Horrified store clerk
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7shooter
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I agree. I read a sociological study a number of years back about urban/rural differences in attitudes toward firearms. Growing up in North Dakota all my experiences with guns were positive and in a friendly social context.
I was checking a 1911 and a Beretta Tomcat through the Miami airport and the urban airline employee lady asked me to open the gun case and when she saw the guns said " Ah hates guns ". Her attitude was probably formed by quite negative experiences with guns. I can see where she is coming from as I had heard numerous stories from my son who was working in Liberty City at the time.
BTW, my reply to her was " Ah loves guns ".
mc5aw
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I applaud your diplomacy. In the same situation, I probably would have replied, "You're not employed here to pass judgment on customer's purchases. Just bag my bullets and give me my blanking change."
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that's what i was thinking, there's no need for employees giving their "editorial" to any customer. they're there to collect money and that's it.
kamloops67
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a few years ago i met a family that didnt let their young son play with toy guns or any toy that had "shooters" on them... i felt uncomfortable in their home, it seemed wrong . i said nothing of my beliefs or that i thought they were wrong but ive never forgotten my brush with those kind of people .
the father stole a largish sum of money from my home, i confronted him with the facts and he called the cops on me saying i showed him my 9mm...i own revolvers !no autos then at all! i explained everything to the judge the thief didnt show for the hearing i was given a 1$ peace bond for one year??? id call it a waste of time, but ive never seen the guy since (or my dough)
but those people are out there ...some work in stores
the father stole a largish sum of money from my home, i confronted him with the facts and he called the cops on me saying i showed him my 9mm...i own revolvers !no autos then at all! i explained everything to the judge the thief didnt show for the hearing i was given a 1$ peace bond for one year??? id call it a waste of time, but ive never seen the guy since (or my dough)
but those people are out there ...some work in stores
1morethan8
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What if it had been handled this way?
(Clerk)
"A little extreme, don't you think?"
(Gun Owner, smiling)
"Let me guess, you've never shot a firearm?
(Clerk)
"No, of course not!"
(Gun Owner, still smiling)
"It's a great sport, you do know it's an Olympic event? Would you like to go with me and the wife and try it!?
No? Well you have a great day! Thanks!"
You bought ammo to use in your firearm... don't give people like that ammo to use on us... be positive!
(Clerk)
"A little extreme, don't you think?"
(Gun Owner, smiling)
"Let me guess, you've never shot a firearm?
(Clerk)
"No, of course not!"
(Gun Owner, still smiling)
"It's a great sport, you do know it's an Olympic event? Would you like to go with me and the wife and try it!?
No? Well you have a great day! Thanks!"
You bought ammo to use in your firearm... don't give people like that ammo to use on us... be positive!
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1000 rounds of .22, thats just a fun day at the range.
I think the OP did just fine. Hindsight is 20/20. In my experience, people who have a deep seated prejudice won't be swayed by one "positive" experience. It is a waste of time to try to enlighten them if you are only seeing them rarely. OTOH, if it is someone that you regularly see, the effort may actually be worth the time and effort.
1morethan8
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"It is a waste of time to try to enlighten them if you are only seeing them rarely."
But, I wonder how many "crazy gun owners" go through her line!?
But, I wonder how many "crazy gun owners" go through her line!?
I sure avoid an awful lot of this by being a handloader. I don't shoot much 22, and when I do, it's usually CCI Green Tab, which I get from my LGS. I have ammo boxes full of fired cases for handloading, and probably over two dozen bullet moulds, so I just buy powder and primers, again from my LGS. I buy lead and type metal for moulding on line. In the past dozen years or so, I've bought less than 10 boxes of ammo; specialty ammo for a newly purchasd handgun, like Speer gold dot short barrel 38 +P for my 638. Again most of this comes from my LGS. If you handload you get to stay away from the great unwashed at Wally World.
papajohn428
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A recent exchange, while I was getting new glasses for shooting........
"Why do you want glasses for shooting?"
"So I can see the sights better. Shooting and missing isn't as much fun as shooting and hitting."
"I wouldn't know, I don't like guns, and I've never shot one."
"Well, I've trained women and children to shoot for 30 years, and I'd be happy to take you out for a free lesson, because I think it's one of those things everyone should know how to do, like changing a tire or using a fire extinguisher."
"Hmmm......I never thought of that. You'd teach me for free?"
"Sure, and you can bring a friend if you want, so it's not as scary."
Long story short, she went, she shot, she liked it, and we go shooting every chance we get. She prefers the big-bores!
Oh, and now she's my girlfriend. And my shooting glasses are awesome!
"Why do you want glasses for shooting?"
"So I can see the sights better. Shooting and missing isn't as much fun as shooting and hitting."
"I wouldn't know, I don't like guns, and I've never shot one."
"Well, I've trained women and children to shoot for 30 years, and I'd be happy to take you out for a free lesson, because I think it's one of those things everyone should know how to do, like changing a tire or using a fire extinguisher."
"Hmmm......I never thought of that. You'd teach me for free?"
"Sure, and you can bring a friend if you want, so it's not as scary."
Long story short, she went, she shot, she liked it, and we go shooting every chance we get. She prefers the big-bores!
Oh, and now she's my girlfriend. And my shooting glasses are awesome!
You sly devil you. What a great pick-up line.A recent exchange, while I was getting new glasses for shooting........
"Why do you want glasses for shooting?"
"So I can see the sights better. Shooting and missing isn't as much fun as shooting and hitting."
"I wouldn't know, I don't like guns, and I've never shot one."
"Well, I've trained women and children to shoot for 30 years, and I'd be happy to take you out for a free lesson, because I think it's one of those things everyone should know how to do, like changing a tire or using a fire extinguisher."
"Hmmm......I never thought of that. You'd teach me for free?"
"Sure, and you can bring a friend if you want, so it's not as scary."
Long story short, she went, she shot, she liked it, and we go shooting every chance we get. She prefers the big-bores!
Oh, and now she's my girlfriend. And my shooting glasses are awesome!
CAJUNLAWYER
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What would you do if the wal mart greeter asked to see your receipt, checked the ammo and asked you what you were going to use it in 
Loose the hounds Baskerville!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Loose the hounds Baskerville!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cowart
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You have to be 18 to buy ammo for a shotgun or rifle, and 21 for handgun ammo. Some types of ammo can be for a rifle *or* a handgun, so if you look very young they would have to ask. Some stores have the clerks query everyone in order to avoid the appearance of age bias.
ThirtyAcres
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And to cover all legal bases in the event the ammo is misused in a crime.
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Alpo
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What would you do if the wal mart greeter asked to see your receipt, checked the ammo and asked you what you were going to use it in
Loose the hounds Baskerville!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On the few times I have had a Walmart employee ask to see my receipt, I ignore them. Everything in that basket is mine - I paid for it. You ain't got no right to look at it.
Now, Sam's Club, I let 'em look. That's one of the membership requirements. But not wallyworld. I don't get violent, I don't get belligerent. I just ignore them, and walk on by.
One of the best things I ever did was ask my eye doctor to set me up with shooting only glasses.(I wear bi-focals)
Asked me to bring in a couple of my favorite handguns and a rifle so he could see the sight radius and actually measured from my eyes to the rear sight.
There must have been 6 or 8 guys in the waiting room that day and half of them started asking about it when they saw me leaving with my guns out the front door !
Doc now gets a ton of business from shooters in the area and I hand out his card to anybody that uses glasses when I see them shoot. He even had me teach him and his wife how to shoot and both now have thier CCW.
Cool folks and great people. Sign on the front door says " Armed Citizens Welcomed Here" And his staff are all for it, job security.
Asked me to bring in a couple of my favorite handguns and a rifle so he could see the sight radius and actually measured from my eyes to the rear sight.
There must have been 6 or 8 guys in the waiting room that day and half of them started asking about it when they saw me leaving with my guns out the front door !
Doc now gets a ton of business from shooters in the area and I hand out his card to anybody that uses glasses when I see them shoot. He even had me teach him and his wife how to shoot and both now have thier CCW.
Cool folks and great people. Sign on the front door says " Armed Citizens Welcomed Here" And his staff are all for it, job security.
They're trying to reduce loss by thieves. Someone walking through the store with a bag may indeed be adding to it.
IF you're not a sorry *** piece of puke thief then what's the problem?
I HATE THIEVES - They drive up the cost of everything for those of us that don't steal........
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