Originally Posted by Bill8

I really enjoy shooting and the mastery of proper gun handling as a skill and art. And guns as crafted objects and fine tools are a pleasure.

People that do not know proper gun handling principles and protocols really bug me lol.

I was shooting not that long ago, and there was a guy there who obviously thought he was a big shot, with new expensive combat shotguns - and the IDIOT walked around with the action closed, holding the shotgun horizontally, not caring wether or not the line of the barrel crossed other people's bodies.

It was incredibly dumb. it was an informal situation - if it had been a range he would have been kicked out. I guess I was a gun asshole - I had to tell him, "Barrel up, or barrel down, never let the barrel point at something you dont intend to kill".

Wjy do people not know these basic things anymore? But, my experience is, more and more people have no idea that gun handling principles even exist, much less what they are.