I frequent a gun store/range in Savannah. Their sign on the door states: All guns must be unloaded before entering store...No exceptions. I do not unload my CC gun. They don't know I have it & I'm not about to handle it until I'm at my station in the range, if then. I won't frequent a gun store that disarms me each time I walk in their store.
They put the sign up because several month's ago they had a negligent discharge when a customer came into the store and handed the store employee a gun, & then told him it was loaded. The employee was attempting to unload the gun when it went off. The bullet travelled through the gun display case & struck the customer in the leg . First, I would never hand a loaded gun to someone else & then ask them to unload my gun. Second, I would never take someone else's gun & then try to unload it when I'm not familiar with it.
I don't know if any law suits were filed, but many factors contributed to the shooting. Each one in and of itself could be construed as minor, but when added together they became major. The owner never should have handed off a loaded pistol & then asked the other person to unload his gun. The employee should never have tried to unload a gun he wasn't familiar with. The gun should have been aimed some place safe when attempting to unload it, not at the customer's leg. I'm sure there are more factors than I'm listing here, but you get the picture. A gun owner/handler must be totally safe every second of every day. Any little insignificant mis-step can be fatal (although none of these factors WERE insignificant).