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My brother was in Fleet Farm in Plymouth and asked what they had stacked up in the aisle . Employee told him handguns . Said they were going to start selling a selection of them .
My brother was in Fleet Farm in Plymouth and asked what they had stacked up in the aisle . Employee told him handguns . Said they were going to start selling a selection of them .
You are thinking of Blain's Farm and Fleet, not Mills Fleet Farm. I know, easy mistake to make. :uhoh:Plus they don't allow guns in their stores...
Plus they don't allow guns in their stores...
Plus they don't allow guns in their stores...
If you've ever watched Super Troopers, at 1:24, there is the scene where the troopers find the locals running protection for the drug guys:Oh yah. Mills = Good. My bad.
My 1st reaction was "cool, it's about time"... then reality set in, & I realized that the nearest Fleet Farm to me is 60+ miles, and because of the dumb ass 48hr waiting period (WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED IN ANY NEW CARRY LAW) I'd have to make two trips (or drive a total of 240 miles) to buy one there. My truck gets 15 mpg. 16 gallons X $4.00 = $64.00 in gas. No thanks.
As a FFL holder your post got me thinking,as of now if you live outside of WI and have a CC permit you do not need a NICS check for a firearm purchase . since NICS is a federal thing ,if end up with a permit option WI will have to get in line with the feds ,at least on long guns and maybe on handguns. I think the DOJ is gonna have to change things.Waiting periods should disappear with the optional permit.
As a FFL holder your post got me thinking,as of now if you live outside of WI and have a CC permit you do not need a NICS check for a firearm purchase . since NICS is a federal thing ,if end up with a permit option WI will have to get in line with the feds ,at least on long guns and maybe on handguns. I think the DOJ is gonna have to change things.Waiting periods should disappear with the optional permit.
I had my CPL in Michigan, and they still run a NICS check, you just don't have to get a permission slip from the sheriff's dept first.
Try this, Fleet Farm = no harm, Farm & Fleet = you're dead meat
My brother was in Fleet Farm in Plymouth and asked what they had stacked up in the aisle . Employee told him handguns . Said they were going to start selling a selection of them .
In WI, the waiting period is a separate state issue. Legislative action would be required to remove it (whether for permittees or for everyone). But since DOJ does handgun checks beyond NICS, it would probably be retained at least for non-permittees.
I think the store employee was joking with your brother. Think about it. Do you really think they would have boxes of hadguns piled up in the aisle. Sounds like a security nightmare.
That's not always the case. My daughter lives in MN, has a MN carry permit, yet when she went to a Dick's Sporting Goods to buy a 12ga pump shotgun for her home, she still had to do the NICS check. She showed her permit, and they said that skipping NICS in MN only applied for handguns and "assault weapons". Then she got "delayed" by NICS and had to come back 2 days later to pick it up. The guy at Dicks told her that delays happen quite often to those who have a carry permit (I don't believe there's any connection). This was in the summer of 2009. I found it kinda ironic... in WI, she'd have to wait 48 hrs for a handgun, but in MN, she could've walked out the door with a pistol after paying for it and showing her carry permit (there would've been no delay if there was no NICS). She had to wait 2 days for a shotgun in MN.