FFL "situations"

[acespawnshop]

[Condorguns]

Lol, these are great. I'll add one more from years ago. Probably the closest we have ever come to shooting someone.

Ok, I am in the back of the shop (right side) gunsmithing. Dad is in the back (left side) office. Big brother is on the counter (front). Dad and I can hear the front but not see it. There is your setup.

Guy walks in he is the only customer. Asked to look at some guns. Big brother is taking care of him when guy #2 walks in. Guy 2 is holding a piece of paper. He looks at the paper, looks at guy 1, then flips the paper around to show my brother behind guy 1 back. It's a wanted poster with guy 1 on the front wearing the same horrible Hawaiian shirt for murder out of LA. The rest happened crazy fast. Guy 2 pulled a gun and started yelling "get on the ground, don't move". At the same time my brother is yelling "cop don't shoot". All I heard was get on the ground and I had a bottle of cold blue on the floor, gun in hand and was moving. I hit the counter about the same time as dad coming from the other direction.
What I saw then was my brother behind the counter trying to wave of both me and dad. A guy proned out on the floor and a guy standing over him with a gun yelling don't shoot good guy. To this day I don't know how we managed not to shoot him. I swear I couldn't have pulled that trigger any further without firing.
Long story short. Yes he was wanted. The guy with the gun was a very very stupid bounty hunter. The local cops still play the footage at the cop shop for laughs (I was not laughing).

Best quote of the whole event.....Mom watching the now handcuffed bail jumper lay on the floor for the 10 min it took the real cops to show up. "Damn it his face is right in the carpet and I didn't vacuum last night, I know he can see it."

[acespawnshop]

We had a dude come in to pawn an SKS, no case, no gun lock, didn't come in prior to tell somebody he was bringing in a gun... Came in holding it with finger in trigger. Our MOD was working pulled his gun out told dude to drop gun and made him walk outside with out the gun. He went and picked up the SKS and brought it behind counter and then dude came back inside all pissy about the situation.... Some peoples children....

[Condorguns]

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4. THE SUNFLOWER SEED SNORTER- Dude comes up to the front counter with an almost empty large bag of David's sunflower seeds. The bag has all the salt and pieces of seeds and shells in the bottom. He's acting normal just talking to one of the tellers then abruptly stops his sentence, pours the remains of the bag onto our granite countertop. The teller says "DUDE WHAT ARE YOU DOING". He sais oh sorry Ill clean it up, and make a line of salt and seed remains on the counter, bends down with his nose and snorts the line as if he is Tony Montana in the final scene of Scarface.*



That sir I say wins. Lmao. No pawn for me.

[MrBuzzard]

Lmao, **** I wish more people would chime in...stuff is great


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[PWPSK1]

I am so happy I am by appointment only. Good laughs though.

[MrBuzzard]

I am so happy I am by appointment only. Good laughs though.

There's always a first for everything lol. Wait till you get a looney that is flabbergasted that you are a gun shop that sells "real" guns.


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[rolomac]

A good customer came in with an old WWII vintage European military bolt action rifle. He wanted to get ammo for it but there was absolutely no indication on the gun anyplace what it was. He had taken it apart to see if there were markings under the wood or anyplace and could find nothing. He wanted to try out various rounds to see what would fit. Against my better judgement I let him do that - it was a slow rainy day and nobody else was in the store. He tried .308, .270, 7mm, and numerous others and nothing fit but 30-06 was close. Rattled in the chamber but was "close". He asked to buy the box of 30.06 and I said "Hey man, I wouldn't do that - you're playing with dynamite. Go to a gunsmith and see if he can size it for you." He told me it didn't really matter, he had no attachment to the gun and was just curious. Said he'd go out in the woods and tie it to a tree with a string to the trigger and see what happens. I kept trying to talk him out of it but he wouldn't hear me. I probably would have refused to sell it if he hadn't been a really good customer. He bought the box and left.

Several days later he came in and I of course asked what happened with the rifle. "It blew up." he answered.

rolomac

[09hemi]

Lol, these are great. I'll add one more from years ago. Probably the closest we have ever come to shooting someone.

Ok, I am in the back of the shop (right side) gunsmithing. Dad is in the back (left side) office. Big brother is on the counter (front). Dad and I can hear the front but not see it. There is your setup.

Guy walks in he is the only customer. Asked to look at some guns. Big brother is taking care of him when guy #2 walks in. Guy 2 is holding a piece of paper. He looks at the paper, looks at guy 1, then flips the paper around to show my brother behind guy 1 back. It's a wanted poster with guy 1 on the front wearing the same horrible Hawaiian shirt for murder out of LA. The rest happened crazy fast. Guy 2 pulled a gun and started yelling "get on the ground, don't move". At the same time my brother is yelling "cop don't shoot". All I heard was get on the ground and I had a bottle of cold blue on the floor, gun in hand and was moving. I hit the counter about the same time as dad coming from the other direction.
What I saw then was my brother behind the counter trying to wave of both me and dad. A guy proned out on the floor and a guy standing over him with a gun yelling don't shoot good guy. To this day I don't know how we managed not to shoot him. I swear I couldn't have pulled that trigger any further without firing.
Long story short. Yes he was wanted. The guy with the gun was a very very stupid bounty hunter. The local cops still play the footage at the cop shop for laughs (I was not laughing).

Best quote of the whole event.....Mom watching the now handcuffed bail jumper lay on the floor for the 10 min it took the real cops to show up. "Damn it his face is right in the carpet and I didn't vacuum last night, I know he can see it."

LOL I remember your dad telling me the same story, that's too funny

[Condorguns]

LOL I remember your dad telling me the same story, that's too funny

and he told it much better than me. Come to think of it I think Dad did that whole SHTF response without dropping his cigarette. Lol..damn I miss him.

[ke6guj]

I hate to be the player hater on here but the gun store stories have NOTHING on what we see on a daily basis at the pawn shops!

TOP 5 Things that I have seen at the shops in the last 10 years.

5. This one goes back to 2002, Guy comes in looking to buy a pack of guitar strings while smoking one of the cheap liquor store cigars. We tell him he cant smoke in here, he apologizes and takes the cigar out of his mouth inverts it in his hand and puts it backwards into his mouth to extinguish the cigar. All the while shouting "GOD DOESN'T TAKE AMERICAN EXPRESS"

4. THE SUNFLOWER SEED SNORTER- Dude comes up to the front counter with an almost empty large bag of David's sunflower seeds. The bag has all the salt and pieces of seeds and shells in the bottom. He's acting normal just talking to one of the tellers then abruptly stops his sentence, pours the remains of the bag onto our granite countertop. The teller says "DUDE WHAT ARE YOU DOING". He sais oh sorry Ill clean it up, and make a line of salt and seed remains on the counter, bends down with his nose and snorts the line as if he is Tony Montana in the final scene of Scarface.

3. The bronze medalist: Dude comes in with a 50lb dirty boulder he dug up out of somebody's yard. And wants to pawn it. We were slow so we figured, heck why not entertain ourselves for a while at this guys expense. So we ask him, so how much do you want to pawn your rock for? He says he will take no less than $10,000 for it. So we play along with him and ask where did you get this rock that's worth $10K? He said, well I cant tell you where I got it but all I can say is there are PLENTY more where this one came from!

2. Second place: Girl gets her weave knocked out in the parking lot: While walking to my truck to go get my lunch I see this car tear into the parking lot, being the alert person I am I hang back to see whats going on. There were two, ahem, ladies in the car and they screech into the parking lot just as this other 'lady' is getting out of her car. Well apparently these three knew one another from when they were locked up in county. They start brawling in the parking lot, the whole while Im thinking oh please let there be camera coverage on this because Im going to want to watch this scene over and over! The whole fight took about 20 seconds, and then the two took off in their car and the other girl took off in the opposite direction like nothing happened! I'm still standing there still soaking in what I had just witnessed. I look at the empty parking spaces where they had just been scrapping and all that is left is the hair extensions from one of the pugilists.

1. The all time winner goes to the customer who broke into one of the managers cars outside and stole his gym bag. Well stupid rifles through the bag and finds the iPod he listens to at the gym and figures "hey, there's a pawn shop right here let me get some quick cash" We'll he comes in carrying the managers stolen gym bag and comes to the counter to sell the iPod. Well, the manager didn't know at the time his car had just been burglarized, but recognizes his bag and iPod. So he tells this guy, "sure we'll buy your iPod" and gets his ID from him. Well I cant name this manager but he's a pretty burly dude and has a tendency to revert back to his days growing up in the hood. So what does the manager do? Call the police and wait for them to come take a report? No, of course not, he walked to the back got his shop keys and went and locked the front door and proceeded to give this dredge of society a beating like no other. **Disclaimer, this wasn't at the shop I own, but where I worked before, and while I don't condone the behavior of the MOD, its a true story and happened just the same.


OK I know these weren't gun related stories but they all happened and it sort of flows with the discussion above so I hope you all have fun reading these. Remember pawn stars on TV is like antiques roadshow and has nothing to do with what actually happens in here!

Les, is that you?

[mcisniper]

Had a customer try and use his CA Medical Marijuana Card as his form of ID. Instant fail. Could not wrap his head around federal law (Class III narcotic) and he just lied on the 4473.

[ZirconJohn]

Ukiah, CA

The year circa 2002

The place; Diamond Jim's Sporting Goods, Liquor & Deli (No, I'm NOT kidding) Slogan was; "Six Packs and Six Guns"

The owner; Jim T. - For those who knew Jim... he was a CLASSIC dude, I'll just say this about Jim... you DON'T wanna piss this guy off...

The story;

Jim at the gun counter, guy walks in... wants to see a handgun in glass display.

Jim checks it, and hands it to prospective customer.

I'm watching from about 5' away...

Customer takes the gun, cocks the hammer back (1911)... points it at a customer standing at the Deli waiting for his sammich...

...and pulls the trigger <click> as the guy say at the same time "BANG - YOUR DEAD...!!!"

Ohhhhh and Jim... he REARED UP... blinked his eyes a couple times... I see it took a second for Jim to fully let the situation of WHAT just happened engulf his entire being... and OMG...!

Jim TAKES the gun form the guys hand, puts it back in case, locks it... and briskly walks around to customer side of counter...

And what happened NEXT was a sight to behold...

Jim grabbed the guy right hand on back collar of shirt... left hand grasp belt (just above butt)... and briskly walk the guy out, almost running... the guyyyyy was on his freaking tippy-toes - arms flailing in circular motion and the guy saying "I'm sorry, sorry, sorryyyyyyyy..." Had the whole place in tears... we were laughing so hard...

I mean it WASN'T funny what the guy DID... but even the guy what had the gun pointed at him was in histarics... ahhhhh... you had to be there

Good old Jim... those who knew him... can say what you want, but Jim KNEW how to treat a customer. Jim bought the guy waiting for sammich, his lunch, apologized etc.

[acespawnshop]

There's always a first for everything lol. Wait till you get a looney that is flabbergasted that you are a gun shop that sells "real" guns.


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This question gets asked everyday. Are those real gun? Our answer is usually no they are squirt guns.

[CSACANNONEER]

I worked at an indoor range that rented guns. Lets just say that a couple customers never paid their bills and we had to stay late and rent a carpet shampooer after they left.