policerevolvercollector
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I'll start. I know a guy who is a pharmacist and a FFL dealer. For the last 25+ years,he has operated a combination gun shop/drugstore. 
What is the most unusual place you have ever seen where guns were sold?
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we had one of those in a small town in Iowa. now most of my business is at my barber/gun shop. I also used to stop in at a small gas station/gun shop in Nebraska. found some great deals on NOS el paso weavers there. lee
RobertJ.
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Just seven miles south of here on Highway 101 is Cannon Beach, a tourist town known for scenic beauty, with attractions like Haystack Rock and Tillamook Head.
Cannon Beach Surf Shop sells lots of stuff water-fun related, and upstairs, firearms! Mostly Glock and the like, but still, guns and ammo in a surf shop!
Cannon Beach Surf Shop sells lots of stuff water-fun related, and upstairs, firearms! Mostly Glock and the like, but still, guns and ammo in a surf shop!
Optometrist / firearms dealer near here.
In 1992, went into a grocery store in Tonopah, Nevada, that had a glass display case with guns for sale.
Bait shops, auto parts stores, windowless vans and this complete one-stop shop:
jimbo728
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YESSUH!
Thats Hussey spelled backwards.
Jim
Thats Hussey spelled backwards.
Jim
keith44spl
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A Five & Dime Store.......
The proprietor had some nice firearms for sale.
A lot of Mom & Pop Country Stores carried firearms and ammunition back before '68.
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The proprietor had some nice firearms for sale.
A lot of Mom & Pop Country Stores carried firearms and ammunition back before '68.
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BUFF
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A big clothing and department store named ZCMI, Utah's first department and clothing store. They had a very small glass case, two shelves, about three feet deep and five feet long, with handguns in it. It was in the men's clothing section right across from the suits and sport coats.
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A coin and stamp collectors store.
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Depends on your threshold of unusual.
Hardware stores, general stores, country stores, quasi-convience stores having a gun counter not unusual. Not as much any more, but dept stores used to frequently have a gun or gun/ hunting/ fishing dept.
Yes, one of semi local establishments used to be ( owner's first name)'s Coins & Guns .
A different catagory is where the owner of an established unrelated business uses the pre existing properly zoned and licsensed premesis for an FFL , but doesn't have a Publically visable gun counter, nor advertise it to his usual customer base. I've seen this at a liquor store and an industrial chemical supply house.
But I guess the most unusual was a store that was half C&R type firearms, half adult sophisticate literature ( aka porn).
Hardware stores, general stores, country stores, quasi-convience stores having a gun counter not unusual. Not as much any more, but dept stores used to frequently have a gun or gun/ hunting/ fishing dept.
Yes, one of semi local establishments used to be ( owner's first name)'s Coins & Guns .
A different catagory is where the owner of an established unrelated business uses the pre existing properly zoned and licsensed premesis for an FFL , but doesn't have a Publically visable gun counter, nor advertise it to his usual customer base. I've seen this at a liquor store and an industrial chemical supply house.
But I guess the most unusual was a store that was half C&R type firearms, half adult sophisticate literature ( aka porn).
mafuta54
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Southern BBQ restaurant!!
BigCityChief
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A teacher's classroom in a Public School
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Local FFL has a bicycle store with a small gun shop in the basement. And no, he aren't associated with Iver Johnson, though he does have a few in the case at times.
John
John
joeintexas
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The mens room in a BarBQue house in far west Texas. I don't think a bill of sale was involved! My guess is the brisket wasn't the only thing HOT in there.
OLDSTER
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Furniture store in a small farming town in central North Dakota
My go to local dealer is Geno's Tools and Toys. He sells (and buys) used tools and guns and also stocks new firearms, ammo and powder, plus he's a class III dealer. Located in Waterford, MI.
In the Schenectady NY area there is a used car business that has a gun shop in it!
CBus660R
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The largest dealer by sales volume in Ohio started that way. Was a little deli/convenience store with a small gun counter. Eventually the non-firearm related items were dropped and they've grown to include 3 locations in the Columbus area. They are the go to store for LEO sales and always have a good selection in the used section.
A church basement in East Springfield Massachusetts. It was a military collectors meeting, run by a Smith & Wesson employee. We met on the first Tuesday of every month.
DWalt
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When I lived in Midland TX about 25 years ago, the Walgreen drug store and the Furr's Supermarket both carried a pretty good line of guns, ammunition, reloading supplies, etc.
"SHRIMP AND GUNS"
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Wish I'd taken a picture of the sign, but at the time, it made perfectly good sense....
Likewise, Joe Millers Liquor store on Chaparell Street in Corpus Christi.
Aransas Pass, Texas
Wish I'd taken a picture of the sign, but at the time, it made perfectly good sense....
Likewise, Joe Millers Liquor store on Chaparell Street in Corpus Christi.
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Wrangler Rich
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Chiropractor had his FFL & sold a few firearms on the side.
Locksmith had his FFL & sold firearms on the side.
Bought quite a few from these two gentlemen.
Locksmith had his FFL & sold firearms on the side.
Bought quite a few from these two gentlemen.
DWalt
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Here in San Antonio, when I first moved here in the early 1990s there was a nearby auto transmission repair shop that sold guns, mainly old military guns. The transmission shop is still there but has been under different ownership for some time, and no longer sells guns.
skeezix
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My insurance agent is a FFL and has a gun safe in his office. Like most FFLs, he can order anything you want. I use him for transfers.
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Small flower shop in Rankin, TX called "Guns & Roses".
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Motorcycle "leather" shop in Midland, TX. Mostly leather motorcycle clothing, but a small "gun store" in back.
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Small flower shop in Rankin, TX called "Guns & Roses".
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Motorcycle "leather" shop in Midland, TX. Mostly leather motorcycle clothing, but a small "gun store" in back.
Moved to Anchorage, AK in 1978, there were guns sold in many places, Hardware store chains, Longs Drugs had a good gun counter, and of course many gun shops. The best gun counter, with tons of guns, was downtown in the JC Penney store on 4th avenue. Bought my first M469 Minigun there, was my first carry gun when moving to the Seattle area nine years later.
Who would have thought, a national clothing store chain????
Who would have thought, a national clothing store chain????
My BIL was an optometrist and looking for a new building, he bought a a large sporting good shop. Guns in the front, glasses in the rear.
My FFL has a lumberyard
But, my favorite is in a small town east of here
italiansport
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A yogurt shop in Tucson Arizona. A friends wife owns the yogurt shop and he sells guns out of it as well.
Jim
Jim
On the hood of a squad car.... I purchased an AR-15 from an on-duty police officer in a remote unattended parking lot and under the cover of darkness. It was a loophole purchase
Unfortunately a few years ago I was whale fishing and had the AR there to protect me from the sharks. My kayak flipped, sending my loophole purchase into the abyss.
Unfortunately a few years ago I was whale fishing and had the AR there to protect me from the sharks. My kayak flipped, sending my loophole purchase into the abyss.
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