I thought that it would be educational for everyone to share my experience today from the Wal-Mart in Perry Ga.
After taking  Buffy to the vet to have her stitches taken out, I stopped by the store for a dog treat since she was so nervous. While walking towards the pet section, I stopped off in the hunting/fishing area to see if they had any ammo for my pistol available  When I walked up to the ammo counter, the man in front of me in line was looking at some crappy looking polymer AR style .22 rifle.  He was fumbling with the action and really just playing around with the weapon while trying to look as if he knew what he was doing to impress his little trailer park hooker looking girlfriend.(Turning it upside down, swinging the barrel around like a madman, and quickly cycling the action like a madman.)  It was at this moment while I was waiting in line that he swung the rifle barrel right in my face to the point that I could clearly see all the way down the barrel to the firing pin. All the years of training by my dad, my grandfather, my family, and some rather psychologically scarring drill sergeants came rushing back at me in that a safe shooter always treats the weapon as if it is always loaded.  I swiftly grabbed the barrel as I pushed it up towards the ceiling. Trying to be as friendly as possible, I quickly smiled and gave him the southerner head nod of greeting as a gesture of good will.
This apparently perturbed the young man.His face turned beet red as went off on me. "You touch my gun!" "You don't want none of this son." or something to that extent.... I pointed out calmly that he was pointing it at not only me but his girlfriend and that if he would use some proper muzzle control, it would make all of our shopping less stressful. Yeah, I know I should of just left before I even said that. He started cursing me about how I wasn't his dad...or something like that, I wasn't listening anymore and just walked off in the direction of the closest dog treat aisle.
Now, I have supported the fight against gun bans, gun registrations, and other restrictions since the first day I picked up a rifle. I will keep doing so since it is an inalienable right of an American to be able to defend themselves. But, this little experience has swayed me in that I now believe that there should be some type of training or testing available to make sure people like my little mouth breather friend know how idiotic they are being.