You said "Lots of gun nuts claim to be good guys" and then only listed two examples.
Way far more are the good guys and girls with guns, including myself. I wouldn't shoot you unless you sorely deserved it, and it takes a hell of alot to put me in that position.
You are a good guy with a gun right up to the moment you become a bad guy
And is it a rule or a law I can’t put my gun up to my buddies head? I’m still a good guy until I pull the trigger
No. The law prohibits the reckless use of a firearm, such as intentionally pointing it at someone. In that guy's case, it was sheer stupidity and a violation of what most sensible gun-owners practice. He violated rules #1 and #2 that I could see:
1.There's no such thing as an "unloaded" firearm. Treat every firearm as it it were loaded.
2. Never point a firearm at anything you don't intend to destroy.
He even violated rule #3, "Keep your finger off the trigger until the sights are on the target".
In any case, the guy needs an ass-kicking for being so stupid.
Really? So if I take a picture of me pointing a gun at someone’s head and posted it on Facebook, are you saying I broke the law? I don’t believe that
So then your rules are just suggestions. I’ll take your suggestions under advisement.
Now the rules may keep me off the gun range but not from ******* around in the apartment or home next to you
By most state laws, deliberately pointing a firearm at someone is illegal and can cause you to lose your gun rights if the judge deems it...
941.20 Endangering safety by use of dangerous weapon.
(1) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor:
(a) Endangers another's safety by the negligent operation or handling of a dangerous weapon.
(b) Operates or goes armed with a firearm while he or she is under the influence of an intoxicant.
(bm) Operates or goes armed with a firearm while he or she has a detectable amount of a restricted controlled substance in his or her blood. A defendant has a defense to any action under this paragraph that is based on the defendant allegedly having a detectable amount of methamphetamine, gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, or delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in his or her blood, if he or she proves by a preponderance of the evidence that at the time of the incident or occurrence he or she had a valid prescription for methamphetamine or one of its metabolic precursors, gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, or delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol.
(c) Except as provided in sub.
(1m), intentionally points a firearm at or toward another.
(d) While on the lands of another discharges a firearm within 100 yards of any building devoted to human occupancy situated on and attached to the lands of another without the express permission of the owner or occupant of the building. “Building" as used in this paragraph does not include any tent, bus, truck, vehicle or similar portable unit.