Some people are way WAY to paranoid about guns.
If it is unloaded and no finger on the trigger I couldn't care less where the barrel is etc.
That said I'm not going to be happy having someone points a gun at me but if I get swept by the barrel of an unloaded gun I'm not going to fret. Hell I have to walk in front of loaded guns laid down at the range all the time to change targets etc, and have had many many unloaded guns unintentionally pointed at me at gun shows, museums, ranges,etc. It isn't a big deal unless you want it to be.
To me it is like being pissy every time a car is coming towards you. Cars kill more people than guns and are just as dangerous and are also considered 'just a tool' yet an unloaded gun with no finger on the trigger needs more respect to others than a parked car with a dude in the back seat...that doesn't make sense.
Treat every gun as if it were loaded means when you are given a gun or pick up a gun you check to see if it is loaded and either treat it as such or unload it and then you can do whatever with it.
Every accidental shooting/discharge comes from someone not treating the gun as loaded and 'dry firing' or having a round in the gun when they shouldn't have.
If every time you get a gun you empty/remove the mag and rack the slide/charging handle to eject any rounds and then do it once more to make sure nothing chambered again afterwards, you're golden to do whatever with a gun. Meaning the only time you pull a trigger or even put your finger on the trigger is when you know for a fact the gun is either loaded and is ready to be shot or unloaded and you're testing the FCG.
Course I tinker with firearms on a weekly basis so I might be a bit jaded.
