I now see it from the other side of the counter.

august1410 · Oct 9, 2014

I have been working at a pawn shop here in NC for almost a month now. I was hired on as "the gun guy" in addition to all the other fun stuff that comes along with working at a pawn shop.

I have been reading here on the forum for years about what it was like on the other side of the counter....and countless folks saying how they wanted to work in a gun shop/pawn shop and deal with guns all day.

It certainly is another world on the other side. I have worked in pawn shops in East Baltimore, but we never handled firearms. Now, working in a shop that does, I now see first hand what you folks have been talking about for a long time.

Genuine customers aren't a problem. I will show a real customer all the guns he/she wants to see....all day long. But, man....there are some real weirdos and such that want to handle every gun we have.....and no, we don't let them. I won't let just anyone handle the long guns and I ask that those folks who wish to handle a handgun have a purchase permit or concealed handgun permit.

I now understand why some gun shop folks are a little surly.....answering the same questions all the time.....and hearing how someone's uncle used a GLOCK in WWII..... :innocent0

Thanks for all the nonsense you guys and gals tolerate....I'm enjoying every minute of being a gun seller, but it certainly is entertaining.

-Z/28- · Oct 9, 2014

North Carolina has handgun purchase permits?

Threeband · Oct 9, 2014

Thank you for your service to the community.

And remember these sage words from Monty Python:

"Never kill a customer."

Threeband · Oct 9, 2014

-Z/28- said:
North Carolina has handgun purchase permits?

Oh yes. You have to get one from the Sheriff for every single handgun you buy, unless you have a concealed carry permit.

It was originally a Jim Crow thing.

august1410 · Oct 9, 2014

Threeband said:
Oh yes. You have to get one from the Sheriff for every single handgun you buy, unless you have a concealed carry permit.

It was originally a Jim Crow thing.

This is true. In the county I work in, it can take 2 days. In the county I LIVE in, it takes 30 minutes.

-Z/28- · Oct 9, 2014

Wow, never knew that. Sorry for the derail.

august1410 · Oct 9, 2014

-Z/28- said:
Wow, never knew that. Sorry for the derail.

No worries. :thumbsup:

hodgepodge · Oct 9, 2014

I betting the whole pawn shop gig is an undercover cop sting.

Lou45 · Oct 9, 2014

-Z/28- said:
North Carolina has handgun purchase permits?

Threeband said:
Oh yes. You have to get one from the Sheriff for every single handgun you buy, unless you have a concealed carry permit.

THIS ^^^ ............I didn't want anyone to know about this during the SB281 hearings becuz the fuggin' libtard anti's would be ALL OVER DIS SHIT by comparison; so I didn't say a word about it to anybody.

marko12 · Oct 10, 2014

Any word on the new reality show, "Shotgun Joe's Super Duper Pawn in-your-face shop" ?

rico903 · Oct 10, 2014

august1410 said:
This is true. In the county I work in, it can take 2 days. In the county I LIVE in, it takes 30 minutes.

On the upside, you have the organization GRNC which is much more organized and successful than any we have here in MD. I have a buddy in Chapel Hill who sends me their info all the time. I have forwarded it to MSI and anyone who I think could utilize it here but have seen nothing come of it.

fivepointstar · Oct 10, 2014

bring your cat to work and have him sell guns

shaddydan · Oct 10, 2014

fivepointstar said:
bring your cat to work and have him sell guns

Cat could demonstrate how it goes "pew, pew, pew."

BigSteve57 · Oct 10, 2014

Thanks for the information!
PS: we just spent a few days in Henderson, NC looking at homes on Kerr Lake. We'll be headed back to look some more as soon as we both can get a day or two off from work.

reddobie0 · Oct 10, 2014

I didn't realize Glock's have been around since WW2. :lol2:

rseymorejr · Oct 10, 2014

Lou45 said:
THIS ^^^ ............I didn't want anyone to know about this during the SB281 hearings becuz the fuggin' libtard anti's would be ALL OVER DIS SHIT by comparison; so I didn't say a word about it to anybody.

I bet you don't have to pay $50, get fingerprinted and take a course to get the permit either. And I bet there's not an arbitrary 7 day wait.

Lou45 · Oct 10, 2014

Lou45 said:
THIS ^^^ ............I didn't want anyone to know about this during the SB281 hearings becuz the fuggin' libtard anti's would be ALL OVER DIS SHIT by comparison; so I didn't say a word about it to anybody.

rseymorejr said:
I bet you don't have to pay $50, get fingerprinted and take a course to get the permit either. And I bet there's not an arbitrary 7 day wait.

You're absolutely correct here ^^^. However the libtards in this state would try to add as much as they can to make it harder to make a purchase. How would you like to have to go to your sheriff's office to get permission every time you want to purchase a handgun here and STILL GO through all the ******** we have now???

MDElite · Oct 11, 2014

WTF you mean " a little surly" :innocent0

clandestine · Oct 11, 2014

The customer isn't always right and some are complete dickheads. I like to keep it real.

newq · Oct 11, 2014

clandestine said:
The customer isn't always right and some are complete dickheads. I like to keep it real.

I used to work retail selling PC,servers and parts. I can tell you this is spot on. I would treat the customer with respect and gratitude but I would also state to them I see where you are coming from and why you would feel that BUT....

Sometimes customers just make abusive demands.

I now see it from the other side of the counter.

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