We were visiting a good friend of mine when he moved out of state. He brought me to his bedroom closet to show me an ar15 and handgun he purchased after moving. I handled both guns after checking they were unloaded and I knew they were safe.
My girlfriend walks into the room and he hands the ar15 to her, saying something like, “Hey, always remember the safety rules. First thing you do?” (she does not check it to affirm it is indeed clear) and the first thing she does is point it directly in my face. I slapped the barrel down and said “what the fuck are you doing?!?” In an aggressive tone. She then handed my friend his rifle back and stormed out of the room.
She didn’t like the fact I aggressively chastised her for ignoring basic gun safety. She told me “you didn’t have to talk to me like I’m stupid” and didn’t understand my point wasn’t to make her feel stupid but that action is dangerous especially since she was not in the room to witness it being checked for live ammunition, and she did not check the gun herself. Her immediate disregard for even my friend’s prompt about the first safety rule makes her sensitivity about my tone puzzling.
Am I wrong for aggressively chastising her? Or should I have been nicer?