This is always good advice because this is not uncommon. I hope your friend was open to polite instruction and teaching. If all went well, you may have saved the life of someone who goes with him in the future when your not there.
They were, they hadn't shot in decades, so didn't remember that range rules don't always apply in a house or a more public location. sure, at the range you point downstream, and you're fine. That is not reflective of how to handle a firearm outside the range though
Hadn't shot in decades? Maybe it was dementia setting in.
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