Odd Policy at Cabela's

[starshooter231]

MC Sports has the same policy about carrying it out for you. It seemed a bit odd to me the second time I purchased from them because I had a CPL and my carry weapon was showing. But if it makes them feel better more power to them.

 

[20nickels]

So give them the money for it at the exit as well.

 

[Jorg Nysgerrig]

That's essentially assuming that they're trying to prevent the following sequence of events:
Step 1: See a gun.
Step 2: Buy the gun.
Step 3: Steal the gun.
Anybody else see a flaw in that logic?

Why would anyone assume that sequence of events? I have no idea how you came up with that scenario as it certainly doesn't make any sense. Why would you even put forward the that they would be trying to prevent people who bought guns from stealing same gun?

Let me throw out some more realistic scenarios.

Cabela's has a gun library full of fancy guns. You can walk into the gun library, open up a cabinet and fondle guns listed for $20,000. An employee will be watching you, but he might get distracted and you could make a break for the door.

When they are checking people out of the gun counter, there are commonly guns in boxes on the counter. Pick up a receipt from the ground outside, walk up to the guy by the boxes, ask him to see the thing behind him, grab a box and head for the door. As you get there, flash your receipt at the people watching the door and put your new gun in your car.

There are any number of ways a person could grab a gun and head for the door. Cabela's and other retailers certainly don't want you to do this.

Likewise, gun transactions occur at the gun counter located in the middle of the store. So there are plenty of people who have purchased guns legitimately who want to take them home without being hassled. What is an easy way to differentiate the two? How about having employees carry the guns from the gun counter to the door? It makes watching the flow of people pretty straight-forward. Guns brought to the door by an employee have been purchased with the full background check, 4473, etc. If a customer walks from the back with a gun, something went wrong.

Corporations want to protect their assets. Shoplifting costs stores billions of dollars each year. Having consistent procedures is one way to minimize shrinkage. If you can't bear the horror of someone carrying your gun 30 meters before handing it to you, you're certainly free to not shop there.

 

[PennsyPlinker]

If you think it is weird in CT, I open carry ALL THE TIME in the Cabela's here in PA, and when I buy a gun from them (which isn't often) they escort me to the door with my purchase in the hands of an employee, while my OC piece is loaded and ready in its holster in plain view!

I don't know why, and to tell the truth, I am not really worried about it. But then, I show my receipt to the old ladies at the door when I am leaving Walmart too.

 

[BruceRDucer]

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They might be worried about an immediate suicide. Buys gun and ammo and shoots self in the store.

Such things have happened. It is doubtful you would walk in with a concealed gun and kill yourself but someone might buy one and do it. Happens at ranges also.---Gem

Indeed. It happened in a pawn shop not 3 miles from my house. A mother of one of the Columbine High School shootings was suicidally depressed. She walked into a South Broadway Pawn Shop, asked to see a revolver. She loaded it with ammo from her purse, and took her own life right there.

Firearms retailers may have a vested interest in seeing that the weapon and the ammunition make it out the door.
Besides, when I leave the Sportsman's Warehouse here, the people are those I have come to know, and we have a very friendly chat on the way out.

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[Kentucky Kernel]

Actually, when I buy a firearm at my local family-owned gun shop they do the exact same thing. The salesman brings the firearm to the cashier.

KK

 

[NavajoNPaleFace]

A little off-topic but in the spirit of discussing odd things, J&G Sales ( a large internet option some in here might be aware of) in Prescott will sell you a rifle but NO MORE than 10 rounds for it at the time of purchase.

Like I can't do damage with ten rounds?

 

[driskel]

Hello,

I have been lurking here for awhile. I hope I am not too far off of topic here, but the title encouraged me to post. My apologies if I am out of line.

Recently, I went into the Cabela's in Rogers, MN and walked directly to the firearms department. In the few minutes that I was in that department, I noticed 2 different people at the counter pointing handguns at other store patrons or at least in the very near vicinity of others (one of them me), as well as a person with a long rifle who was definitely aiming at someone walking through the store. This all happened in the presence of store employees who thought nothing of it, or did not notice. As a side note the ammunition shelves were approximately 10 - 20 feet away.

Needless to say, I left the store as quick as I could. I then called information for their telephone number and spoke with management regarding this situation. He was very polite and seemed quite shocked by my experience. He said that was definitely not a store policy and would address it with the employees

I have not stepped foot in the store since.

 

[kd7nqb]

Just bought a .22lr at Dicks and they did the same thing.

 

[foghornl]

Last new gun I bought from Wally World was my Mossberg ATR-100 .30-06.

Yeah, I got the Walk Of Fame to the front door, and no, couldn't buy ammo at the same time. Same as when I bought the Marlin .30/30 in 1990, although that was in North Charleston, SC.

Sporting Goods guy did have a sense of humor, though...he said some days he felt like he was working an African Safari as the "Gun Bearer".

 

[jdh]

I bought a shotgun at a Walmart and got walked out by the department manager, who carried the gun out the door and then handed me my receipt. I was in uniform, with a loaded pistol in the holster, Badge on the shirt and driving a city patrol car. (issue shotgun was out for repair, BTW)

The manager appologised the whole time, saying that it was policy and he was allowed no discreation.

 

[zoom6zoom]

What gets me, though, is how they'll have a guy with a clipboard standing about ten yards away by the exit who then demands to see my receipt.

There's actually a very good reason many retail stores do this. Yes, the loss prevention guy standing at the door may have seen you check out. But a large number of losses are from cashiers ringing up expensive items as something much cheaper - so they are making sure the receipt matches the item. Annoying, yes, but it's not just being done to piss you off.