Disappointing day at gun store

[1861]

I went to my favorite gun store today to pick up a KEL TEC 380 for wife,s birthday next week . She has wanted one since she first handled one a few months back .
The store was packed , which is unusual , finally got my turn at counter and was waited on by a fellow I had never seen . I told him what I wanted , he produced it and started giving me a sales pitch about the pistol . I told him to save it that I knew what I wanted before I came in . He asked if I wanted to put it on lay away and I said no wanted to take it with me . That was when he got around to telling me PICS was down today . He asked if my wife was going to carry the gun and I said " that,s the point of buying it " . He told me it was good that PICS was down because my wife would need to come in to do the paper work herself . I started to explain to him when the owner came over and sent him away , with a disgusted look , then told me to see him Monday to pick the pistol up . I got a feeling the guy won,t be back .

[P89]

Sorry to hear all that happened. I know your frustration, there has been times I wanted to reach across the counter and smack the guy on the other side for being stupid. My wife yelled at me one time when I asked a guy how in hell he ever got this job, that happened at Gander mountain.

Anyways, to the Kel Tec. My Mom has been looking for a carry piece and made mention to me what would be better the Kel Tec .380 or the Ruger.
I told her they were pretty much the same gun.
Guess what Mom's getting for her birthday from us!

[Emptymag]

I guess in his mind, he was stopping a "straw purchase".

Perhaps he doesn't realize that your wife doesn't have to be the "owner" of said firearm in order to carry it.

[Feddog82]

Sometimes someone trying to be "by the book" comes off as a smacked ass. Not defending the guy or anything but he had the right intentions. There is a time for acceptions but I think he may have been trying to cover his own ass.

[1861]

it wasn,t so much I was irritated at him , but PICS , if he would have just told me up front they were down , I wouldn,t have wasted my time and went back Monday and dealt with the owner , as I will be doing anyway .

[pirateron]

Sometimes someone trying to be "by the book" comes off as a smacked ass. Not defending the guy or anything but he had the right intentions. There is a time for acceptions but I think he may have been trying to cover his own ass.

He will have all the time in the world to cover is ass with whatever he wants if he keeps pissin off the regulars by not knowing the laws.

[D*Compound]

Bummer about your day......how often is PICS down???

[/dev/null]

That completely stinks.... of course, there is a pretty decent sized show going on today in Oaks PA (down the street from Valley Forge), so if PICS is down, the folks there have to be dying.

[D*Compound]

That completely stinks.... of course, there is a pretty decent sized show going on today in Oaks PA (down the street from Valley Forge), so if PICS is down, the folks there have to be dying.

Good Point....

bet there's allot of angry people there.....

[nlcrsn]

Did someone say "close loophole in gunshow purchases?"