CAPTAIN MIKE
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Another Line of Thinking
I've been frequenting gun shops all my life. I've never seen anything like what the originator of this thread claims. Most people will treat you with respect if you don't come in "with an attitutde".
It seems incredible that all of a sudden all the guns shops in a particular area of the country suddenly developed a racist attitude. After all, many of us have literally fought for freedom for all Americans, regardless of their color. What my experience and my b.s. detector tells me is that this claim is not credible.
On the other hand, people who run gun stores are not reluctant to 'profile' people who come in appearing to have an attitude or appearing to wear gang clothing or appearing to be anything other than respectful, friendly, courteous, kind, cheerful, thrifty, brave or reverent. They have probably had their fill of 'know-it-alls' who are self-appointed experts.
As a long-time firearms user, competitor and instructor, I've run into a few people over the years (as many instructors have) who feel like they should be teaching the class rather than the instructor because they walked in possessing a modicum of knowledge. They're pretty easy to spot once they open their mouth. I'd be inclined to join with others on this website who correctly state that 99.9% of gun owners are upright people of good standing and character who are neither racists nor narrow-minded knuckle-draggers. I'd say that most gun shop employees have enough experience and training to know way more than the average customer walking in, and what might have been mistaken for racism was simply resentment of a know-it-all in their face.
I've been frequenting gun shops all my life. I've never seen anything like what the originator of this thread claims. Most people will treat you with respect if you don't come in "with an attitutde".
It seems incredible that all of a sudden all the guns shops in a particular area of the country suddenly developed a racist attitude. After all, many of us have literally fought for freedom for all Americans, regardless of their color. What my experience and my b.s. detector tells me is that this claim is not credible.
On the other hand, people who run gun stores are not reluctant to 'profile' people who come in appearing to have an attitude or appearing to wear gang clothing or appearing to be anything other than respectful, friendly, courteous, kind, cheerful, thrifty, brave or reverent. They have probably had their fill of 'know-it-alls' who are self-appointed experts.
As a long-time firearms user, competitor and instructor, I've run into a few people over the years (as many instructors have) who feel like they should be teaching the class rather than the instructor because they walked in possessing a modicum of knowledge. They're pretty easy to spot once they open their mouth. I'd be inclined to join with others on this website who correctly state that 99.9% of gun owners are upright people of good standing and character who are neither racists nor narrow-minded knuckle-draggers. I'd say that most gun shop employees have enough experience and training to know way more than the average customer walking in, and what might have been mistaken for racism was simply resentment of a know-it-all in their face.