I think some folks here are forgetting the fact that the OP was there with his daughter. While I agree with most in that I always let others, and sometimes complete strangers, try my guns, I am super weary when it comes to my daughter's(and wife's) security and well being. I think things might have been different had he been there alone or with other friends, shooting each others guns.
I give the OP a break here and even kudos for his spidey sense. I would have done the same in his place.
I think some folks here are forgetting the fact that the OP was there with his daughter. While I agree with most in that I always let others, and sometimes complete strangers, try my guns, I am super weary when it comes to my daughter's(and wife's) security and well being. I think things might have been different had he been there alone or with other friends, shooting each others guns.
I give the OP a break here and even kudos for his spidey sense. I would have done the same in his place.
IIRC, On Target has been the scene for a suicide.
OP: Did the person asking to shoot your revolver have his own firearm and was shooting? Without that circumstance, NEVER. It might turn into a double murder and suicide.
Also the usual way a stranger gets to shoot your firearm is that they strike up a non-creepy conversation with you at the range and never ASK to shoot your firearm, but you invite them to do so.
If that circumstance is not there, not happening.
That's kind of a weird situation. To have him just standing behind you without starting up a casual conversation and asking to shoot your handgun out of the blue????? I don't know. I'm a firm believer in first impressions. If this guy didn't give you the warm fuzzies, then you did the right thing. I've let a ton of people shoot my firearms, at both indoor and outdoor ranges. But usually after we've talked for a bit. I kinda think of it as getting neighborly first.
But to have some guy stand behind me while I'm shooting and then to just blurt out a question like that, I'd probably say no too.
YMMV
Vector03, my daughter is in her 40's(not a kid anymore) but has never before expressed an interest in learning to shoot. She definitely needs more time at the range. At 25' she shot the floor a few times. I told her if it was a bad guy, she may not hit him, but she would surely make him dance!
Overall, it was a good outing and she is already making plans for the next trip.
I wonder of the guy sees a car he likes running in a parking lot and asks the owner who has never met him if he could take it for a spin. I mean honestly, what is wrong with some people.
I will sometimes share at a range but only after I've talked to the guy and gotten to know him a little. And even there I feel more comfortable in a clubbish environment somewhere like AGC. At a commercial range where it could be anyone I would be much more leery.
I think some folks here are forgetting the fact that the OP was there with his daughter. While I agree with most in that I always let others, and sometimes complete strangers, try my guns, I am super weary when it comes to my daughter's(and wife's) security and well being. I think things might have been different had he been there alone or with other friends, shooting each others guns.
I give the OP a break here and even kudos for his spidey sense. I would have done the same in his place.