In The Ten Ring
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I'm over at Walmart and having the female clerk name some ammo prices for me. The topic of Walmart's new age policy comes up.
The clerk says "I don't know about the age restriction but I do think gun buyers need more evaluation." I then ask "what kind? What's on the test? Who says what's on the test? How much does that test cost? Who grades it? How often do you have to retake it?"
When I applied those standards to other rights, like voting, I could tell she was really perplexed. She had never thought of that.
She had told me her age (19) and I set up a scenario. "Say the min. age for buying a shotgun or rifle is raised to 21 by federal law. Say you move out from home and are living alone and break up with your boyfriend. He begins stalking you. He wants to kill you. How are you going to protect yourself?"
That seemed to really get her thinking! I related the story a few years ago of the New Jersey woman that had applied for a pistol buying permit but during the months-long wait, the stalking X stabbed her to death in her driveway.
After I paid my bill (you can pay for all your items at the gun counter) I asked her "how was the discussion? Calm and thought-provoking?" She sad "yes it was" and we did a fist bump. I wished her a happy Easter.
Did I change her mind? Maybe, maybe not, but I did get her to think in ways she hadn't before.
The clerk says "I don't know about the age restriction but I do think gun buyers need more evaluation." I then ask "what kind? What's on the test? Who says what's on the test? How much does that test cost? Who grades it? How often do you have to retake it?"
When I applied those standards to other rights, like voting, I could tell she was really perplexed. She had never thought of that.
She had told me her age (19) and I set up a scenario. "Say the min. age for buying a shotgun or rifle is raised to 21 by federal law. Say you move out from home and are living alone and break up with your boyfriend. He begins stalking you. He wants to kill you. How are you going to protect yourself?"
That seemed to really get her thinking! I related the story a few years ago of the New Jersey woman that had applied for a pistol buying permit but during the months-long wait, the stalking X stabbed her to death in her driveway.
After I paid my bill (you can pay for all your items at the gun counter) I asked her "how was the discussion? Calm and thought-provoking?" She sad "yes it was" and we did a fist bump. I wished her a happy Easter.
Did I change her mind? Maybe, maybe not, but I did get her to think in ways she hadn't before.