Its spread just fine in my circle!
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Its spread just fine in my circle!
Rich Wyatt is a thief
I know of two people who's guns he "lost". I know that two M1 carbines disappeared from inventory when he worked at Alma - he said he took them to trade on replacement shotguns.
No shotguns ever turned up.
I know two small-town PD's who hired and fired him within months.
The case that sent him to jail involved him stealing firearms from his ex-wife.
He's at thief, a braggart and a liar. He makes a career out of schmoozing with minor celebrities, Pete Boyles should look into the guy more closely before using him on air.
Yeah, I can prove what I said.
Originally Posted by Hasher
I think he spread his own word, or was spreading something around when he was on the radio. I'm sure that this hurt his business more than any of us could do.
I don't know about his history, but he and his "sales monkeys" and their price gouging is enough for me to warn people off. Gunsmoke can suck it.
And Peter Boyles is about the last person I would seek advice from. Nothing personal but I stopped listening to him because I got tired of listening to hime drone on about gangsters and crap. Who cares! And his "principles" change with the phases of the moon. The only good thing that man has done in the 6 mos I listened is help the Airman with his car impounded in Denver. Tired of these "credit card riders."
Care to back that up with some evidence??
"Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician." - Col. Jeff Cooper
How funny that this story won't die. What's been said here is all true. There's evidence all over the place. Try the Jefferson County Court records, for starters. It was also covered in a Rocky Mountain News article, complete with his mug shot photo!. I photocopied the article and could probably find it and scan it if you really doubt the veracity of the story.
Or - here you go - I just Googled and there are searchable Rocky Mountain News archives online. They charge a couple of bucks for individual articles.
The whole case revolved around Richie's refusal to turn over money and guns (a Steyr Scout and a 1911) that had been awarded to his ex-wife Rebecca in their divorce. He had chance after chance to settle up and finally the judge threw him in jail for contempt. I recall the Rocky article said he was belligerent to the judge and that he was in jail for weeks.
I met Rebecca before I met him, long ago. Long before he had a shop of his own. She was just as sweet as could be, and he was an egotistical jerk - just total opposites. (You always scratch your head at that kind of couple!) Rebecca suffered a closed head injury in an accident, and I suspect her settlement money was how he transitioned from working stiff to shop owner. (Don't know, but the timing was perfect.) I was long since out of touch with her by then, but was told by a fairly reliable person that she suffered some permanent impairment. Pretty low class that he couldn't just pay a divorce settlement to a disabled lady - particularly since he had the money!
Wyatt hunted with Cooper in Africa (settlement money again?) and I could understand Cooper liking him early on but never understood how Jeff was fooled for so long. Boyles lost a lot of credibility with me for standing by him when the behavior was so egregious. That got me started listening (critically) to Boyles, losing more and more respect every time I heard his show. I suppose advertising revenue buys just as much willful blindness from Boyles as any with other media personality.
Wyatt's M. O. is to bring in noobs for his CCW class off KHOW radio ads, and make them feel that their guns are inferior. (Which may well be true, for some.) Then he sells them on an overpriced Gunsmoke custom pistol. That shop must have among the highest margins in the industry.
I strongly disagree with CCW classes that have no range time, and question the ethics of anyone who would "teach" that way. Such a class is fine for an truly experienced shooter, but we've all been around CCW holders who are completely incompetent. It's a minor inconvenience for an experienced shooter to do a bit of basic range time for a permit, but a badly needed wake-up call for the rest of the class. (It's also a great way to sell more training.)
A lot of people take his class and never get that wake-up call. They're walking around unarmed with a deadly weapon. I dated a lady who took that class and had her permit for over a year before we met. (Sure opened her eyes the first time I took her shooting!) Thankfully, she couldn't afford the custom guns he pitched so she wasn't taken on that.
Three suggestions:
1) Google "Rich Wyatt Gunsmoke"
2) Check out the celebrity photo album at gunsmokeguns.com for a taste of his ego. You'll love the shot of his new wife (poor thing!)
3) Get the Rocky article from the archive. If that doesn't satisfy you, go straight to Jeffco court.
holy hell man good info
I thought I was the only one just slightly appalled at the photos on his celeb pics page...some of the people (GWB for one) look surprised that some jackass jumped in and ruined their perfectly good photo...
What Kinda Guy shows His wife off like that? ( ref. the bike photo ) She is not gonna be around long IMO pore girl.
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