[politicket]

Gun sales are way past the point of ridiculous!

I picked up a couple of .22's (from two different stores) a couple of weeks ago and COULD NOT BELIEVE the paperwork required. They made me feel like I was purchasing an atomic bomb and would not let me hold the rifle box until I had been officially escorted to the parking lot!

One of the purchases was at Walmart, the other at Gander Mountain.

I also don't see how the stores can even make a profit on gun sales. The .22 from Walmart cost me $99 and I'm sure that the employee time to do all of the paperwork and jump through all of the hoops more than ate up any profit margin that Walmart should have gotten.

The second amendment (like the rest of the constitution) is just a bunch of words on paper now and has really become meaningless.

[Rebelbase]

"The .22 from Walmart cost me $99 and I'm sure that the employee time to do all of the paperwork and jump through all of the hoops more than ate up any profit margin that Walmart should have gotten."

Retail sales force efficiency still escapes WalMart. They're there more to re-stock the shelves with the goods people scatter all over the store.

[RHINO369]

"I also don't see how the stores can even make a profit on gun sales. The .22 from Walmart cost me $99 and I'm sure that the employee time to do all of the paperwork and jump through all of the hoops more than ate up any profit margin that Walmart should have gotten."

If your walmart is anything like the ones near me, they paid that employee almost nothing because hes an illegal. The jokes on you because you tax money is supporting his kids, who don't learn enligh.

[NonValueAdded]

Did you also discover that a national gun registry is alive and well? I finally understood that line in the movie "Red Dawn" where the Colonel is instructing his troops to go into the sporting goods store to retrieve all the form ATF 4473's. Holy distributed databases, Batman, we do have a national gun registry! The 20 year holding period can mean nothing else. Yet there is no hue and cry over this. Remarkable.

[Balding_Eagle]

I picked up a couple of .22's (from two different stores) a couple of weeks ago and COULD NOT BELIEVE the paperwork required.

It's not just gun sales.

I have an insurance business. When I started 20 years ago a full application, including health questions was a total of 4 pages. Now that same type policy requires 100 (THAT'S ONE HUNDRED!) pages.

Also, my role in the investment side has changed. I now am put in the position that I need to protect my clients accounts from insurance companies law and compliance departments.