“An employee
of a Florida Gun Shop called me last week to let us know that a very liberal
customer was quite angry that he could not pick out a gun, pay for it and walk
out of the store with it. This is the story he shared in pretty much his
own words:
“’After filling out the 4473 Form, and showing his
drivers license, the customer was annoyed that he had to go through a
background check. He angrily questioned, “Don’t you know who I am?”
(He is a City Commissioner) When I told him it didn’t matter, he said it was a
waste of resources to do background checks on law-abiding people and said the
law obviously “needed exceptions.”
“He got more angry that the background check took
almost 20 minutes, and said, ‘there is no excuse for it to take this long.’
Once he cleared the background check and paid for the handgun, he about blew a
gasket when he found out that he had to wait 3 days and come back before being
allowed to take possession of the handgun and walk out with it.
“He DEMANDED to know ‘Why can’t I take it now? I
need it now.’ He was not happy to hear that it was the LAW. He then
explained, ‘I hate guns and I have supported gun control in the past but this
is damned ridiculous. When you need a gun you should be able to get it.’
“He then stormed out of the gun shop.”
And in California:
“More than a
dozen of these buyers (men and women) actually thought that since they filled
out and signed everything, they could just walk out and go home with the
firearm. Several actually said they saw how easy it was to buy a gun on TV and why
did they have to fill out all these forms.
“The majority of these first timers lost their
minds when we went through the Ammo Law requirements. Most used language not
normally heard, even in a gun range. We pointed out that since no one working
here voted for these laws, then maybe they might know someone who did. And,
maybe they should go back and talk to those people and tell them to re-think
their position on firearms – we were trying to be nice.
“Most were VERY vocal about why it takes 10 days
minimum (sometimes longer if the DOJ is backed up) to take their property home
with them. They ask why do I need to wait 10 days if I need the protection
today or tomorrow? We pointed out again that no one working here voted in
support of that law.”
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