Felony Stupidity

[bearcreek]

Twice I have been handed a loaded gun in a gunshop. So caution is advised on both side of the counter.

Check the chamber. There was one shop that didnt allow working the action. He is out of business now but I was very careful in there.

I had a vendor at a gun show get all upset with me because I opened the chamber on a Desert Eagle when I picked it up to look at it. His words were "you're welcome to handle the guns but you don't have to play with them". I looked at him like he was crazy, (maybe he was) and told him I always check a gun to be sure it's not loaded whenever it's handed to me or I pick it up. He said "of course it's not loaded, I can tell you that"! Stupidity is not limited to one side of the counter.

 

[Fred_G]

Sometimes I wish there was an IQ test to operate the doors. That way, the stupid ones could not get in. But, hey, will take stupid's money also...

 

[EOD Guy]

Better ask again, and make sure you're talking to the ATF. That most certainly is a straw purchase.

But include copy from the form that says this:

Exception: If you are picking up a repaired firearm for another person, you are not required to answer II.a. and may proceed to question II.b.

So apparently, it's not necessary for the owner to always be the person who picks up the gun. Or is it?

Redeeming a pawned firearm is not the same as picking up a repaired firearm.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

Mattel did make a series of more or less realistic toy guns (I fondly remember my Thunderburp "tommy gun"). The Mattel M16 toy replica was realistic enough to be used as a prop gun in some movies. However, the "Mattel M16" talk is GI sarcasm.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

On straw purchase, at least one federal appeals court ruled that the intent of congress was to prevent a GCA "prohibited person" from receiving a gun through a straw buyer, so if the recepient is not a prohibited person, the sale is not a straw purchase.

ATF rules are that the buyer must be the good faith buyer and recepient of the gun. I would follow the ATF interpretation of the admittedly badly written GCA even if the letter of the law does not reflect the intent of congress. I imagine fighting a case all the way to the federal appeals court is quite a hurdle, even if a ruling might then apply to that court district.

The advice of the ATF agent in Post #47 may depend on what federal court district that shop is in.

 

[Babarsac]

While in college I worked for the school doing computer tech support for students and teachers...that job at times made me question my entire generation.

-Girl comes in with a backpack and removes a very expensive Apple laptop and a large bottle of water. Guess why it won't turn on...

-Guy brings in his HP laptop with a cracked screen which resulted from an indoor baseball game in the dorm. He had a hard time understanding that we couldn't fix his laptop since he didn't buy it from us...in fact we didn't sell any products at all.

 

[SSN Vet]

how about turning it into a little old education (it's called customer service).

depending on the customer, it can also be called "casting your pearls before the swine"

the most foul-mouthed people I've ever heard, and I work with an ex-bubblehead.

Hey there... I resemble that remark. But I am working on my adverbs

 

[dannyr3_8]

No more "bugger" talk, ok? After all, this is the High Road....

please excuse my ignorance but what does it mean i don't get it

 

[skoro]

"A person can be smart. But people are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals."