Gun sales along the gulf coast - The Firearms Forum

Deputy Dawg · 09-13-2005, 01:18 PM

This is a story from the Victoria Advocate 9/12/05. Customers angered by halted gun sales along the Gulf Coast. Baton Rouge La. As fearfull residents rush to stock up on guns,Wal-Mart,one of the regions biggest suppiers,abruptly stopped selling them at 40 stores scattered thoughout the Gulf Coast.The move infuriated some Wal-Mart customers in this fiercely progun region,some who said the big chain left them without protection as the violence increased after Hurricane Katrina.We had a lot of caos,said Donald Goff,who was sitting in a white pickup outside a local Wal-Mart store. They should be open to sell guns.They should not be doing this to people.Smaller stores are eagerly filling the void.Spillway Sportman near Baton Rouge, sold 172 gun in one three day period,after the hurricane, when they normally might sell 15.One mother came in to buy her first gun after she her two children ages 9 and 12 witnessed a slaying on the streets of New Orleans, said Scott Roe ,Spillway's owner.Her comment was .I was a card-carring antigun liberal- not any more,Roe said "she said, "i am going back home , and i am not going back unarmed"........................................................................................... To bad it took somehing like this to make her realize the importants of gun owner ship. May be this should happen to all liberals. I hope these people support there local gun shops now instead of Wal-Mart.

1952Sniper · 09-13-2005, 02:47 PM

Wow. That is a powerful testament. It's funny how the ideology of liberals always falls apart when faced with reality.

This is another reason I hate Wal Mart.

tex45acp · 09-14-2005, 09:13 AM

Deputy Dawg,

I get the Advocate and read that article. This is why I choose to pay a little more and buy my guns from a local gun dealer and let WallyWorld do without my dollars.

I live just north of Victoria and have already seen some of the problems with the folks coming from Louisana to our fair state. I was in a fast food resturaunt in Houston last week and overheard a woman complaining about the living conditions here in her FREE Texas shelter. I looked her in the eye and she said :WHAT? You got somethin to say???". I said "Louisana is that way, pointing to the east, and you are welcome to go home and complain, but while a GUEST of the State of Texas, I would suggest that you keep your mouth shut. Someone, not as nice as me, might take offense to your remarks and help you go home!!!
She spun around and stormed out of the resturant and I was then met with a thunderous applause from the other patrons.

inplanotx · 09-14-2005, 09:19 AM

Way to go Tex! Nice going!

358 winchester · 09-14-2005, 09:43 AM

Tex we are having some of the same problems here in Pensacola Fl. while we are still trying to recover from our two storms. I have friends and family that still haven't settled with FEMA and the insurance companies but are now being ignored for the folks from LA. I feel for them but they shouldn't be put in the front of the lines over here.
sorry I just needed to vent a little.

1952Sniper · 09-14-2005, 10:38 AM

It seems that this backlash against New Orleans refugees is becoming more and more prevalent. Their welfare mentality is unwelcome in most places they go, but they don't care. They figure that everyone around the nation owes them something. It's starting to get us regular folks angry. We're also seeing a lot of crimes happening with these people. I read a report yesterday of a New Orleans refugee who wandered into a neighborhood and chased down a 14-year old girl trying to rape her. Luckily, she got away and called the police, who arrested him. Here in San Antonio, the local radio station is reporting numerous break-ins around the areas where the shelters are located, in otherwise safe neighborhoods that have never had any problems.

America really wants to feel sorry for these people and help them in their time of need. But with the attitude they display and the fact that many of them are not respecting our laws, it seems that the general opinion is that they need to go somewhere else.

tex45acp · 09-14-2005, 12:41 PM

It's really a shame that they are so ungrateful and beligerent. We owe them nothing!!! Then they wonder why good people are so unwilling to help. "burn me once and your the fool but burn me twice and I'm the fool"!!!

I can remember, as a child when we were traveling, my parents would stop and give a decent looking hitchiker a ride somewhere. This day & time you don't even slow down to take a look at them.

I can remember not having to lock the windows & doors when we left the house......not any more. The only reasons for keeping loaded guns in the house was for varmints that would wander into the yard and chase the chickens or cats. I now have a CHL and carry everywhere I go, even when I am out in my own yard.

The world is a very diferent place now.

Deputy Dawg · 09-14-2005, 06:32 PM

Thanks Tex. for setting her straight.If these people are not greatfull,they can go back to where they came from.

09-13-2005, 01:18 PM	#1
Deputy Dawg Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Central Texas Gulf Coast Posts: 2,229	Gun sales along the gulf coast This is a story from the Victoria Advocate 9/12/05. Customers angered by halted gun sales along the Gulf Coast. Baton Rouge La. As fearfull residents rush to stock up on guns,Wal-Mart,one of the regions biggest suppiers,abruptly stopped selling them at 40 stores scattered thoughout the Gulf Coast.The move infuriated some Wal-Mart customers in this fiercely progun region,some who said the big chain left them without protection as the violence increased after Hurricane Katrina.We had a lot of caos,said Donald Goff,who was sitting in a white pickup outside a local Wal-Mart store. They should be open to sell guns.They should not be doing this to people.Smaller stores are eagerly filling the void.Spillway Sportman near Baton Rouge, sold 172 gun in one three day period,after the hurricane, when they normally might sell 15.One mother came in to buy her first gun after she her two children ages 9 and 12 witnessed a slaying on the streets of New Orleans, said Scott Roe ,Spillway's owner.Her comment was .I was a card-carring antigun liberal- not any more,Roe said "she said, "i am going back home , and i am not going back unarmed"........................................................................................... To bad it took somehing like this to make her realize the importants of gun owner ship. May be this should happen to all liberals. I hope these people support there local gun shops now instead of Wal-Mart. __________________ LOCK and LOAD................................... GOD, GUNS,GUTS the three that keep us FREE!!!! --> Last edited by deputy dog; 09-13-2005 at 01:21 PM..

09-13-2005, 02:47 PM	#2
1952Sniper Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 5,138	Re: Gun sales along the gulf coast Wow. That is a powerful testament. It's funny how the ideology of liberals always falls apart when faced with reality. This is another reason I hate Wal Mart.

09-14-2005, 09:13 AM	#3
tex45acp V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Great State of Texas Posts: 190	Re: Gun sales along the gulf coast Deputy Dawg, I get the Advocate and read that article. This is why I choose to pay a little more and buy my guns from a local gun dealer and let WallyWorld do without my dollars. I live just north of Victoria and have already seen some of the problems with the folks coming from Louisana to our fair state. I was in a fast food resturaunt in Houston last week and overheard a woman complaining about the living conditions here in her FREE Texas shelter. I looked her in the eye and she said :WHAT? You got somethin to say???". I said "Louisana is that way, pointing to the east, and you are welcome to go home and complain, but while a GUEST of the State of Texas, I would suggest that you keep your mouth shut. Someone, not as nice as me, might take offense to your remarks and help you go home!!! She spun around and stormed out of the resturant and I was then met with a thunderous applause from the other patrons. __________________ *The only thing needed for evil to exist......is for good men to stand by and do nothing!!!*

09-14-2005, 09:19 AM	#4
inplanotx Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 8,897	Re: Gun sales along the gulf coast Way to go Tex! Nice going! __________________

09-14-2005, 09:43 AM	#5
358 winchester TFF Admin Staff Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Pensacola Fl. area Posts: 7,335	Re: Gun sales along the gulf coast Tex we are having some of the same problems here in Pensacola Fl. while we are still trying to recover from our two storms. I have friends and family that still haven't settled with FEMA and the insurance companies but are now being ignored for the folks from LA. I feel for them but they shouldn't be put in the front of the lines over here. sorry I just needed to vent a little. __________________ Administrator & Owner RangeDay.com Proud, White, Heterosexual, Gun Owning, Southern American, Christian. Any question about where I stand?

09-14-2005, 10:38 AM	#6
1952Sniper Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 5,138	Re: Gun sales along the gulf coast It seems that this backlash against New Orleans refugees is becoming more and more prevalent. Their welfare mentality is unwelcome in most places they go, but they don't care. They figure that everyone around the nation owes them something. It's starting to get us regular folks angry. We're also seeing a lot of crimes happening with these people. I read a report yesterday of a New Orleans refugee who wandered into a neighborhood and chased down a 14-year old girl trying to rape her. Luckily, she got away and called the police, who arrested him. Here in San Antonio, the local radio station is reporting numerous break-ins around the areas where the shelters are located, in otherwise safe neighborhoods that have never had any problems. America really wants to feel sorry for these people and help them in their time of need. But with the attitude they display and the fact that many of them are not respecting our laws, it seems that the general opinion is that they need to go somewhere else.

09-14-2005, 12:41 PM	#7
tex45acp V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Great State of Texas Posts: 190	Re: Gun sales along the gulf coast It's really a shame that they are so ungrateful and beligerent. We owe them nothing!!! Then they wonder why good people are so unwilling to help. "burn me once and your the fool but burn me twice and I'm the fool"!!! I can remember, as a child when we were traveling, my parents would stop and give a decent looking hitchiker a ride somewhere. This day & time you don't even slow down to take a look at them. I can remember not having to lock the windows & doors when we left the house......not any more. The only reasons for keeping loaded guns in the house was for varmints that would wander into the yard and chase the chickens or cats. I now have a CHL and carry everywhere I go, even when I am out in my own yard. The world is a very diferent place now. __________________ *The only thing needed for evil to exist......is for good men to stand by and do nothing!!!*

09-14-2005, 06:32 PM	#8
Deputy Dawg Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Central Texas Gulf Coast Posts: 2,229	Re: Gun sales along the gulf coast Thanks Tex. for setting her straight.If these people are not greatfull,they can go back to where they came from. __________________ LOCK and LOAD................................... GOD, GUNS,GUTS the three that keep us FREE!!!!