countryclub, i could see, could mind you, a firearms salesperson asking to validate the individual's ID, or age to handle/purchase a firearm even before being shown said firearm. perhaps the salesperson whatever their spidy senses tingling alerted them to, felt allowing an individual to handle over a firearm could result in a grab and snatch situation but now has a ID if it goes down.
since snirp88, posted his encounter in 2014, supposedly talked, via phone, to the store manager who allegedly stated, according to the OP, quote: I just got off the phone with the store manager and turns out it was the same guy. He assured me that that was the policy and once again told me it was "because we sell guns." unquote.
the OP allegedly raised the issue to corp level and supposedly told: quote: I emailed corporate and told them everything that happened and all a customer service representative told me was that they do not have a policy and is at the store managers discretion. unquote
ccj, sorry but out of 610 establishments spread across this country, only a handful of issues making it way to this forum's attention and the only side we hear about is one side.
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