Is that precisely what you said to him? If so, with that kind of approach/attitude, I wouldn't besurprised if you got your a$$ whupped on a regular basis. What about people who carry guns in fanny packs? When they walk by you, they're pointing at you, and they're LOADED. No you can't see them, but they're pointed at you just the same. Are you gonna search everyone's fanny pack who walks by you and threaten them for "pointing" at you? (shoulder rigs, same story). Just food for thought. I'm not saying the guy shouldn't have been more conscientious if it was a prolonged pointing situation, particularly when handling the gun. I'm just saying (a) it's really unavoidable that SOME guns, SOME times, are going to be pointed at you, at least for brief moments, especially unloaded ones, especially if you hang around at guns stores as you and I do, and especially ones you don't see or don't notice (such as the ones in the gun cases), and (b) a dose of tact in dealing with this scenario would probably serve you better in the future. However, I too would have gotten hot if the pointing was prolonged, and his finger was anywhere in and around the trigger guard. So I can't totally blame you. But a few accidental sweeps while in a gun store, positioning an unloaded gun into a position where's it's not pointing at anyone, in order to then handle it, is acceptable in my view. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's the way I see it at present.
JimCon, THAT OTOH is a different colored horse. The guy comes in off the street - LEO or not, the action should be OPEN, when bringing any gun into any public place, gun store or otherwise, unless it's your holstered CCW.