I recently had an old friend from college drop in for a few days, and wondered how the rest of you would have reacted to the situation he forced me into. I will try to be as brief as possible.

First off, I have no problem with firearms, and I keep a loaded revolver in my room. I have no children, young or otherwise. My friend was riding cross country on his motorcycle with CCW permit, and likes to ride armed (I don't blame him). In my home he likes to sleep with the weapon next to him on my spare bed. For this particular weekend Some other friends were also staying over, including my father. The cylce rider needed to sleep in the living room on a blow up mattress, which resulted in him moving the firearm into the living room and leaving it on the coffee table. I simply asked him that if he was leaving the gun in the open, to please remove the first round from the chamber (Sig .45 auto, decocking hammer, no "safety"). He completely freaked out, and basically read me the riot act about what a jerk I was being. The end result was my friend overreacting, completely unloading the weapon and putting it away... Whatever, my house, my rules. It does not escape me that a double action pistol with a round in the chamber is not much different than my DA revolver...however I don't leave a loaded revolver on a coffee table under any circumstance.

 

What an idiot.... Can someone please move this to Off Topic.... That's where I thought I was posting.

Edit: Please don't move to the firearm forum, looking for a more broad perspective.

 

I copied the thread over to OT and closed this thread. Mods please delete.