

[ChrisLong]

What was he doing passing around a loaded gun?

Obviously, he didn't think it was loaded. Isn't this what always happens, they didn't think it was loaded.

 

[justgladtobehere]

I've never handled a shotgun, but wouldn't he know by weight or just crack the barrel?

 

[ChrisLong]

I've never handled a shotgun, but wouldn't he know by weight or just crack the barrel?

People do stupid things. This has run its course. Move along.

 

[Driftwood]

No, you can't tell if a shotgun is loaded by the weight.

Number one rule written in stone the size of Mount Rushmore: If you pick up a weapon, the first thing you do is verify whether or not it's loaded; when you pass that weapon to another person, they verify for themselves whether or not it's loaded even if they just watched you do it.
Even in the store, I watch a salesman take a gun that is locked back out of display case, clear it, hand it to me, then I clear it myself.
My own guns around my house that I know 1000% whether they are loaded or not because I'm the one who stored them that way and the ONLY person who has touched them, I still verify their status.
Seriously. I could be in my home alone with the doors locked. I could clear a gun, put it in a closed drawer, walk out of that room, and seconds later walk back in and get it, I'd clear it again. If a gun has been out of my sight, I don't assume anything no matter how improbable.