pacerdude:
Ouch.... I just realized that I am an old fart.... Turned 64 the other day.... 'Course, I didn't feel old until my daughter ordered a mixed drink at a restaurant and I realized that she was legal.... (And that the teeny-bopper waitress was, too - you have to be 18 in OH to work there, and 21 to touch the alcohol, or something like that.) Anyway, the kid's 24 now.... My wife won't let me find out how old the waitress is
....
I've just managed to learn to treat the younger ones as if they were adults if their behavior was half-decent. Rarely a problem with her or her friends, although there was no pressure to grow up or anything like that. (She got a car for her sixteenth birthday, courtesy of my mom and a couple of her slightly older cousins. Managed to get a driver's license about a week later, dropped me off at home after getting the paperwork signed, and I've barely seen her since
.) We're not talking multiple piercings, etc. here....
Same thing goes at the gun store - whether it's my kid, her boyfriend, or whoever.... Seems to work.... And, some of these kids (and her boyfriend) are
veterans, and deserving of some respect. If they're adequately respectful (in general, not just me), even if they look like a pincushion, it doesn't hurt.... It's the gum-chewing yutz with the ipod waving the AK around that gets my attention.... Not to mention the "gangsta" type. (Per my LE background, skin color is an identification characteristic, period.... And some of those kids are pretty decent, too, if they can keep their pants up. 'Course, it is hard to keep from laughing. But then I remember the Elvis hairdo I couldn't make work back in the 60's
.)
420Stainless:
If I'm going to buy it, I want to at least see the thing with the slide off.... Particularly if it's used.... A dealer may not want to do much for you, and life's too short to deal with six-week warranty repair waits, etc. (Or six month....
) If it's not a NIB gun, particularly, you're at the mercy of the dealer's policies, and those can vary. Just IMHO.
I did just happen to think about the younger guys.... My #2 or #3 favorite dealer (guess they're #2 'cause I actually bought something there) is owned and staffed by a couple of guys who are roughly my daughter's age. Great kids....
Regards,