You would think a gun shop would know laws pertaining to selling guns...
In MD?
You would think a gun shop would know laws pertaining to selling guns...
In MD?
Get one of those super-cheap clear plastic water guns, and keep it under the counter, stored in a top-quality OEM gun case.
When someone like this genius walks in and starts with his (wink, wink... "I'll pay cash") routine, do this:
Wink back at the guy... then in a hushed tone, say...
"Tell you what, pal - sometimes I get customers like you, who I really want to help, 'cuz I know you're on the up-and-up, but through no fault of your own you're somehow prohibited from owning guns. So I have this really nice piece I've been saving. It's untraceable. I can sell it to you, cash only, but you have to give me your WORD that you'll never tell anyone where you got it. Because it would mean losing my business, if word got out. The price is $300, firm. If you're willing to pay, I'm willing to sell right now. Do you want to check it out?"
When the guy eagerly accepts, pull the case and place it on the counter in front of him. Pause, and dramatically open the latches and lift the lid to reveal the water pistol.
"She's a beauty, isn't she?" you say, with a deadpan Leslie Nielsen delivery.
(Incidentally, if any LGS owners ever do this, PLEASE post the security video to YouTube...)
I would absolutely LOVE to do this!!
That was the debate at the shop over the weekend, on whether he was an anti looking for material or just a plain loon.
Ha! It's hard enough trying to explain to outsiders about our laws while trying to keep a straight face. We should have been absolutely able to answer the gentleman with knowledge of our own gun laws as crazy as they seem. Our fault.
We work for a very old bait, tackle, and gun shop down here that still complies with that older law. We the employees have work to do to get him to update his interpretation of any gun sales laws. Hard to do with one who is very set in his ways.
If that's the LGS we're both thinking it is, they must have chased away a whole buncha legit potential customers over the past 30yrs .
If that's the LGS we're both thinking it is, they must have chased away a whole buncha legit potential customers over the past 30yrs .
I assume it's the store on 231 in Lexington Park?
Had a customer come into the store a few months back and wanted to know if he could buy a gun, he was looking at a .22 rifle. I started to explain the process when he cut me off and asked if he committed a crime when he was 19 would that mean he couldn't buy a gun. I asked him well that depends on the crime what did he do? He then responds with a straight face that he found out his wife was cheating on him with his brother and he found out. He took a paint can and left it outside to freeze overnight and then when his brother came home he hit him in the face with said paint can. He seemed convinced that 1st degree assault charges are not felonies and that I was being "a big meany" for not wanting to help him out.
Well at least he comitted a very colorful crime. Did he use purple passion or green envy?
Had a customer come into the store a few months back and wanted to know if he could buy a gun, he was looking at a .22 rifle. I started to explain the process when he cut me off and asked if he committed a crime when he was 19 would that mean he couldn't buy a gun. I asked him well that depends on the crime what did he do? He then responds with a straight face that he found out his wife was cheating on him with his brother and he found out. He took a paint can and left it outside to freeze overnight and then when his brother came home he hit him in the face with said paint can. He seemed convinced that 1st degree assault charges are not felonies and that I was being "a big meany" for not wanting to help him out.