Rick Mason
Sharpshooter
My older brother, Larry, is a retired Illinois state trooper and a real firearms enthusiast. He's now a private detective and has a side gig providing CCW classes just west of Chicago. He's one of those guys you'd want on your side when the ball drops.
Last week he was shopping in a newly re-opened gun store by his home. There was a guy buying new magazines for his pistol with his side turned to Larry. He wanted to know if they fit properly, so he took the pistol out of his shoulder holster and gave it to the clerk. The sales clerk did his job properly, clearing the handgun before trying the mags. He reloaded it, and gave it back to the guy to reholster in the shoulder holster.
You probably know where this is going already.
The guy did a quarter turn, putting his back to Larry, and then BANG, the gun goes off. Fortunately for all, the holster was rigged to point downwards instead of straight back. The guy managed to graze his hip and the ricochet went into his lower leg.
Larry said it will give him one more story to tell his CCW students.
Last week he was shopping in a newly re-opened gun store by his home. There was a guy buying new magazines for his pistol with his side turned to Larry. He wanted to know if they fit properly, so he took the pistol out of his shoulder holster and gave it to the clerk. The sales clerk did his job properly, clearing the handgun before trying the mags. He reloaded it, and gave it back to the guy to reholster in the shoulder holster.
You probably know where this is going already.
The guy did a quarter turn, putting his back to Larry, and then BANG, the gun goes off. Fortunately for all, the holster was rigged to point downwards instead of straight back. The guy managed to graze his hip and the ricochet went into his lower leg.
Larry said it will give him one more story to tell his CCW students.