I’ve had a sundry history of employment, I’ve worked in a Daycare, I’ve worked as a hazardous materiel worker, I’ve worked as a commercial SCUBA diver, I’ve thrown lines on tour boats, I’ve cooked food, I’ve been a field scientist, I’ve worked in pharmaceutical research.
I’ve never dug a grave for money…if anybody has a line, I’d like to add that to my resume! But where I’m going is one of my jobs was pouring drinks on a tour boat. Before I served my first drink I was told by my boss that bars could be held liable for people who were over-served, and got into serious trouble. Thankfully I never had to refuse somebody a drink, still my big concern was that the people I had the most fear of were the people I could pose the least judgement on. A hardcore alcoholic has been shitfaced drunk enough that he can conceal his stupor from me, the young bartender, and this prick could order a few beers from me (after maybe drinking at another bar) and then drive home and kill somebody.
This story reminds me of my past reservations:
Kevin Nugent, owner of the Shooters Shop, about eight miles southwest of Milwaukee in West Allis, Wis., told The Times that Page came looking for a handgun on July 28.
“He asked about a 9 millimeter,” Nugent said Tuesday.
Nugent said Page did not look strange and appeared calm.
“He didn’t have a shaved head or 9/11 tattoo. He didn’t talk stupid or act stupid,” Nugent said. “He raised no eyebrows whatsoever.”
Nugent, who runs one of the few gun shops in the area that boasts a large selection, said he reserves the right not to sell to customers who appear irate or under the influence. Page was neither, he said.
“We’re very strict,” he added.
Nugent ran a background check that day, and Page was cleared for purchase.
“All the proper channels for authorization were followed,” he said. “Nothing we could do would have stopped this.”
He’s 100% right, NOTHING would have stopped this sale, no matter what the antis say.
The only thing that would have stopped this if one of the Sikhs had been carrying a pistol for just such an occasion (and maybe religious tenants).
Carry your guns people, here there be monsters!
Amen!! Carry every day . . . . no excuses!
“Before I served my first drink I was told by my boss that bars could be held liable for people who were over-served, and got into serious trouble. ”
That would make you part of the “litigation generation”. Shakespeare warned us of this centuries ago.
Yeah, doesn’t it suck? I also carry a 1911 with a warning label on the frame, in a shoulder holster that explicitly warns me about carrying my 1911 “cocked and locked”, despite the retention strap not fitting over the hammer.
Yep, that’s life.
Read at bash.org:
“I’m not saying stupidity should be a capital offense, but why don’t we remove the warning labels from everything and let the problem take care of itself?”
[snark] Have you ever dug a grave … NOT for money? 😉
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Seriously, though: right on! Holding the gun shop owners responsible for the shooting is like holding the car salesmen responsible for traffic-collision-related death, holding fuel companies responsible for arson-related death, and holding fast food chains responsible for obesity-related issues. Why not hold fast food chains responsible for the shooting? It’s not much more of a stretch than blaming the gun shop owners, who followed ALL the legal and ethical protocols! Surrealism in action!
How come it seems all these guys just bought their gun before going on a spree? But certain individuals say he is “one of us”.
Well we all know why they push that BS. Still you make a good point! I’ve owned guns for YEARS, so I’m off the hook. Hell I believe Tim McVeigh owned guns for years…so naturally he had to go buy a truck full of fertilizer…