That was really my reason for posting. Just glad to see a new shop opening up despite the current climate.Regardless of the man's skin color, I wish him well.
Huh? When the title of the thread is :"First Black-owned gun shop to open in Indy", it was ALL about race...That was really my reason for posting. Just glad to see a new shop opening up despite the current climate.
I just copy/pasted that from the WTHR article. Don't read anything more into that than there is. Did you even read the article? If you had, you would have seen that.Huh? When the title of the thread is :"First Black-owned gun shop to open in Indy", it was ALL about race...
That's kind of wild because 20 years ago I bought a Smith and Wesson 629 Backpacker from another one of "Indiana's first black gun shop owner's" in Jeffersonville, IN...
I used to shoot archery at another of Indiana's "first black owned archery shops" back in the 1980s...also in Jeffersonville....
I would daresay we`ve all experienced racism, I certainly have. Being color-blind would solve a whole lot of problems all across the board.i read an article about a week back about another first black-owned gunshop in another state. the owners and a few of their customers stated how some blacks feel intimidated by going into a white owned gunshop. for the most part i think that is on the customer. i have definitely experienced racism in my lifetime but yet to see it in a gunshop. i've heard it thrown out there by some people that were denied service usually because of behavior/ being visibly/olefactorily under the influence but never outright racially. we need to stop worrying about what color sees us as and worry more about being educated about our firearms.
Long-time white guy checking in...I second the motion.as a long-time black guy, i try to frequent as many local businesses as possible. i really don't care what color/race the owner is. it is very true that the media only mentions race to keep us leaning towards division and soooo many people fall for it. i frequent several gunshops in the metro area and only stop patronizing them if they show poor CS or their prices are way out of line , doesn't matter to me why. if this guy has poor customer service or his pricing is not in line with what i'm willing to pay, he will only see me once. i've met some really great people since i've been bitten by the "bug" and race has never been a factor.
its seems the implication here is that somehow the gun laws regarding FFLs arent applied to white owned gun stores? I guess? and that now a black owned gun store will have the privilege to not have gun laws applied to him the way white owned gun stores do?
I know, I know. trying to makes sense of lib media is a mistake.
Bingo.I would daresay we`ve all experienced racism, I certainly have. Being color-blind would solve a whole lot of problems all across the board.
i read an article about a week back about another first black-owned gunshop in another state. the owners and a few of their customers stated how some blacks feel intimidated by going into a white owned gunshop. for the most part i think that is on the customer. i have definitely experienced racism in my lifetime but yet to see it in a gunshop. i've heard it thrown out there by some people that were denied service usually because of behavior/ being visibly/olefactorily under the influence but never outright racially. we need to stop worrying about what color sees us as and worry more about being educated about our firearms.
This thread is starting to remind me of the "Captain" scene from No Time for Sergents!