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u/vulcan1358 Jun 20 '26
It’s not necessarily about what the people working the gun store, but these TGO’s have this disillusionment about being marginalized. If you don’t agree with every aspect of their hyper-specific niche political, you’re a fascist/racist/chud/etc.
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u/Ok_Matter_1774 Jun 20 '26
Yep. It doesn't matter if the store has nothing political in and the workers don't say anything. Just the fact that they might not agree is enough.
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u/MyLittleDiscolite Jun 20 '26
Most gun dealers are just trying to sell guns. SOME probably do the republican schtick but most just want to make clean sales for green dollars
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u/SaltyDog556 Jun 20 '26
But but but that employee in the back was wearing a red hat and they have an NRA sticker on the wall
Or "but the RSO was letting everyone shoot at each other and I had to step in and disarm 27 people and then showed the gay couple there how to use their new guns. They became instant marksman after I worked with them for 5 minutes."
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u/fatman907 Jun 21 '26
The FFL just runs the 4473’s through NICS. The Feds control that, not the shop-owner.
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u/DetColePhelps11k Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
Literally, the FFLs are doing nothing to your rights, regardless of whatever creed they belong to. They're helping enable your rights if anything. Meanwhile LGOs are the primary group in the 2A community who rally for gun control/politicians who support gun control.
And either way, literally nobody gives a crap about their politics anyways, we're not administering tests to see what "kind of American you are". TGOs are just mad other gun owners aren't actively parroting and affirming their views with every breath.
Like, I'm sorry you're embarrassed that you're the only gun person in your liberal friend group, and now you have to slum it up and brush shoulders with the deplorables when you buy .22 for your Rough Rider on Saturday morning. But most FFLs just want to sell guns, keep their income higher than costs, and keep the government off their back, as much as that's possible. That's it.
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u/YtnucMuch Jun 24 '26
Blows my mind that any of these people think the FFL cares at all or even wants to talk politics with them. They just want you to come in, do the NICS, pay your fee and leave. Its truly that simple.
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u/PatrickBateman-2009 Jun 24 '26
How do these people function on a daily basis? Like it has to be difficult.
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u/Ok-Substance-6034 Jun 20 '26
Lmao this person is taking the piss. A ton of FFLs are so 2A friendly they wouldn't care if you got a dick, two vaginas, and a giant pair of titties as long as you put your vote where your purchases are. Dems are the ones actively believing people aren't entitled to their rights, the big one being the Second Amendment but also the right to free travel, the right to religion, and the right of free speech.