The shop's side of the story if anyone cares...
"Wildman Arms is a veteran owned and operated, small family business that cares about all our customers. We firmly believe that every American should enjoy their Second Amendment rights. We also pride ourselves on always following the law. Some people on the internet are spreading false rumors about our company. If you hear one of these false rumors, we want you to know the truth.
We serve people of all races and are proud to have a diverse customer base. In early June, we sold a gun to an African American man. He met all the legal requirements and we are always happy to sell our products to lawful buyers. He was one of many gun sales during another busy day.
Later that day, a state police investigator came to our building and said he was investigating this person and asked us for detailed information about him, including surveillance video of the transaction. This was a surprise to us, because we didn’t make any complaint about the man to law enforcement or anyone else. But, as a federally licensed firearms dealer, we are required to fully cooperate with all law enforcement investigations, and we did so.
A few weeks later, the same buyer came in to buy another weapon. We already knew law enforcement had been investigating him and we’d since learned that the address information he put on his firearms paperwork was incorrect. With those two legal concerns in mind, we denied the second sale, which we’re required to do if we believe that someone may be disqualified from buying a gun under federal law.
Those are the facts. The allegations that race or the recent protests about race relations had something to do this situation are hateful and false. We are an equal opportunity business and we reject racism.
Sadly, voices of hate on the internet – many of whom oppose gun stores and our strong support for the Second Amendment – are spreading lies and calling for people to target our employees and our store. This type of behavior reflects poorly on those doing it and doesn’t represent American or Arkansas values.
We want everyone, of all races, religions, etc. to know that we welcome your business at Wildman Arms."