jjcharris
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I'm not sure if this is in line with our general purpose as a Pro 2A organization but this is where I am on the situation.
Concerning Badger Guns latest stint with displaying the sign about the racism of the MPD. I'm not arguing the fact that they were possibly profiling his customers, but I believe they had good reason to. The statistics on crime related gun sales from his store are ridiculous. I believe he should have been shut down many a years ago. He is a large black eye to ourgoal of giving the public an image of RESPONSIBLE gun owners, more specificallyopen carriers.Their defense has been, "we are doing everything inour power to curb these illegal and straw purchases", well thats not quite good enough because obviously its still happening, at an alarming rate. With todays latest cop shooting, we need to thin the herd of irresponsible parties that have ANYTHING to do with how we look as a whole to all the anti's...As they say, one bad apple spoils the whole bunch.
We have many other more responsible gun shops and dealers around, if and when we(responsible owners) want to purchase, sell, or trade a firearm we probably won't complain about driving somewhere else. Obviously these other shops are doing something a little different when it comes to screening beyond the background check.
My situation comes down to a few questions for all of you:
1) What kind of restrictions does a shop owner have when it comes to turning down a sale even if the person successfully passes a background check(to put the kabosh on a possible straw purchase) without somebody raising hell about racism or the like?
2) If you shop at Badger, would you have a serious problem with spending your money elsewhere with somebody who conducts business in a more responsible manner?
3)Am I totally off course on this subject(in your opinion)?
I'm not sure if this is in line with our general purpose as a Pro 2A organization but this is where I am on the situation.
Concerning Badger Guns latest stint with displaying the sign about the racism of the MPD. I'm not arguing the fact that they were possibly profiling his customers, but I believe they had good reason to. The statistics on crime related gun sales from his store are ridiculous. I believe he should have been shut down many a years ago. He is a large black eye to ourgoal of giving the public an image of RESPONSIBLE gun owners, more specificallyopen carriers.Their defense has been, "we are doing everything inour power to curb these illegal and straw purchases", well thats not quite good enough because obviously its still happening, at an alarming rate. With todays latest cop shooting, we need to thin the herd of irresponsible parties that have ANYTHING to do with how we look as a whole to all the anti's...As they say, one bad apple spoils the whole bunch.
We have many other more responsible gun shops and dealers around, if and when we(responsible owners) want to purchase, sell, or trade a firearm we probably won't complain about driving somewhere else. Obviously these other shops are doing something a little different when it comes to screening beyond the background check.
My situation comes down to a few questions for all of you:
1) What kind of restrictions does a shop owner have when it comes to turning down a sale even if the person successfully passes a background check(to put the kabosh on a possible straw purchase) without somebody raising hell about racism or the like?
2) If you shop at Badger, would you have a serious problem with spending your money elsewhere with somebody who conducts business in a more responsible manner?
3)Am I totally off course on this subject(in your opinion)?