Things not to say in a gun store...

[Mazin]

I love the line....." I need a gat you got any gauges?".


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[Jer]

This story cracks me up every time I tell it:

Buddy of mine worked the gun counter at the Gart Sports in Old Town Fort Collins years ago when it was there and sold guns. One evening a 'gentleman' comes in and looks a little bit shady. Eyes dodged and darted as he approached the counter in a swift yet nearly out of control manner. He looks my buddy dead in the eyes and in all seriousness his first words out of his mouth are: I need a gun. Any gun. My buddy says: No. Dude asks why and he says they have the right to deny people the sale of firearms if they feel they may be a danger to themselves or other by not being fit to own them. So he tells the guy exactly the reason he's not selling him a gun. The dude stands there for a minute, just amazed he can't buy a gun, any gun. He then draws a breath and tells my buddy he's going to JAX north of town and they'll sell him one. Uh, seriously? Dude heads out the door and my buddy picks up the phone to call JAX. He full describes the guy so they can't miss him and tells him the story of why they should deny him the sale of a firearm. About 20min later he gets a phone call and the guy on the other end is laughing so hard he almost can't get the words out. Through his laughs he manages to get the fact that a description wasn't necessary out because the dude rolled in about 15min after the call saying, you guessed it: I need a gun. Any gun. You can't make this stuff up people! Not only did he tell my buddy the exact store he was headed to but he used the exact same opening line that got him so far at Garts even after he was told it was the very reason he wasn't sold a firearm.

So, that's my story of what NOT to say at a gun store.

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[Sawin]

This story cracks me up every time I tell it:

Buddy of mine worked the gun counter at the Gart Sports in Old Town Fort Collins years ago when it was there and sold guns. One evening a 'gentleman' comes in and looks a little bit shady. Eyes dodged and darted as he approached the counter in a swift yet nearly out of control manner. He looks my buddy dead in the eyes and in all seriousness his first words out of his mouth are: I need a gun. Any gun. My buddy says: No. Dude asks why and he says they have the right to deny people the sale of firearms if they feel they may be a danger to themselves or other by not being fit to own them. So he tells the guy exactly the reason he's not selling him a gun. The dude stands there for a minute, just amazed he can't buy a gun, any gun. He then draws a breath and tells my buddy he's going to JAX north of town and they'll sell him one. Uh, seriously? Dude heads out the door and my buddy picks up the phone to call JAX. He full describes the guy so they can't miss him and tells him the story of why they should deny him the sale of a firearm. About 20min later he gets a phone call and the guy on the other end is laughing so hard he almost can't get the words out. Through his laughs he manages to get the fact that a description wasn't necessary out because the dude rolled in about 15min after the call saying, you guessed it: I need a gun. Any gun. You can't make this stuff up people! Not only did he tell my buddy the exact store he was headed to but he used the exact same opening line that got him so far at Garts even after he was told it was the very reason he wasn't sold a firearm.

So, that's my story of what NOT to say at a gun store.

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haha, good story.

[losttrail]

"Smell this. Does it smell like chloroform?"

[CroiDhubh]

"Can I 'test drive' this? Like, take it to the range and see if I like it?"

"Smell this. Does it smell like chloroform?"

I've used that one in a bar.

[Ronin13]

"Can I 'test drive' this? Like, take it to the range and see if I like it?"

You know the proper response to that question, right?
I had something similar asked of me when I first bought my car- "Hey man, can I take it for a spin, see how she handles?" The correct response, and the one I used: "Sure! So long as I can do the same with your wife/girlfriend."

[Hound]

So the bullets come out here...right?
Can you mix bullet size or are these things real picky... I want to start out with an easy to use gun.
Can I shoot this underwater?
Got anything bigger than .50 cal? I need to shoot really far?

[Dingo]

Looking at my original post, guess I didn't state things like I intended. I'm not saying they shouldn't legally be able to own guns, or defend their home. I'm saying that if I were a gun-store employee, there's no way in hell I'd sell to some wanna-be G.

As far as my defining them as scum... regardless of what sweet, misunderstood, law-abiding little sugar cubes they may be on the inside, they're obviously of a mind-set to dress, speak, and behave outwardly in a manner that speaks to what they admire. If you're wearing your pants halfway around your ass, swaggering like you've got a steaming load in your skivvies, throwing out "nigga this" and "bitch that", you're scum. In my ever-so-humble-opinion.

But then again, I'm about as misanthropic as they come, so my definition of scum is broader than some folks'. :-)

[USAFGopherMike]

I like the idea of everybody but criminals carrying... oh and dems. If you support the gun grabbers, you should have to rely on law enforcement. They'd change their minds real quick if they found themselves defenseless.