Dragonman's Range Accidents (2): Merge of previous threads on this subject

[tmckay2]

Yeah I am pretty sure Mel has a felony conviction.

a lot like Rich @ Gunsmoke, and a lot like Will @ Red Jacket. Seems like a pre-req

Are they even legally able to use/handle the weapons with a felony? I thought there were rules about close relatives not handing off weapons to felon family members but maybe I'm wrong.

[SuperiorDG]

Was having breakfast Saturday morning and beside me at the bar was the Manager of GS. He told me that this accident had nothing to do with American Guns.

[sniper7]

Are they even legally able to use/handle the weapons with a felony? I thought there were rules about close relatives not handing off weapons to felon family members but maybe I'm wrong.

I'll start a new thread on this topic so as not to derail this one.

[TS12000]

That's a crazy 48 hours, prayers to all those touched by these incidents.

[Clay Turner]

My info comes second-hand from my NRA instructor, a close friend of the Dragonman family who posed this question to Terry, because his students were asking him about the rumor of a felony conviction.

Terry told him that when Mel and Terry started the business, they agreed that he would run the motorcycle biz and she would handle the firearms side (I was photographing some of their firearms for NRA once when UPS delivered 15 Harley top ends to Mel's machine shop). At the funeral, it was mentioned more than once that she was the "brains" of the operation: it sounds like she was more tolerant of the paperwork- and computer-intensive nature of the FFL license.

Terry denied that Mel had any sort of record that would prevent him from having an FFL. I heard last week ... I believe from Mel ... they were working with BATFE to get all the licensing transferred to Mel.

First-hand, I know Mel to be a hard-working, generous and fascinating guy who has built a successful biz with his family out of nothing. He's always treated my friends and family very well, and he's never had trouble with the BATFE, that I know of. He told me that this is the first accident there in 30 years.

For me and my family and friends, we intend to return his and Terry's goodwill by continuing to support Dragonman's. I hope all reading this will consider doing the same; they could use the support.

Thanks.

[josh7328]

wow. I bought my very first AR from them.

[rondog]

My info comes second-hand from my NRA instructor, a close friend of the Dragonman family who posed this question to Terry, because his students were asking him about the rumor of a felony conviction.

Terry told him that when Mel and Terry started the business, they agreed that he would run the motorcycle biz and she would handle the firearms side (I was photographing some of their firearms for NRA once when UPS delivered 15 Harley top ends to Mel's machine shop). At the funeral, it was mentioned more than once that she was the "brains" of the operation: it sounds like she was more tolerant of the paperwork- and computer-intensive nature of the FFL license.

Terry denied that Mel had any sort of record that would prevent him from having an FFL. I heard last week ... I believe from Mel ... they were working with BATFE to get all the licensing transferred to Mel.

First-hand, I know Mel to be a hard-working, generous and fascinating guy who has built a successful biz with his family out of nothing. He's always treated my friends and family very well, and he's never had trouble with the BATFE, that I know of. He told me that this is the first accident there in 30 years.

For me and my family and friends, we intend to return his and Terry's goodwill by continuing to support Dragonman's. I hope all reading this will consider doing the same; they could use the support.

Thanks.

I'm glad your experiences with him have been positive. First-hand, I know a far different side of Mel Bernstein, and so do hundreds, maybe thousands of other guys. And our experiences are way over on the negative side. Let him rebuild an engine for you.

[Great-Kazoo]

My info comes second-hand from my NRA instructor, a close friend of the Dragonman family who posed this question to Terry, because his students were asking him about the rumor of a felony conviction.

Terry told him that when Mel and Terry started the business, they agreed that he would run the motorcycle biz and she would handle the firearms side (I was photographing some of their firearms for NRA once when UPS delivered 15 Harley top ends to Mel's machine shop). At the funeral, it was mentioned more than once that she was the "brains" of the operation: it sounds like she was more tolerant of the paperwork- and computer-intensive nature of the FFL license.

Terry denied that Mel had any sort of record that would prevent him from having an FFL. I heard last week ... I believe from Mel ... they were working with BATFE to get all the licensing transferred to Mel.

First-hand, I know Mel to be a hard-working, generous and fascinating guy who has built a successful biz with his family out of nothing. He's always treated my friends and family very well, and he's never had trouble with the BATFE, that I know of. He told me that this is the first accident there in 30 years.

For me and my family and friends, we intend to return his and Terry's goodwill by continuing to support Dragonman's. I hope all reading this will consider doing the same; they could use the support.

Thanks.

There are also different kinds of felonies, violent and non. I personally know 2 people who had NON-violent felonies that now own guns, legally (4473'D ETC). They had to wait 10 years for their issues to be resolved, the state said 7 and feds 10 years before applying.
I've known Mel & Mike on & off since 74. Good bad indifferent, it all depends on your personal experience with them, people do change.
Regarding motorcycle rebuilding, when it was just MELvin working out of a 600sq ft shop, in NY, it was all GTG. Once he started bringing on help things went south.

[cofi]

maybe we should set up an coar range day for the weekend???

[Clay Turner]

I'd be up for that ... especially if I'm forced to evacuate.