I recently witnessed a little freedom, and a lot of sanity: Kittery Trading Post.

FormerlyIndifferent · Jul 30, 2014

Stopped by Kittery Trading Post. First the sanity: while we were near the entrance, a fellow walked in with a live unfired boolit and he handed it to the greeter. "I found this in the parking lot by my car and figured you'd know how to dispose of it properly" he said. Greeter took it, threw it in a drawer and said "thanks, I'll take care of it".

Huh? Wha? (to quote Mayor Vaughan's barracuda comment in JAWS). In MA it would have been SWAT, Hazmat, lockdown, wee-wee in place. Little "evidence cones" all over the place to mark where it was found in the parking lot. Newstrucks, etc. etc. A big bleeping deal over what should be nothing.

Why the sanity up there, and the lunacy in MA?

Next, my wife accidentally went up the set of stairs to the "gun section" first. She got to the top, saw the cool looking "gun purses" at the top of the stairs, and then spent 20 mins. browsing the gunnnzz and their accessories. She was eyeing a .380 Sig, so I told her that these were the freedom versions, like the forbidden apple; and that I would take her to look at some in MA. (She's thus far only into .22, the .380 would be new for her). I think she wants a purse and a .380.

Next, the freedom tease: I didn't need any ammo but I just had to experience "freedom" and buy some, just to say that I had done it. So I grabbed some .223. The lady at the counter was super nice, took my payment, slapped a "paid" sticker on the box, and thanked me for my purchase and wished me a good day.

No LTC, no bending over, no nothing.

Again, why the sanity up there, and the lunacy in MA?

noddaduma · Jul 30, 2014

Some dude found a cast boolit and handed it off to someone else ? Was he crying too?

Mark from MA · Jul 30, 2014

Experience it in nh. Where there are no taxes either.

jibbr71 · Jul 30, 2014

Mark from MA said:
Experience it in nh. Where there are no taxes either.

Whoa, let's not overwhelm the poor guy.

paracarry · Jul 30, 2014

retirement and freedom, just 8 years away.

JayMcB · Jul 30, 2014

Mark from MA said:
Experience it in nh. Where there are no taxes either.

Really? Try buying it at Shooters without ID.

dgrafton · Jul 30, 2014

paracarry said:
retirement and freedom, just 8 years away.

Every day I ask my boss when I am getting fired!

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Winchester73 · Jul 30, 2014

What caliber was the bullet?

smokey-seven · Jul 30, 2014

Since the bridge went put, does Kittery still drive across the bridge to complete firearms sales with no state tax?

Jude Thaddeus · Jul 30, 2014

smokey-seven said:
Since the bridge went put, does Kittery still drive across the bridge to complete firearms sales with no state tax?

Yes, they did and still do.

45collector · Jul 30, 2014

KTP is pretty awesome. I hadn't been there for many years (like when I was a pre-teen), and I went this past Columbus Day weekend.

I accidentally knocked a lot of stuff over with my freedom boner.

Jsfitzgerald85 · Jul 30, 2014

went up there, saw some .50 cal BMG, dont own anything to shoot it. But i had to fight the urge to buy it regardless [laugh]

Matt2109 · Jul 30, 2014

I was there two weeks ago with my GF and her two sisters (one from RI and one from MN), we stopped there on our way home from Freeport. I told them to look around at their leisure and that I would be upstairs. Given that it was the end of the day they did not shop much and found me upstairs where I was getting some 38 special ammo (no 22LR left!!!), and said they were ready to go. So I checked out, also with a friendly lady, no cavity search, license check, just pay and leave.

I get back to the girls who were waiting for me, and they said "that was quick, don't they run a background check". Nope not for ammo and certainly not in the free world........

cyberlogicx · Jul 30, 2014

JayMcB said:
Really? Try buying it at Shooters without ID.

Because we all know that Shooters is the only place in all of New Hampshire that sells ammo. [rolleyes]

Win · Jul 30, 2014

You gotta get out more.

MWL556 · Jul 30, 2014

"The Way Life Should Be"

Prepper · Jul 30, 2014

JayMcB said:
Really? Try buying it at Shooters without ID.

I dunno, they never asked me for ID. They ask if I am a NH resident; I say yes. Done.

92G · Jul 30, 2014

OP- nice story. "Forbidden fruit" had me laughing.

i like KTP too but their ammo is usually no cheaper than MA shops. Although i spend time hunting, hiking, camping in Maine I find NH to be waaaaay better for gun shopping.

if i have outdoors bonder, I go to Maine
if i have gun boner, I go to NH
if I have no boner, I stay in MA

soloman02 · Jul 30, 2014

jibbr71 said:
Whoa, let's not overwhelm the poor guy.

WatchCityCPA · Jul 30, 2014

Prepper said:
I dunno, they never asked me for ID. They ask if I am a NH resident; I say yes. Done.

When Jim McLoud learns about that, there will be some retraining of the staff.

Come and take · Jul 30, 2014

I heard Viagra has the same affects. Stiffy and it won't go down.

todd c · Jul 30, 2014

i went to vacation in maine last week and bought a bunch of fireworks for the week. the kid and had a great time. we survived with no trips to the hospitol. but in mass they're to dangerous

Amd813 · Jul 30, 2014

Ahhhh Kittery Trading Post. My favorte place. Smells of fresh baked cookies and camo and guns as far as the eye can see.

rcoolbaugh · Jul 30, 2014

JayMcB said:
Really? Try buying it at Shooters without ID.

I don't know what their rules are, but I walked out of there with 8lbs. of gunpowder and 1000 small rifle primers without showing any ID.

n1bsbri · Jul 30, 2014

Prepper said:
I dunno, they never asked me for ID. They ask if I am a NH resident; I say yes. Done.

True, Jim only wants to f**k over MA residents. He once said he needed to see the LTC so that he could keep ammo out of the hands of gang bangers. Apparently y'all don't have any of those in Manchvegas?

Prepper · Jul 30, 2014

n1bsbri said:
True, Jim only wants to f**k over MA residents. He once said he needed to see the LTC so that he could keep ammo out of the hands of gang bangers. Apparently y'all don't have any of those in Manchvegas?

No idea on that one. I stick to the peaceful rural areas of NH as much as possible. Manchester for the mall and nearby gun stores, that is about it. The neighborhoods look a bit creepy. And the cops seem to like checkpoints and other stops without any cause they can articulate.

P-14 · Jul 30, 2014

KTP:

mattyw · Jul 30, 2014

FormerlyIndifferent said:
Greeter took it, threw it in a drawer and said "thanks, I'll take care of it".

Huh? Wha? (to quote Mayor Vaughan's barracuda comment in JAWS). In MA it would have been SWAT, Hazmat, lockdown, wee-wee in place. Little "evidence cones" all over the place to mark where it was found in the parking lot. Newstrucks, etc. etc. A big bleeping deal over what should be nothing.

Why the sanity up there, and the lunacy in MA?

if this happened at Bass Pro Shops I highly doubt it would unfold the way you are lead to believe. School or playground, yes absolutely

FormerlyIndifferent · Jul 2, 2016

Was at KTP this evening with the family, but the kids started melting down pretty soon into it (long day, KTP was the last stop), so we evacuated. We got some cones of the roasted cinna-coated nuts from the food stand, some trinkets, etc. and will have to return.
Got to look at fishing stuff, canoes, a box of .223, some books, etc. before meltdown commenced. [crying]

MAJoe · Jul 2, 2016

Winchester73 said:
What caliber was the bullet?

Maybe it was some of these?

I recently witnessed a little freedom, and a lot of sanity: Kittery Trading Post.

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