I have read posts lately knocking gun shops for not being very helpful lately, especially with phone calls.
We need to be a little more understanding with the shops.
I can tell you that every shop that I have been to since the Sandy Hook incident has been packed to the gills with customers. Many are buying and many more are tire kickers. These shops are usually not staffed to handle such demand for guns and gun related gear. I know that there is a small mom and pop store down the street from where I live. He operates out of his garage. Before Sandy Hook I would go there and there was always 2 or 3 other customers. Every day since Sandy Hook his dead end street is packed with cars and there is a line out the door waiting to get in. EVERY DAY!! He runs this shop with his wife and son and 1 part time cashier. I can definately understand that he is no longer as helpful on the phone as he used to be. He also does one hell of a job trying to keep up with the demand. Phone callers tend to be price shopping more than anything....he just doesn't have the time to waste on that.
I think that we all need to be a little more understanding of the incredible pressure that these shops are under. Not only are they unbelievably busy selling but they are equally busy trying to hunt down more inventory to sell. Inventory that just is not easy to find these days.
Let's cut them a little slack here.
We need to be a little more understanding with the shops.
I can tell you that every shop that I have been to since the Sandy Hook incident has been packed to the gills with customers. Many are buying and many more are tire kickers. These shops are usually not staffed to handle such demand for guns and gun related gear. I know that there is a small mom and pop store down the street from where I live. He operates out of his garage. Before Sandy Hook I would go there and there was always 2 or 3 other customers. Every day since Sandy Hook his dead end street is packed with cars and there is a line out the door waiting to get in. EVERY DAY!! He runs this shop with his wife and son and 1 part time cashier. I can definately understand that he is no longer as helpful on the phone as he used to be. He also does one hell of a job trying to keep up with the demand. Phone callers tend to be price shopping more than anything....he just doesn't have the time to waste on that.
I think that we all need to be a little more understanding of the incredible pressure that these shops are under. Not only are they unbelievably busy selling but they are equally busy trying to hunt down more inventory to sell. Inventory that just is not easy to find these days.
Let's cut them a little slack here.