I'm trying to figure out how in the blue hell it is that the federal government can trust me with hundreds of thousands of dollars in equipment...let me carry a weapon with 200+ rounds into combat...give me a security clearance...but won't let me walk out of a gun shop with a weapon on the day I want to buy it.
Every...single...time
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@txradioguy Is that a Texas or a feral government thing? I haven't bought a gun in a LONG time,but as best as I can remember,I paid my money and I walks out the door. I THINK I used my CCW permit as well as my DL,and that might have made a difference. Or maybe not. Just guessing.
BTW,if you think THAT is insane,I have a friend that was an active-duty MSG Special Forces A team sgt IN POSSESSION of a NC CCW permit,and he got stopped for a random search going off base to go home one night,and damned if the MP's didn't arrest him for carrying a concealed weapon.
The man had been carrying a concealed weapon and several that weren't concealed every day for over 20 years while deployed on various teams,and being first the Jr weapons man on a A team,and then the Sr weapons man before becoming team sgt. If you can't trust a SF MSG with 20+ years in the army,multiple deployments to hostile areas of the planet,a Silver Star,a couple of Bronze Stars with V/Device,a couple of Purple Hearts,etc,etc,etc to carry a freaking 9 mm in a holster under his shirt,who the hell CAN you trust?
Adding insult to injury,SFTG at that time had a asshat reserve LTC from Mass with political connections that was a rabid anti-gunner as his company commander,and instead of looking the other way,he was wanting to court-martial the man. I lost contact with them all before the dust had settled on that,so I don't know what the final outcome was,but I have a hard time believing the Army AG in DC didn't open the charge book to review the case and scream "WTF???????",and just toss it.
I worked with the E-8 when I was working as a consultant to SFTG at Bragg back in the 80's,but have no idea where he is now. He had plans on being a 30 year man,but that changed his mind and he decided to put in his retirement papers and get out.
That is the height of insanity. You just aren't going to ever run into anyone more stable than a SF team sgt,or anyone more knowledgeable about weapons or when to shoot and when not to shoot. The man just ain't going to panic and start gunning everybody down in sight because somebody called him a name or threatened to kick his ass.