I just left this store about 2 hours ago. After falling in love with a Remington 870 he had in the store (used), I decided to go with the deal. He broke out the paperwork and told me to fill it out and that my address had to match the address on my license. My permanent address is in Florida, so I asked him if that was going to be an issue. He then REFUSED to sell me the gun, INSISTING that "the ATF had told him he couldnt sell ANY gun to an out of state residence". I informed him that he was wrong about that. But he still refused. Now, I was in there with my GF, who is a "well groomed" ATTORNEY, and Im a skinny white boy in glasses with NO tattoos or piercings. There was absolutely NO REASON for him to NOT sell me this shotgun. Since Ive been home, Ive called three other gun stores, who told me I could buy ANY long gun I wanted, no matter WHAT state of residence I held. I even tried calling him BACK to talk to him after calling the first store, who employs ex law enforcement and actually had TWO COPS standing there when I called, who ALL said HE WAS WRONG. He STILL insisted saying "he goes by what the ATF told him " and started telling ME something about HB 203 "which would change it to where he COULD sell to out of state residence". I had my GF look the bill up, and it doesnt seem to cover ANYTHING ABOUT selling to out of state residents. It covers getting your CCW being out of state, which WILL allow me to get my CCW up here.
So, in summary, avoid this store at ALL costs. The owner obviously DOES NOT know his laws, and/or using VERY bad judgement. And his prices werent NEAR good enough to make up for the fact of being uneducated about laws that affect his store dramatically. read more
