In the fun column is the story of a bunch of Karens going NIMBY over a new gun store in Rockland County, NY.
Seems that somebody leased the old Radio Shack that had closed and turned it into a gun store. “Chew’s Guns & Ammo” moved into the space and it is the epitome of redneck gun store.
Except it isn’t.
It is a set for FBI: Most Wanted
I’ve seen pawn shops that look like this, never a gun store.
What sort of look does your local gun store have? Does it look like a redneck adult entertainment store or is it more like a Cabela’s?
Hudson Valley POST: Surprising Reason For ‘New Gun Store’ in Hudson Valley, New York
redneck adult entertainment store, as it should be.
Don’t like it? don’t go in.
The store’s logo is the state of Tennessee… The residents of New York didn’t find that a bit odd? The sign’s also proclaim it “Pelham’s Favorite Gun Seller,” despite not being located in or near Pelham.
I swear, the average adult human has the perceptive ability of a dim-witted, near-sighted, tinnitus-afflicted, lump of wet concrete.
And the average is trending down pretty sharply.
Not far from where I live is Merrimack Firearms, which some years ago was in the news because of the images on their front window:
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/nh-gun-store-depicts-obama-as-firearms-salesman-of-the-year/
Gin shops often look like this due to municipal laws that forbid a firearmbeing visible from outside the store.
My little town had a lot of kitchen-table FFLs, but only one gun store with any kind of retail presence. It was literally a 5×10 office space in a building. Open only by appointment. And even if you know it’s there you’re liable to walk right by it.
On the other hand, a new gun store opened up a few towns over (and on tribal land, I believe), Indigenous Arms. Very nice people, great shop dogs, beautiful mural on the side of the building.
To Ish’s point on the logo … Expecting a New Yorker to recognize any state profile other than NY is – how shall I put this – perhaps overly optimistic.
“View of the World from 9th Avenue” all over again.