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Originally posted by BMR:
If I sold guns and/or ammunition, or just did FFL transfers, I would require a prospective customer to show some kind of proof they did not support the Democrat party - something like an RNC card or registration in the Republican party. Yes, they could be disingenuous with these and still vote Democrat, but they'd have to pay to be a member of the RNC. No way would I sell to a person who supports a party that wants to take away our rights.

What would you do if you found out that a card-carrying Republican was anti-gun? Because there are plenty of them.

My initial thought on this is that it seems fairly obvious that there is an active mission by some in this country to divide our population and make us fearful, if not hateful of each other.
I don't want to be part of anything that encourages that. We would be playing right into the hands of those who wish to destroy our society.

Edited to add -

Joseph Addison says it much more eloquently than I.....

“There cannot a greater judgment befall a country than a dreadful spirit of division as rends a government into two distinct people, and makes them greater strangers, and more averse to one another, than if they were actually two different nations. The effects of such a division are pernicious to the last degree, not only with regard to those advantages which they give the common enemy, but to those private evils which they produce in the heart of almost every particular person. This influence is very fatal both to men’s morals and their understandings; it sinks the virtue of a nation, and not only so, but destroys even common sense. A furious party spirit, when it rages in its full violence, exerts itself in civil war and bloodshed; and when it is under its greatest restraints, naturally breaks out in falsehood, detraction, calumny, and a partial administration of justice. In a word, it fills a nation with spleen and rancor, and extinguishes all the seeds of good nature, compassion and humanity.”
- quote from Joseph Addison’s 1711 essay “Mischiefs of Party Spirit:”

I think a private gun shop owner should have the right to serve or not serve anyone he chooses, just like I believe the same for a bakery or barbershop, etc.

And if someone wants to open a private gunshop serving only communists and Islamists, fine. That might actually be interesting to watch.

I thought religion is a protected class and refusing service based on that would be illegal.

How about a sign that reads: MAGA hat required for entry. That ought to do the trick.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
Replied at first not understanding what you were saying, hopefully I deleted before you saw it.

I would never ban liberals, Muslims, or any other groups of people from my business. If you do that, I'm probably not willing to shop at your business or be your friend.

If someone wants to fight on my side for 2A or shoot a match with me, I don't care if they where a hijab/scarf over their heads as long as they aren't fanatics and I hope for those wearing pussy hats that I can sway them enough to be on our side for 2A if not for bigger issues of freedom and small government.

I've always tried to kill assholes with kindness, I feel it works better than a confrontational approach. I'd suggest the same with people with different philosophies. Way more likely honey will work over vinegar.

I try to do likewise,

the store the OP mentions is not good for us, it, in my opinion, draws too much of the wrong attention,



however, I have invited several reporters/journalist, and a College student doing a thesis, to attend a gunshow with me,

I told each I would get them in, park them behind my tables, and they could watch the entire process,

buys,
sales (using VCheck/NICS)
etc etc

told them they would get a good cross section of the gun buying public, and if needed, I could ask some of the other dealers I know if they would speak to them,


guess how many took me up on it..........

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Originally posted by jljones:
I have to say, I no longer care who allows what, who they don’t like, who they like, etc.

I can only control my decisions. I can only control my spending.

I no longer care.

Exactly the place where I too have landed. As long as whatever you choose to do does not impact my ability to pursue my version of happiness, I just don’t give a shit anymore.

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Originally posted by SW_Sig:

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Originally posted by BMR:
If I sold guns and/or ammunition, or just did FFL transfers, I would require a prospective customer to show some kind of proof they did not support the Democrat party - something like an RNC card or registration in the Republican party. Yes, they could be disingenuous with these and still vote Democrat, but they'd have to pay to be a member of the RNC. No way would I sell to a person who supports a party that wants to take away our rights.

...and many here would walk out of your business. You would not sell much ammunition or firearms.

I am very conservative, always have been and I vote for candidates that I think will do the best job representing me (sometimes it has come to voting for who I think will do the least damage).

I do not have a RNC card and am not registered with the Republican Party, never will be.

You're probably right about that in "normal" times. But in this time of ammo shortage, selling to the very people that are basically the cause of it, Democrats, would not sit right with me. And neither am I a member of the RNC. But I do contribute to Republican candidates, and did so with Trump and my Congressional candidates. Something showing that they do the same would suffice. I'd even put up a sign saying "Democrats not welcome." I have friends that vote Democrat and were complaining last fall that they couldn't buy ammo. I said, "what are you complaining about, you're the very cause of this, with rioting Democrats last summer, Democrats wanting to get rid of the police, and voting for Bidet."

It is their business, can do what they want and I can understand their position. We are already divided in this country and our "politicians" have made clear what side they are on. I am not sure how they can discern those that are liberals,etc., without asking them but there is no guarantee of their answer.

Thought we all agreed, 2A is an absolute right to own a firearm, you don't need to fit any race, creed, color, religion, height, weight, sex, to do so... and that government interference in this right is a problem.

I don't think ya'll are talking apples to apples.

One perspective may be: the left has removed the right from the figurative social media shelves. Fair play might be removing their access to the tools of liberty for which the right may largely control.

Deleted. I'm not looking for conflict anymore. Woke up from a nap and forgot this for a minute.

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Originally posted by bigwagon:

If I sold guns and/or ammunition, or just did FFL transfers ...

What would you do if you found out that a card-carrying Republican was anti-gun? Because there are plenty of them.

I get your point but I think its highly unlikely that an anti-gun republican would try to buy a gun - unlike the regressives, they wouldn't play that game

I think a lot of you are agreeing with each other in principle while differing in practice. I feel the same way. I have no interest in helping my enemy. In the stated example of a liberal and a Muslim, those groups can be difficult to ascertain if they are the enemy as significant portions of their population have made themselves enemies of our country.

If every person you've ever met with a pink hat on punches you in the face every opportunity they get, you'd struggle with the idea of training someone with a pink hat on in the art of how to properly throw a punch.

That's how I feel about this. I can agree that not all people with pink hats are bad, but boy does it get harder and harder to keep an open mind about that when more, and more of them keep punching you. At some point, you get tired of being punched...

One talking point that I used to hear from everyday democrats and liberals is "What do you need a gun for? Shoot someone in a fit of road rage?"

It's a psychological projection.

I would never use my weapon in such a manner unless my life was in danger. Moreover, when I carry a gun I go out of my way to avoid confrontation while all these liberal democrats think that people who carry a gun are looking for people to shoot.

The fact that their brains go straight to those thoughts are proof that they should never own a gun and lack the responsibility to carry them.