Can't buy ammo in CT anymore....

[thebobbinator57]

Hey guys!

Sorry this is my first post... but here's something that happened to me earlier today that I needed to share.

Sorry if I'm late to the "party"... last time I made an ammo purchase at the Cabela's in East Hartford, CT was September. Everything went as smooth as possible. October and November I wasn't anywhere near the East Hartford Cabela's... so my ammo buys were made here in MA, where I reside.

Fast forward to present day... my wife and I are at the very same Cabela's doing some holiday shopping. I decide that it's about that time again for some more ammo. I pick up a box of .38 Special and a box of 9mm. I figured I could use another SpeedLoader (for our S&W Model 15-3) too... so I picked that up as well. I put all of this in our shopping cart and walked around the store doing our other shopping for about an hour or so.

Welp... it's time to check out. I'll go first with ammo and the SpeedLoader, since it will be coming out of a different account than the one my wife will use for our holiday gifts. The cashier scans the first box of ammo and then asks to see my driver's license and my firearm's license. Woah... that's weird. They've never done that before... maybe they decided to play it like Dick's Sporting Goods back in MA. Alright, I grab my driver's license and my MA LTC-A and hand it over to the cashier.

She says that these are un-acceptable and that I need a CT driver's license and a CT firearm's license and just pointed at a laminated sign that was Scotch-taped to the checkout. Wait a minute... I've done this before and no one has EVER asked for any kind of credentials. She says, "Oct. 1st the laws changed... sorry" and just kept pointing at the sign. Alright... I'll take just the SpeedLoader instead. "Sorry, you can't get that either... it's technically a magazine." You've got to be kidding me.... So I can't purchase ammo AND I can't purchase a SpeedLoader for our revolver because it's classified as a magazine?!?!

Well a few Google searches later and it looks as if CT has "closed-the-door" on all non-resident firearms / firearms related purchases. Even the nice firearms guy at the door at Cabela's said that he didn't understand the part of the new laws that says that you have to have CT paperwork to buy a magazine. He was beside himself when I said that I was restricted from purchasing a SpeedLoader. "It'll cut down on more than half of our ammo sales...." he said. At least he was nice and took a few minutes to give me the Cliff Notes version of the new CT gun laws.

Sorry this has been a long-winded rant of sorts... just a little upset over the whole situation earlier today. I liked shopping for ammo at Cabela's because they usually had a decent selection and it wasn't price-hiked. Now I guess I at the mercy of whatever is available on the shelf at Dick's. Either that... or I'll be planning more trips to visit friend's and relatives in Vermont or New Hampshire.

Anyone else run into this same scenario? If so... how are you dealing / making do?

 

[jlrhiner]

Feel safer now, dontcha?

 

[Fishinfool]

A buddy of mine from CT just tried to order some 9mm ammo on line. No Go. He is a Lieutenant with a large CT PD, but they would only accept his order with a Fax'd copy of his Pistol Permit, not his PD ID. He does not have one, having carried on his badge for the past 25 years....

Larry

 

[mc5aw]

CT is now one of the top worst states for 2A issues, and has gotten significantly worse since the Newtown shooting.

 

[BloodyThumb]

American is getting smaller and smaller....

 

[ladder13]

If people think this will never happen where they live, you better think again.

 

[chuckster57]

yup.

If people think this will never happen where they live, you better think again.

Those with nothing more to worry about than new ways to make money for their pay raises have some interesting ideas.

One of the latest: a background check required and a permit issued to purchase ammo. Reason given is the ability of a felon to walk out of prison, take his gate money and buy ammunition. Having a permit is going to keep it out of reach?

What a bunch of IDIOTS! They didn't follow the rules in the first place, what makes them think a law like that is going to stop anything? Just have the wife/girlfriend get the permit.

I'm afraid that as long as there are mentally deficient people doing horrific things that get massive media attention, this type of thinking is only going to get more common. What about a permit to buy booze? I bet alcohol has caused more deaths to innocent people.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Sorry you have to put up with such nonsense.

CT does not honor a MA carry permit according to the reciprocity map I'm looking at. Why even consider buying ammo in a neighboring state that disarms you while you are there?

That said.. I do owns guns and suppressors that were made in MA... which would land MA residents in prison... so... well... maybe I need to review my purchasing.

If people think this will never happen where they live, you better think again.

Never is a pretty long time. But I can tell you this... while other states were in a rush to pass anti-gun laws this year, TN passed pro-gun legislation.

 

[GaryS]

That said.. I do owns guns and suppressors that were made in MA... which would land MA residents in prison... so... well... maybe I need to review my purchasing.

Hurting companies that support the Second Amendment because they are in a state that doesn't, doesn't hurt the state nearly as much as it hurts the company and the Second Amendment.

To the OP. This shouldn't be a surprise to you if you were paying the least bit of attention to the news over the past year.

Anti 2A legislators in several states stood on the still warm bodies of children and other victims and pushed through laws that had nothing to do with preventing the crimes that they were using to push their agenda.

It was an excuse, not a reason.

If you're in MA and not a member of GOAL, then join. There is legislation coming on to the floor of the House and Senate in our state that is probably more draconian. If gun owners don't pay attention and fight back, we're going to envy the gun owners of CT.

This isn't a post about politics, it's a post about survival.

 

[CatSnipah]

CT, NJ and NYC are the official armpits of the US.

Watch the spin doctoring when crime skyrockets again.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Hurting companies that support the Second Amendment because they are in a state that doesn't, doesn't hurt the state nearly as much as it hurts the company and the Second Amendment.

I'm looking at it a bit differently.

My next purchase is going to be a 300 AAC Blackout and .30 cal can. I had planned on buying from Yankee Hill (as I have in the past), but I think not this time. Forbidden in MA, so I'll buy from a manufacturer in a state that allows the sale of these to it's citizenry. Supporting one gun manufacturer over another isn't an assault on the 2A as far as I am concerned.

 

[jimmib]

the people of this country that want to keep all their freedoms are going to have to wake up and become PRO-ACTIVE instead of RE-ACTIVE...it is harder to get it back once it is gone

 

[wheelgun28]

The only thing I can add is that you can get a CT non resident permit to carry pistols and revolvers.

Then you can carry a gun in the state and buy ammo.

http://www.ct.gov/despp/lib/despp/slfu/pistol_permits/dps-799-c.pdf

Also if anyone want to come into the state with a so called assault weapon. Non residents can register them and magazines over ten rounds. The registration window closes 1/1/14.

I dont want to discuss the pros and cons of registration

 

[cmj8591]

Here's my rant and a cautionary tale, I don't feel bad for Cabela's because they say they support gun owner rights but in the end, they just care about the bottom line. I also live in Mass. and we, along with Ca., have always been ahead of the curve when it comes to restricting citizen rights (and not just 2nd amendment rights). Years ago, the Mass. Attorney General sued Cabela's, Midway, Gander Mtn,. and a bunch of other retailers who were selling ammo via mail to Mass. residents. The law is (or was) a bit cloudy when it came to this but it was never really illegal to buy or sell through the mail. It was a fight that needed to be fought. Well, to make a long story short, all these big "gun rights supporter" retailers made a bottom line decision to settle with the AG for a token amount and the promise that they would discontinue the practice. Fast forward, now all of these other liberal states are using Mass. as a model. I belong to the NRA and GOAL and neither of them were any help with this. We here in Massachusetts have been left out in the cold by these retailers and I, for one, think they have made their own bed.

 

[ladder13]

Never is a pretty long time. But I can tell you this... while other states were in a rush to pass anti-gun laws this year, TN passed pro-gun legislation.

That's a good thing, and glad to see people doing so.
Beware though. People from NY, NJ, CT and Mass are moving to southern states in droves including Tn. Not all are gun friendly, and some states are turning purple. Just look at Va, Fl and NC, once solidly red states.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Absent more broad support from the people of MA, what are gun rights groups or retailers like Cabela's supposed to do? Last time I read anything about MA, I believe they had about the lowest percentage of gun ownership in the nation... not much over 10% as I recall.

So what is the NRA and GOAL supposed to be doing to help a disinterested public other than scream at what are apparently largely deaf ears? For heaven's sake, y'all in MA will be thrown in prison for owning a metal tube with a baffle in it. Where is the outrage and outcry? CT and MA won't even recognize each other's carry permits. Why isn't the population of MA marching on the Capital right now? Neither the NRA or GOAL can drag people down the street and force them to stand up for their rights.

We had a thread a few months back about a supposed big pro-gun rally and protest at Hartford CT. Now there's millions of people who live within an hour drive of Hartford... a few hundred showed up. Someone got mad at me for pointing out the abysmal turnout, and said there was over a thousand. Well whup-de-do!

NRA cannot save a populace from themselves.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

That's a good thing, and glad to see people doing so.
Beware though. People from NY, NJ, CT and Mass are moving to southern states in droves including Tn. Not all are gun friendly, and some states are turning purple. Just look at Va, Fl and NC, once solidly red states.

True. And many who live in those states attack us down here. Every US Senator from those states voted to take away our rights in Tennessee.

 

[ladder13]

True. And many who live in those states attack us down here. Every US Senator from those states voted to take away our rights in Tennessee.

I suggest toll booth checks, no one enters the state without a firearm.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

I suggest toll booth checks, no one enters the state without a firearm.

Not a bad idea.

There are a lot of great gun owners stuck behind anti-gun enemy lines. One of the greatest guys at the club is from England. Once he got to the States he went berserk buying guns.

 

[ladder13]

Absent more broad support from the people of MA, what are gun rights groups or retailers like Cabela's supposed to do? Last time I read anything about MA, I believe they had about the lowest percentage of gun ownership in the nation... not much over 10% as I recall.

So what is the NRA and GOAL supposed to be doing to help a disinterested public other than scream at what are apparently largely deaf ears? For heavans sake, y'all in MA will be thrown in prison for owning a metal tube with a baffle in it. Where is the outrage and outcry ? CT and MA won't even recognize each other's carry permits. Why isn't the population of MA marching on the Capital right now? Neither the NRA or GOAL can drag people down the street and force them to stand up for their rights.

We had a thread a few months back about a supposed big pro-gun rally and protest at Hartford CT. Now there's millions of people who live within an hour drive of Hartford... a few hundred showed up. Someone got mad at me for pointing out the abysmal turnout, and said there was over a thousand. Well whup-de-do!

NRA cannot save a populace from themselves.

There's an estimated 4.5 million gunowners in NY, ~25% of the population. They are for the vast majority located outside NYC. Travel upstate and you'd think you were in the south.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...u2oBC8M5YiEchrQ&bvm=bv.58187178,d.cWc&cad=rja

And an estimated 1 million AR's in NY.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...Uy8Pr9o_bHTqO9Q&bvm=bv.58187178,d.cWc&cad=rja

Unfortunately, NYC and their politicians have control of the Legislature.