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March 12, 2019, 07:44 AM | #27 | |
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March 12, 2019, 08:40 AM | #28 | ||
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I do wish gun stores as a group would respond to these situations very simply with a few lines and a take home paper. The paper would say: Quote:
The best part is 99% of the folks you give this to will think they are gun experts.....which should cause them to reflect on why Joe would hand them this paper. |
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March 14, 2019, 11:30 AM | #32 |
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"To those people who actually believe that they have never inadvertently felony menaced someone or had trouble operating a firearm when they started out....yeh, keep telling yourself that, at least you’ll believe it."
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March 14, 2019, 11:14 PM | #34 |
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At least he was asking questions and not being a typical Male! Who could've just walked in, bought the gun and then walked out.
Most guys suffer from their "ego" getting in the way! Instead of using their brains and asking ???'s about stuff they don't know about. Don't want to look stupid in front of another guy, I should know it all already, just like every other guy!
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March 16, 2019, 02:06 PM | #36 |
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"not being a typical Male! Who could've just walked in, bought the gun and then walked out."
We're talking about buying a gun, not a house! A 1st gun costs about as much as a push lawn mower or a decent pressure washer. How "wrong" can someone go by not knowing much about guns and telling the counter guy "I'll take that one"? If it's a semi-auto, it'll probably be a 9mm. If it's a revolver, it will probably be a 38/357. People put way too much emphasis on which 1st gun to buy. |
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