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I wonder how this will play out?

https://www.freep.com/story/money/b...ds-sued-over-new-gun-policies/398288002/

Now let's see if the NRA will help out with this or as usual sit on the sidelines and act like the Broward deputy.

heard about this on the radio like 5 minutes ago...

I live where this is occurring...

owners of local gunshops interviewed don't think it will really go far...

they were citing the fact, that while someone of a certain age can buy a firearm
and even pass a background check...

the store is not legally bound to sell the firearm...to anyone it chooses not to...

( Funny how the announcer pointed out that a bakery can be held for discrimination of not
selling a wedding cake to a gay couple, but a store can't be held liable for discrimination
for refusing to sell a firearm to someone...who can other wise legally purchase it...)


Personally, from being part of the generation that was drafted and sent to Vietnam..
you couldn't buy a beer being under 21, but you could go and fight and die for your country
against your will, at 17 and 18.

Banning a person from buying a firearm at at, and making them wait until they are 21, to
include even buying a 22 rifle or 22 ammo being under 21... is another liberal leftist
feel good knee jerk reaction...

its another 'never let a good tragedy go to waste' democRAT moment...

lets make "Mom's DEMAND Action" have another feel good moment, to cement their lifelong
vote for DemocRATS....

these policies are bullschitt.. from the stores to the states, passing laws...

Accompany it with laws stopping people from serving in the military until they turn 21 then....

Just think of it.. a 20 year old Marine can't walk into a store and buy a 10/22, or even buy ammo for it..
but he certainly can serve his nation....to liberals there is nothing wrong with that picture...

it its just one more brick dismantling what this nation is all about...

sorry now, you need to be 21 to have your Second Amendment rights honored...
but you can be any age, to abuse your First Amendment rights...as long as its in support of DemocRATs...

Screw Dicks and Screw Wally World's Sporting Good Dept...

Doubt it goes anywhere, all the radicals are against guns and wont back them. Maybe if the kids were homosexual and illegal aliens there would be enough support to change the law.

They aren't legally bound to sell a gun but they are legally bound to sell a wedding cake? Oregon set a very strong precedent with that cake decision. They're going to have to do some real wiggling to get out from under that.

This is often cited by gunstore types but...why is it then that employers are legally bound to employ certain people if there is nothing wrong with them? Many employers can skate around fair hiring practices by lying but in this case there is a known and fairly objective set of rules already governing who can buy a firearm and who can't. By setting up more rules you are setting yourself up for a discrimination lawsuit which these companies are about to get schooled on. Basically they are saying they won't sell to somebody and citing age as a reason. The outcome is pretty pre-ordained.

If you're a gun dealer and are let's say, set up at a gunshow and a sketchy looking character comes past your table and wants to buy a gun. You won't sell to him because you get a feeling he's a criminal. Even if the gunshow is set up to do NICS and he passes or you are an FFL and run one...in a case like this, subjectivity may even be your friend. But in the case of 18-20 year olds, the Federal government has already deemed them legal to buy and own long guns, and you're relying on that alone to deny them the ability to exercise their 2nd Amendment rights. Pretty clear cut.

It's a state case under state law. Federal law probably doesn't stop retailers from refusing to sell to 18-20 year olds (I consider that wrong, but..).

In Oregon tho, they have a blanket anti-age discrimination law for retailers for pretty much anything except alcohol and marijuana. So this should be a slam dunk.

I hope he gets huge punitive damages from it. Seems like a slam dunk.

Why would they help. It is a civil suit filed by attorneys that are getting payed on contingency. .

Yes, an FFL can refuse a sale for just about any reason. The smell of pot on cloths, an MS-13 Tat, and even a bad feeling about the sale, but that is not what Diick's has done here.

They have imposed a "Blanket" ban on the sale of long guns to anyone based solely on age.

It is a clear violation of ORS 659A.403

Well you know the NRA did come in on the civil matter of Heller and McDonald at the last minute when they weren't needed. They could have helped at the beginning when they were badly needed but wouldn't because they were afraid to lose. I am a badly disappointed LIFE member.

That's cuz you are an idiot.

you assume Potlandia Liberals actually give a schitt what people think of them...

they think they are enlightened and those who don't think their way are just morons and idiots...

The other thing with our leftist democRATs running the nut house....

this new law of Kate Brown and then this deal with Pricks and Wally World...

I'll bet if the customer is under 21, but here illegally or is gay or some sort of politically correct
minority, they usually will not decline the sale....

nor will they be reported to law enforcement for trying to purchase a firearm....

how many illegal aliens with a felony did they just round up in Oakland despite the mayor
tipping everyone off?

Laws they come up that have anything to do with Firearms... are just intended to hurt law
abiding white gun owners... who aren't gay.....nothing more.

That is a rather presumptuous way address someone you don't know. I am sorry you feel that way, but you have a right to your opinion. Excuse me for answering you. It won't happen again.