BROKENSPROKET said:
After a firearm has been cleared where the handler and myself know that it is cleared in a controlled environment, where we not assuming it's cleared, but we are confident it is cleared, it does not phase me if the barrel is inadvertantly pointed at me.
Before I bought my first pistol, while I was discussing setting up a safety lesson & trying on various makes to see if they fit my hand, the safety trainer handed me a pistol (which both he & the counter guy checked to be sure it was clear) & wanted me to point it at him!!! I kept trying to point it to one side or the floor, and it was really wierd to point it AT the safety guy, even though I'd just seen that it was safe & he was telling me to do it. (He wanted to see how it lined up in my hand / wrist.)
kelevra said:
I have had counter people berate me for checking the chamber right after they did.
When I bought my second pistol, this wasn't a make I'd handled before (more than to shoot a rental at the range & fall in lust with it). So I asked the sales guy to show me how to break it down for cleaning. I saw him clear it before he handed it to me, and started to go on with his instructions about how to take it apart when he stopped me & insisted I also check it. Since it's a Glock this double-check makes sense - have to pull the trigger in order to take it apart.
"All guns are always loaded" is a good rule, with the most allowance for safety. Everyone can make a mistake, and that's an extra layer of oops prevention, when an oops can be pretty painful & messy.