What is it with gun store employees?

[sfwdiy]

I did a PPT today, selling a couple .22 pistols to a friend of my mother's.

One of the pistols was in a wood presentation case with a box of ammo that came with the gun when it was new, probably from the early sixties. The gun was unloaded, as were the mags and the case was locked. When the guy behind the counter opened the case he grabbed the box of ammo, held it up above his head and exclaimed loudly, "Ok, THIS? Illegal!" It was crowded in the store and the raised voice was obviously for the benefit of the 10 or so other customers within shouting distance.

I replied, "No it's not. The pistol is unloaded and so are both mags. There's no law against transporting ammo in the same container."

He again quite loudly responded "Well, not specifically, but, the spirit of the law? You get pulled over, you're going to jail!"

Luckily this clown got caught up releasing another pistol to another customer and another employee jumped in to help us. If I had to deal with him for the next 45 minutes during the PPT I might have lost my patience, so to speak. I'll never visit that particular shop ever again.

Does every shop have one of these guys? Is every FFL required to hire at least one total yambag? What's the deal?

--B

[Vanguard]

Yes, every shop does have one of these guys. I don't get it either.

[Saigon1965]

That's an owner in the making -

[Trapper]

No every shop doesn't have one of these guys.........some shops have more than one.

[Maltese Falcon]

Its kind of like when LEOs first engage you, they want to present "Command Presence" so as to control the situation...

...same with the Gun Store Guy (GSG), they want to project that no one can possibly know more than them.

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[Snake eyes]

A showboat. "Hey everyone, look at ME! See how much smarter I am than this guy."

Unfortunately, A-holes are not an endangerd species. They can be found everywhere.

[vega]

Which store is that?

[RedFord150]

I agree that most stores have more than one. Heck, I think they will probably have this guy train the new employees so they can be just as big a d%@& as he is.
I found one of these guys at the West Covina Turners. The manager of that store has a post on CalGuns. I wrote up my experience for him. He still has not replied. I guess he is not as enthusiastic about helping CalGunners with issues in his store as he originally claimed. He later said he was too busy to read every post. I guess he thinks his customers are not as busy earning the $ they might spend in his store. He apparently did not consider the 20 plus years I have been a customer of Turners/Andrews.
Look at the bright side. Unless the idiot owns the store, he probably makes less than a Pizza Delivery guy. If you and he compared tax returns, who would be the genius than?

[K5Cruiser]

Take the time to contact the store manager or owner and let them know what your experience was like, and that you have no desire to shop there again in the future. I'm sure they'd like to know how their employees are treating their customers, so that they can take any necessary corrective action with the employee. It's to the owner's benefit that he have employees that will treat the customers right, otherwise his business may be closing sooner than he'd like.

[RandyD]

I also run into these types at the range. To listen to them, they know more than me, they have more experience than me and they very willing to verbalize their knowledge, experience and opinions.

[paul0660]

After you are done shaking the idiot by the collar, talk to the owner.

[turbochris]

That why I keep to myself and at the gun store. Ive had a gun store selling oll's tell me I can buy the lower but as soon as you put a single part in it becomes an illegal assault weapon.

"then why the hell are you selling it?!"

sometimes its useless to argue with morons cause they will never learn.

[djleisure]

What I want to know is, was that EVER illegal? I don't understand why so many people think that having ammo in the same place as their gun is illegal? I gotta say, before I started frequenting this site *I* thought it was illegal. Seriously, was there some show in the 80's or 90's that mentioned it (often!)? Is it actually illegal in some states? Anyone have any idea?

[a1c]

By law:

Every gun shop needs to have at least one (1) misinformed and/or condescending employee that shall express rude behavior and spectacular ignorance of existing gun laws to customers.

Failure to have such an employee during operation hours will result in the termination of the store's license(s).

[sfwdiy]

Which store is that?

Not sure if I want to out the store just yet. The other folks there were helpful. It was just the one tool that ruined it for me.

--B