TURNERS new transfer fees.

[CALI-gula]

Little by little the gears keep grinding away.......

This is exactly the scenario the anti's want. Death by 1000 cuts, or 1000 bucks to be more precise.

Keep upping the fees and licence requirements to stay in business, in that way the smaller gun shops close down, throw in some ATF audits for good measure to provide more FUD, another bout of gunshops close, then all thats left standing are the big chain shops who won't/can't/don't transfer this that or the other, and all of a sudden we wake up and there are no FFL's who can transfer a weapon under $250 plus DROS fees.....

Well no, in this case, THIS is what the CHAIN STORES like Turner's want - so you buy new, instead of buying over the internet, and so you don't become a collector of esoteric guns, but instead, you buy any one of their cookie-cutter assembly line offerings only.

Turners could just as easily lower their transfer price on out-of-state incoming. However, they want to sell you the same gun instead. Well sorry Turner's, but you don't carry that one-of-kind custom-made McBros rifle in .338 Lapua that I can only get online from "Bob" in Pennsylvania.

The future of gun purchasing IS through the internet, and vetting it through dealers that offer low transfer prices - those who can do so because of little overhead due to low-rent locations, minimalist inventory, or exclusive rural kitchen-table/gun show set-ups.

There is a very good reason Turner's started its online consignment list.

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[Spiggy]

so uh... whose up for some moonin' at the Turner's HQ?

[Nodda Duma]

In case you are ever on the eastern side of the Sierras. In Ridgecrest, CA the most a dealer charges for xfers is $20. The guys I go to charge $10. The #'s may have changed slightly since last I looked, but no way in hell they charge that much.

-Jason