Malice
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I was browsing at the gun store when I noticed a very nervous young man with a baby in a stroller. He was biting his lip and all and when he saw me he approached. I expected the worst.
He asked me if I worked here. When I said no, he said "good, because I got a question... see, I have somthing civilians arent supposed to have..."
Oh great... why did he pick me to confide in?
Well as it turns out, he had an SKS. He thought it was illegal to own such a weapon, and he wanted to get ammo for it, but he didnt know what kind to get, and he couldnt tell the "old white dudes" he had an SKS cuz it was, of course, illegal to own.
I loosened up at this point. I told him first of all, there is nothing illegal about an SKS. I answered a lot of his questions (seeing as I have owned 2 SKSs) and I told him what kind of ammo he needed, and explained to him how to tell what ammo a gun uses.
Anyway, it was pretty clear this was just a guy my age who just got his first gun and assumed anything other than a pump shotgun or a bolt rifle was a "machine gun" and illegal. Im sure he got this from the movies and the media.
All this happened in Texas, too. Have you ever run into pro-gun people who have this similar state of mind?
He asked me if I worked here. When I said no, he said "good, because I got a question... see, I have somthing civilians arent supposed to have..."
Oh great... why did he pick me to confide in?
Well as it turns out, he had an SKS. He thought it was illegal to own such a weapon, and he wanted to get ammo for it, but he didnt know what kind to get, and he couldnt tell the "old white dudes" he had an SKS cuz it was, of course, illegal to own.
I loosened up at this point. I told him first of all, there is nothing illegal about an SKS. I answered a lot of his questions (seeing as I have owned 2 SKSs) and I told him what kind of ammo he needed, and explained to him how to tell what ammo a gun uses.
Anyway, it was pretty clear this was just a guy my age who just got his first gun and assumed anything other than a pump shotgun or a bolt rifle was a "machine gun" and illegal. Im sure he got this from the movies and the media.
All this happened in Texas, too. Have you ever run into pro-gun people who have this similar state of mind?