Well I felt like an idiot today...

[logjam]

You wanna talk stupid? I mean really, really drooling, falling down stupid?

So I walk into the local pawn shop. There is a second model Colt SAA with the 5 1/2 barrel. It's original nickle and like new. It's in 38 special
The gun locks up like new. The bore is mint. The action is as tight as the day it was made.

I pay $800 for the gun. I take it home. I look into all of my books and decide that it's been reworked and is really not all that nice. The stocks don't fit well.

The next day I return the gun.

Since that day I've discovered that the gun was legit and worth between 5 and 10 thousand dollars. Maybe more.

Everytime I drive past that pawn shop I have to stop to dry my tears. Boy did I screw up!

I'm so dumb I don't deserve to be fed.

 

[Oro]

Please someone make me feel better and tell me that I am not the only one this has ever happened too...

Honestly, you are probably the only member of the forum for less than six months who didn't know NC has a $5 handgun purchase permit from the local Sheriff. If you'd done some homework or been a THR member longer than two weeks, you'd have known it.

Knowing your local laws is rule one of being a responsible gun owner. Welcome to the forum, but ask your questions ahead of time, not in front of the BATF check...

 

[Mello]

The dealer from whom you ordered the guns should have informed you of the needed paperwork.

 

[Limeyfellow]

Are you required to have a "handgun permit" in North Carolina, to buy a handgun??

Its a transfer permit for taking handguns into your possession. You have to apply for them at your local police or sheriff department that you fall under, and they perform a quick background check on you and charge you $10. That permit is now usable for the next 12 months. Depending on where you live it can be easy to get a hold of or a pain in the rear. The way it is written you would need a permit to transfer a handgun to a relative as a gift too, or an inheritance etc. It kind of sucks.

A concealed handgun license gets around this of course.