Well I think 2 minutes, was long enough for this officer to apprehend these "urban gentleman". Do you think maybe the officers comment was a way to basically say you are unwelcome here.
I delivered things to a lot of places, somebody swore I had a twin in a town 40 miles away. I used to get asked if I was from different places all the time. Asking that question is used to gauge a person's reaction to the question, the officer will usually then use the reaction to ask more probing questions, or use the reaction, to the question to ask for a vehicle search, if he had said, don't you live on x street, and was correct, that might be different, but it could mean that the guy had his house broken into, or was the victim of a crime in the last year, hence the need for a long gun. From your desription it was meant to "run them off". Did the officer get their plate # after they left?
I do not know the price of an sks, or other guns like that at gunshows, I buy my guns already cleaned, because I do not know they proper way to field strip, and clean off cosmoline. As I understand it is a decent home defense gun, and the more rounds the better for HD. A shotgun would have been a better HD gun in a city enviroment, but if he lives in the country an inexpensive sks will do the job.
They may or may not have gotten the firearms legally, but I'ts scary that people like this are coming to the range to "practice", but all the more reason to make it as hard as possible for them to get ahold of firearms.
They obtained the arms legally, the question is under current law are they legally able to own firearms. It is a small point, but an important one. It means that gunshows do nothing illegal. Lawyers may try to say they have liability, but the purchasers of guns have a responsiblity to know if they are able to legally purchase guns.
I hope you mean ignorant of firearms. Most drugs smuggled to detroit comes from the south, a lot of drug dealers have relatives or associates with relatives in the south who have property where they can shoot guns to practice, and will pay 5 times the price to get a gun that is almost totally untraceable. This is detroit drug gangs.
The motorized bandits of the 30's were usually from the country, some were expert shots, some weren't. They practiced with their guns, and experimented with them also. All away from prying eyes, a true criminal does not want attention. The deadliest bandits, and gangsters from the era of prohibition, and motorized bandits were ex-military. Chicago and Al Capone romantized gangsters, he was an exception to the rule of lawing low, he preffered to hide in the open, and profess his innocence, most were smarter, had legit bussinesses, and laid low. Most of the gangsters were eastern european jews, and in detroit they were notoriously violent, it makes today's violence look tame. Capone would rather deal with detroit's purple gang than try to out-muscle them.
Young boys Incorparated, taped a lot of their antics. They had 24Kt gold plated fixtures in the bathroom of a house. They had so much money that they had a couple of clothes baskets full of $1 bills, after counting money with a money counter, they didn't even think it was worth the time to count the $1 bills.
2 guys ignorant of guns, come into the store and basically accused of being felons for ignorance of guns, not by you, but by someone in law enforcement. Reasons for an actual city dweller, and not just an "Urban dweller" to need a firearm, with a felony. Drug dealer sold younger relative drugs/dangerously cut drugs, person, found drug dealer in public place, and beat him senseless with small blunt object object, dealer not in position of anything at time, person charged with felony assault, now needs protection from dealer. Drug dealer has set up shop, by house, as a teen was picked up by friend in a car, did not immediately realize it was stolen, asks to get out, pulled over by police, convicted of felony. Small kid is picked on by neighborhood guys, single family home, dad works good job, but has to work a lot of OT and is not home, young kid has to go to school and graduate, can't just stay home, is bullied into being a lookout during burglary/home invasion, charged with non-violent felony, has now Graduated HS, never leaves home for fear of bullies, needs protection in case bullies attack him at home.
Some of the above examples are actual probation files, my wife works on.
