I mean he asked if the 308 rifle was full auto and when the guy told him it was semi auto he had a blank look on his face. He didn't understand what semi auto was. He also asked how the double barrel 12 gauge worked
It's one thing to be interested in firearms if you were never exposed to them growing up but you don't waste a salesman's time when they are incredibly busy just because you are too lazy to do the research on your own.
I really didn't feel like talking to the guy and he caught on so he left me alone. He then started asking Wes questions while Wes was trying to get people taken care of with paper work. You would think that he would realize not to distract someone when filling out gun purchase paperwork.
That shit would drive me up a wall and make me collect little doll pony's if I had to go through that all the time.
One of the many problems the 2A community faces is that it needs to bolster its ranks. Guns are intimidating to people that have not spent any time around them, and so are gun shops/gun counters. Rude service or rude guys hanging around in the shop do nothing but harm to the 2A community.
If the line at BP is too long, that's on BP, not the customer that is potentially buying a first firearm and maybe voting against an anti next election. And I think Smokey would do a better job of helping a newbie understand guns in general than the newbie could learn on the internet.
As for Wes, there's no hope. Even if he could tell people how to fill out their paperwork, he couldn't do that and chew gum at the same time... All kidding aside, if The Gun Shop isn't the kind of place that someone can feel comfortable going into and asking questions, it isn't going to be around for anyone. And I want The Gun Shop around. It's a great place.
It is highly likely that in our lifetimes, it will be about as easy to buy a handgun as it currently is to get a CCP -virtually impossible. The people that can change that future are the ones that are going into BP and The Gun Shop, asking questions, talking to the other customers. It's up to us to convince these people that gun owners aren't jerks.
I think, in general, the 2A community does a lousy job of public relations. Instead of treating new, potential gun owners with a range of disdain to tolerance, we should be bending over backwards to foment interest in joining the club.
Every time a gun-grabber reads these anecdotes, he or she gets a thrill up the leg. Gun ownership, in the end, is not going to be about the law, or a proper observance of human rights. It's going to be about public opinion. The easiest members of the public to influence are the ones that are dipping their toes in the water.
That's my two cents, anyway.