QuarterBoreGunner
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Preacherman posted a story of a little 'shade tree gunsmithing' that was pretty funny.
I had a comment to make but thought it deserved it's own thread, so here we go.
With that being said and no disrespect intended, I find it interesting that no one has commented on an interesting point:
Now I know this was just a bunch of guys sitting around the gunstore; Preacherman put it thus:
Well… I know we have a pretty good cross-section of humanity on this board. And I know you city folk (me included) have seen plenty of ‘urban youth’ that dress the dress and talk the talk, but if they ever came face to face with an OG Big Block, WestMob, or Latin King set member, they’d stain their BVDs.
Which was George?
Heck, what if it had been your gun the PD captain was running the numbers on? (Though I’d like to think that no THR member would mutilate his or her firearm in the manner ‘George’ did… the ‘stupid gun purchase’ thread notwithstanding). I have a few firearms that aren't in my name, that I purchased legally (estate sales mostly), a long time ago. What if the gunshop owner didn't like my looks and had his friend the LEO captain, run the numbers. I go to pick up my firearm from the gunsmith and there are several officers waiting there with some hard questions. I’m pretty sure there would have been a tremendous hue and cry here on THR. And rightfully so. I just find it interesting that there was nary a peep about this from anyone though. And please, if anyone says...'Well if you have nothing to hide, why get upset about this?' I'll be amazed.
I’m sorry if the tin-foil yarmulka is a little tight this morning, but this seems like a clear violation of the 4th Amendment. So it happened to a punk gangbanger? Or maybe it happened to someone that just happened to look like a punk? Or maybe it happens to someone that the gunshop owner just doesn’t like the look of?
So tell me THR am I worrying about nothing? Or does this situation stink just a little?
I had a comment to make but thought it deserved it's own thread, so here we go.
With that being said and no disrespect intended, I find it interesting that no one has commented on an interesting point:
It seems George the gang-banger had "bought this carbine from a friend" (and the owner is running the serial number through our friend the captain, just to be sure...
Now I know this was just a bunch of guys sitting around the gunstore; Preacherman put it thus:
And the gunshop owner was probably just indulging in a little ‘CYA’ but what if the serial number had come back as ‘missing, stolen or used in commission of a crime’? Good you say. Get that ‘gangbanger’ off the street.a gunshop owner, a police captain, a Catholic priest, a Presbyterian pastor, a butcher, a retired Marine NCO, and several other "old faithful"
Well… I know we have a pretty good cross-section of humanity on this board. And I know you city folk (me included) have seen plenty of ‘urban youth’ that dress the dress and talk the talk, but if they ever came face to face with an OG Big Block, WestMob, or Latin King set member, they’d stain their BVDs.
Which was George?
Heck, what if it had been your gun the PD captain was running the numbers on? (Though I’d like to think that no THR member would mutilate his or her firearm in the manner ‘George’ did… the ‘stupid gun purchase’ thread notwithstanding). I have a few firearms that aren't in my name, that I purchased legally (estate sales mostly), a long time ago. What if the gunshop owner didn't like my looks and had his friend the LEO captain, run the numbers. I go to pick up my firearm from the gunsmith and there are several officers waiting there with some hard questions. I’m pretty sure there would have been a tremendous hue and cry here on THR. And rightfully so. I just find it interesting that there was nary a peep about this from anyone though. And please, if anyone says...'Well if you have nothing to hide, why get upset about this?' I'll be amazed.
I’m sorry if the tin-foil yarmulka is a little tight this morning, but this seems like a clear violation of the 4th Amendment. So it happened to a punk gangbanger? Or maybe it happened to someone that just happened to look like a punk? Or maybe it happens to someone that the gunshop owner just doesn’t like the look of?
So tell me THR am I worrying about nothing? Or does this situation stink just a little?