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There's at least one Academy in the Houston area that didn't sell guns the last time I was there. It was strange cause they sold ammo, accessories, and cleaning supplies, just no actual firearms. All the other ones I've been to sell them.Xander wrote:You might want to double check that and make sure...I think you might be surprised. Plano's pretty uptight by Texas standards, but even our Academy stores sell guns.govnor wrote:I don't think any Academy around here sells guns. None I have been into sell guns at least.
-Xander
Interesting. I wonder why? I wonder if it's something the local stores can choose to do, or if it deals with local regulations that don't allow certain stores to sell guns, or something else entirely.mdek wrote:There's at least one Academy in the Houston area that didn't sell guns the last time I was there. It was strange cause they sold ammo, accessories, and cleaning supplies, just no actual firearms. All the other ones I've been to sell them.Xander wrote:You might want to double check that and make sure...I think you might be surprised. Plano's pretty uptight by Texas standards, but even our Academy stores sell guns.govnor wrote:I don't think any Academy around here sells guns. None I have been into sell guns at least.
-Xander
Just a couple of months ago I was in the N. Richland Hills Academy, next door to Huggins, and they sold firearms of all types. The Sports Authority (formerly Oshmans), down the street has removed all traces of their former firearms sales.govnor wrote:I don't think any Academy around here sells guns. None I have been into sell guns at least.
I've asked the good folks at the Galveston store about it, and they told me that it depends a lot on the size of the store. Bigger stores have room for the safes etc. I believe it has a lot to do with the willingness to commit to the paperwork. more than political attitudes.govnor wrote:I don't think any Academy around here sells guns. None I have been into sell guns at least. I was shocked when I went to Academy in Temple with my cousin and saw not only shotguns, but also handguns and assault rifles! He told me that things are a bit less liberal around there. I'd say he's right.
I've been in that same store and looked at their guns. The one in Arlington also has rifles, handguns, and assault rifles.Trainman wrote:Just a couple of months ago I was in the N. Richland Hills Academy, next door to Huggins, and they sold firearms of all types. The Sports Authority (formerly Oshmans), down the street has removed all traces of their former firearms sales.govnor wrote:I don't think any Academy around here sells guns. None I have been into sell guns at least.
I went to one of the Arlington stores one time and they didn't have any guns. Maybe things have changed? The one in Dallas didn't have any either. Our local Wal-Mart doesn't have guns either. Normally I'll see long guns for sale, but none here. They have ammo, but no guns.5111 wrote:I've been in that same store and looked at their guns. The one in Arlington also has rifles, handguns, and assault rifles.Trainman wrote:Just a couple of months ago I was in the N. Richland Hills Academy, next door to Huggins, and they sold firearms of all types. The Sports Authority (formerly Oshmans), down the street has removed all traces of their former firearms sales.govnor wrote:I don't think any Academy around here sells guns. None I have been into sell guns at least.
It's not a gun grabber concoction though. It's actually a term that's as old as the particular class of rifles that it describes. It's a fairly accurate translation of the German Sturmgewehr, (storm rifle) the name of the first mass produced and widely used rifle in the form that we would today associated with the description of an assault rifle.Photoman wrote:Assault rifles? Was that aggravated or just simple assault?5111 wrote: The one in Arlington also has rifles, handguns, and assault rifles.
Sorry...I couldn't resist. I just hate it when we fall right in step with the gun grabbers.
The Academy in Lewisville ( Hebron & 35E?) sells guns and all the Plano stores do also.govnor wrote:I don't think any Academy around here sells guns. None I have been into sell guns at least. I was shocked when I went to Academy in Temple with my cousin and saw not only shotguns, but also handguns and assault rifles! He told me that things are a bit less liberal around there. I'd say he's right.
Swing by the Academy over off 820, they sell firearms.govnor wrote:I don't think any Academy around here sells guns. None I have been into sell guns at least. I was shocked when I went to Academy in Temple with my cousin and saw not only shotguns, but also handguns and assault rifles! He told me that things are a bit less liberal around there. I'd say he's right.
I believe he's objecting to the use of the term, not the term itself. Unless the store is selling selective fire weapons, they aren't assault rifles.Xander wrote:It's not a gun grabber concoction though. It's actually a term that's as old as the particular class of rifles that it describes. It's a fairly accurate translation of the German Sturmgewehr, (storm rifle) the name of the first mass produced and widely used rifle in the form that we would today associated with the description of an assault rifle.Photoman wrote:Assault rifles? Was that aggravated or just simple assault?5111 wrote: The one in Arlington also has rifles, handguns, and assault rifles.
Sorry...I couldn't resist. I just hate it when we fall right in step with the gun grabbers.
-Xander
Edit: Several edits to fix grammatical issues that only arise due to my refusal to properly proof-read my posts.
