You ASSUME I carry an angled holster or that I advocate them. I DO NOT. My holster points directly at the ground for the most part. The OP's nonchalant attitude about firearms safety and respect for others is also what earns him the BF title.
When I first quoted your post, I was ready with some glib response, but the more I thought about it...
This will run counter to 90% of the comments on this third, but I concur wholeheartedly with trooper46. Here's why:
Even if your firearm has a hammer interlock, a 6-lb trigger pull, a safety, AND you don't have around chambered, I was always taught that the second point of firearms safety is never point your firearm at another person unless you're ready, willing, and able to pull the trigger. The first point I was taught is that "
the gun is always loaded." Additional things I've learned over the years include the fact that safeties and interlocks might not work as advertised (I learned that one the hard way), and any nut can walk up to you and pull the trigger while withdrawing your firearm (I learned that from not one, but three LEOs with whom I've been friends).
Most importantly, however, I was taught that
it's simply not polite.
So, back to the OP's question:
How do you deal with a guy like that?
Simple, marinepilot81 -
you listen to him. And hopefully, you learn.
Furthermore, from one pilot to another, whether guns, bombs, or missiles, you well know we safe our weapons before leaving the range. Yes, your firearm may have been on safe, even unloaded, but in the Air Force we had an additional restriction when carrying bombs, missiles, bullets or even just thin air, because those safeties can, and have failed (and parts have fallen off of aircraft): "Do not fly over populated or built-up areas." That may be a DoD rule, not just an AF rule. Regardless, in my mind, it's identical to "do not point a firearm at another person."
One of my three concealed-carry rigs is a shoulder holster, but with mine, the muzzle of my firearm points
down.
The chance of the mentioned firearm going off is irrelevant. No matter how one wants to spin this, the fact remains that the muzzle of a loaded firearm under the OP's control was pointed at man and his wife. There are two things at issue here: respect and basic firearms safety.
Bingo.
The OP displayed not a single violation of basic firearms safety, unless you know something that Jeff Cooper didn't.
Horsehockey!
And you're apparently ignorant of Jeff Cooper's rules:
1. All guns are always loaded!
2. Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy!
There are two others, but the NRA breaks them down into just three "always keep" rules, the first of which is:
A. Always keep the gun pointed in a safe direction.
No matter how you'd like to spin it, folks, horizontal carry holsters violate both Jeff Cooper's "Inviolate Rules of Firearms Safety," as well as those of the NRA.
Unless you're only carrying while lying on your back...