Denied a Gun Purchase

[AR_ART]

With all due respect, why did you feel you needed to point out you were/are Scandinavian?

I can't believe you're reading that either... however, my disbelief is because you read something that isn't there.

(this is my surprised face)

[TheBelly]

I'll repost the original with the corrections AR_ART needs to feel better about himself:

Yep, I got denied. Here's the kicker: it wasn't by the ncic check, it was by the seller (he was the owner of the shop). His words were, "I gotta protect myself against the border hopping illegals." I almost lost it. I'm not anything that anyone could profile as an illegal border hopper (in today's modern interpretation of the phrase "illegal border hopper" when you include the geographical limitation that the closest international border is that of US and Mexico); I'm (a first generation American-born) Scandinavian, FFS!

Anyone else have stupid crap happen this weekend?

[TheBelly]

With all due respect, why did you feel you needed to point out you were/are Scandinavian?

It's far away from the nearest international border...... My name also has a collection of letters that can only be interpreted as 'northern european'...

Apparently AR_ART's broomstick-removal operation didn't happen this weekend as originally planned.

[TheBelly]

Maybe he thought that DOD haircut looked a little too much like an ATF haircut.

I think it was the mirrored aviator sunglasses.

[alxone]

what shop was it ?

[TheBelly]

what shop was it ?

I can't remember the name, but I got their business card back at the house. I'm posting form my phone before I head in to work.

[battle_sight_zero]

Maybe the dealer thought the buyer was going to sell the purchase to an illegal? Also sick of the other side comments that our European ancestors were invaders in the past. Almost every country in the world has been invaded. I bet many of us would be quite surprised by what a DNA test would show about our history.Excuses excuses, it has been our country for over 200 years. Personally I feel that that we should be very careful about who we are letting in. When we do let someone immigrate that they are vetted as much as possible. The problem with our current latin American immigration problem is that they are jumping ahead of the line. There is NO diversity brought to the table by illegal Latin American immigration.

[TheBelly]

Maybe the dealer thought the buyer was going to sell the purchase to an illegal?

To be honest, I paraphrased the original conversation the seller and I had.

I showed him my ID, it's from out of state. Since this is a long gun purchase, that doesn't matter. He said no, I need to be a Texas resident.

I showed him a copy of my military orders making me a resident of Texas and my military ID. He said no, he's been burned by people showing Temporary Duty Orders. I helped show him how to read official Permanent Change of Station orders. I also told him that the largets military installation in the United States is 15 miles away, and there are lots of folks there who have disposable income. I can help him expand his potential client base. He still said nope, no military, only Texas State issued IDs.

I guess there's not a whole lot else that I could do to help show the guy how he could help his potential future business by understanding the papers uncle sam gives servicemembers.

[bellavite1]

I'm sure he's a good guy, his statement came off sounding wrong to me... He didn't say anything about skin color, but he did say he is "Scandinavian"... which does infer...

Also the other comment regarding coming here for decades by the millions... surely you're joking right? Cause, if my US History class from Middle school serves my memory correct, the people native to this country weren't from Europe, and I believe early on, Europeans came here en masse without an invitation by the people native to this continent...

Anyways, just pointing out something I thought to be interesting or ironic... But I knew by posting my response it wasn't going to be popular... oh well, I know where this going...

As a European LEGAL immigrant and a US CITIZEN, I feel I should point out two things:

There are no natives:
If my history studies serve me correct, the first humans on this continent came across the Bering Strait, from Asia.
You see, as a lot of people like to point out, we are ALL immigrants, including the so-called natives.
I guess the poor buffaloes could bring the same argument: "We were here first, then this weird people on two legs came out of nowhere, UNINVITED, and started killing us by the millions".
So, the "natives" were invaded by a population that was technologically more advanced, with less "rules of engagement" , and since they were unable to unite against a common enemy until it was too late, they lost the war and their land and got slaughtered.
Guess what, it happened to every population on Earth at some time of another, get over it.

Like it or not we live in a European modeled Country:
I am assuming we all love the way the USA turned out (or at least until recently).
Guess what, it was modeled by Europeans, after ideals of Democracy that were originally postulated in Europe.
Had it stayed the way the Natives had it, we would still be chasing Buffaloes in the plains trying to put a meal on the table (did nobody realized that fencing in a Buffalo and a few females would result in more Buffaloes? No more chasing them around, they are right there in the backyard?).
So, next time you see one, hug a European!

[Tim K]

Bummer, dude. What were you buying? Still gonna get one elsewhere?

Oh, ignore the knucklehead giving you crap. He's making inferences that are unsupportable from what you wrote.