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Important lesson to gun owners here.

I had a friend who was a master sword maker. He told me that because of stupid people, he was also an expert at getting a sword out of someone’s hand before they could hurt someone else. He would sell swords at an SCA event, for example, and some guy would ask to see a blade, while standing in a crowd, mind you, and start swinging it around “to test it”, oblivious to the other people. So the sword maker was always ready to snatch a sword out of the fools’ hand.

I mention this because there are any number of fools who behave foolishly while holding a gun. And being a responsible gun person, you may want to snatch the gun out of their hand before they can hurt someone.

Okay, but *then* what happens?, is my point.

Importantly, this may likely not be *your* gun, but someone else’s, and you have just snatched it out of their hand. The first inclination is feeling in the wrong.

Don’t. Your first inclination should either to be to remove the magazine and clear the gun safely, or to open the cylinder and pour the bullets into your other hand.

If they want to get snooty about it, which is likely the case since they are a fool, take the hit. Just be very clear and loud when telling them that guns are not toys, so do not play with them in an unsafe manner. No gun play.

And, as in this case, be very careful to not unthinkingly brandish the gun yourself. So after the bullets are out, hold the gun in a non-threatening manner.