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Jumping Frog wrote:

mloamiller wrote:

AlaskanInTexas wrote:Not sure I would have handled it that way. Putting your hand on another person's gun without their permission while they are holding it is a recipe for disaster. I would have taken the kids away from the firing line and got a range officer to handle it.

That would have required me to walk away from a guy holding a gun, not sure what he was doing with it and not knowing if it was loaded. I didn't touch it until he was starting to literally "wave it around"; at that point, I felt immediate action was needed.

I agree with you. If an immediate danger is present it requires all of us to be responsible enough to take immediate action.

I still agree with myself (which happens a lot). The original poster was not in immediate danger. A guy was showing poor muzzle control, but the muzzle was in the opposite direction and his finger was not on the trigger. I wasn't there, but it seems to me that he could have safely told his girls "Let's take a break" and gone for a range officer. Grabbing the gun presented enormous risks. First, two hands on one gun (especially when one hand is obviously untrained) is just asking for an accidental/negligent discharge. Too easy for someone's fingers to get tripped up in the trigger guard. Second, ask yourself how you might react if a complete stranger grabbed your gun and you weren't aware that you were doing anything wrong. I might be crazy (not the first time I've been accused), but I think the poster's actions took a dangerous situation and made it even more dangerous. Kudos though to the poster for recognizing the initial danger - I don't think many people spend much time scanning the other strangers for miscues that could bring harm. I just would have handled it differently (or if I were there in the situation, seeing what he saw, I might very well do the same thing - just arm-chair quarterbacking here).

Not sure I would have handled it that way. Putting your hand on another person's gun without their permission while they are holding it is a recipe for disaster. I would have taken the kids away from the firing line and got a range officer to handle it.