Pawndemonium

Three ladies came in wearing clothing that covered most of their face and hair and were new to America. I tried to be polite and let them examine the jewelry we had on sale. We had the jewelry priced at scrap gold prices just for a valentine special. All three began trying to bargain for a lower price which I said was not possible due to the price of gold. One of the ladies would not quit haggling and the store owner,who had been watching and listening on camera, came out of the back with a hammer and asked me for the ring which he placed on the floor and beat it into a lump of gold handed it back to me and walked away saying “Throw it in with the scrap.” The three ladies started speaking in their foreign language and then the haggler asked if all Americans were like that. I told her “only when pushed”.

We cannot get enough handguns to satisfy demand. People of all backgrounds,races, sexes want firearms and they want them now. It is not just my store it is every store. What does this mean? Some feel purchasing a firearm will become illegal, I don’t think so. Some for protection, very likely. SOME JUST BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE IS AND THEY DO NOT WANT TO BE LEFT OUT, MOST LIKELY REASON. Herd mentality, I’ve seen it with baseball cards to beenie babies and now it is guns. The bad thing is that most of these people will not take the time to learn how to use their new weapon and will just load it and stick it by the front door where any child can get to it.  If for some reason the weapon is needed to ward off danger the owner having never having practiced will not make the right decision in the time you have to decide.These are dangerous times and will get worse not for the harm that others will do to us but the harm that we will bring onto ourselves.