Charming letter to the local gun store, another nut job.

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So I work at a small gun store in Elkin on Saturdays. small time gig, I just enjoy the environment. So one of the two owners got a handwritten letter in the mail the other day. He sat on it for a couple of weeks before deciding on what to do. He sent me a rough draft and I added a few little things, and it exploded around our small community. 7,000 some views. The comments were pretty funny, I don't know if you have FB or not, but I posted pics of the letter and the FB response, you can find the original post under Elk Outdoors. I told the boss I was offended about the ignorant part since I am just finishing up my MBA. Redneck part, I can own. LOL

We had put the thing on the sign board out front that said "Hillary Clinton has killed more people than my AR-15". THAT is what the fuss is about.
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If y'all go visit the store, don't forget to stop in at Skull Camp brew pub for lunch.
Ask for Kasey. She's the best server they have.
Sweet potato fries are awesome too.
I don't drink. But my wife and daughter love their craft brews.

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The fact that it was anonymous speaks volumes. "Ignorant?" Really? Such pedantic and seemingly obdurate argument from someone so parsimonious in their claim.... :rolleyes:
Stop flexing your vocabulary you're going to pull something.
 
Postmarked Greensboro...does all the local, neighborly mail in Elkin go down through Greensboro and back up to Elkin?

Went to a wedding at the Angry Troll last winter and stayed in town for the weekend...really good time there, really enjoyed it.
 
Wish I could find it (been posted on here before), but there's a photo of an excerpt from a book that discusses the British and why they lost the War for Independence. The last sentence of that excerpt makes mention that one of the reasons they lost is making the mistake of personally insulting a bunch of rednecks.


EDIT: @Grits had it and was kind enough to post it (post #23 to this thread).

LOL...smile every time I read it.
 
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Fake news... one of y'all wrote it's, didnt ya
One of the owners is a Deacon in the church, I try to watch my vocab around him. I hadnt ever heard him talk like that before when he read it. I will assure you we didnt write it. LOL. At least Chris didnt. :)
 
Google shows me 3 vineyards, a campground, a cabin rental and a waterfall trailhead within about a mile or two of your shop. Likely it was a Greensboro tourist heading up to the mountains for some wine and bad Deliverance jokes.
 
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Postmarked Greensboro...does all the local, neighborly mail in Elkin go down through Greensboro and back up to Elkin?

Went to a wedding at the Angry Troll last winter and stayed in town for the weekend...really good time there, really enjoyed it.

Yep, that's the local postal hub. It is a cool little town, not a lot to do , but good for a night or two of good food and hanging out. Angry Troll and the Liberty is a cool venue. They did a good job with that place.
 
So I work at a small gun store in Elkin on Saturdays. small time gig, I just enjoy the environment. So one of the two owners got a handwritten letter in the mail the other day. He sat on it for a couple of weeks before deciding on what to do. He sent me a rough draft and I added a few little things, and it exploded around our small community. 7,000 some views. The comments were pretty funny, I don't know if you have FB or not, but I posted pics of the letter and the FB response, you can find the original post under Elk Outdoors. I told the boss I was offended about the ignorant part since I am just finishing up my MBA. Redneck part, I can own. LOL

We had put the thing on the sign board out front that said "Hillary Clinton has killed more people than my AR-15". THAT is what the fuss is about.
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Better that the "neighbor" writes a letter than go batshit crazy and vandalize or attack the store.
 
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Anyone else think about how terrible the handwriting is ... and it’s damn printing not even cursive? Why don’t they teach penmanship in school anymore? That was rhetorical, I know they have to save time so they can fill our kids heads with liberal swill. My kid’s handwriting is only good today because my wife sat him down and taught him. Even funnier when we first met she use to say how bad my handwriting was ... after having to deal with many younger people at her work who weren’t taught penmanship in school my handwriting is almost calligraphy :D.
 
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The fact that it was anonymous speaks volumes. "Ignorant?" Really? Such pedantic and seemingly obdurate argument from someone so parsimonious in their claim.... :rolleyes:
These critters have been brain washed to see us all as illiterate, drunken, big-bellied (OOPS!), law breaking buffoons. I tried to get a doctor out at Duke to come out to my range with me. Wanted to get the doctor interested. The reply I got was, "Oh, I couldn't go there. What if someone shot me? And I'm sure I wouldn't fit in with the people there." It was the last sentence that pissed me off. I told the doctor that the educational level, not schooling level, was far above mine and the financial status of most members was also far above mine. I told the doctor not to worry about being looked down upon.
 
Wish I could find it (been posted on here before), but there's a photo of an excerpt from a book that discusses the British and why they lost the War for Independence. The last sentence of that excerpt makes mention that one of the reasons they lost is making the mistake of personally insulting a bunch of rednecks.
Here you go @wsfiredude
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BUT I AM OFFENDED SO CHANGE FOR MEEEEEE!III REEEEEECRREEEAACCHH!H!!
 
What kind of person would be so insensitive as to publicly insult Zero-for-Two?

If I get up to Elkin, I'll buy that person a beer (or other beverage of their choice).
 
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This is textbook impotent rage. If they thought they had a tenable position or anything worth saying they would have included a return address or talked to someone face to face. Instead they sneak a lettter in the mail that looks like it was written by a five year old and giggle to themselves because they think they've taken away your ability to dialogue or respond.
 
By the way, stopped in the shop this week and was impressed with the selection of safes.
Get some with non-digital locking mechanisms and you'll probably get some of my money.
 
I suggest adding the L-O-N-G list of people that mysteriously died around the Klintons.
I think it was posted on the forum in the last month.
 
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Imagine what happens when the writer discovers the sign on the door of a Greensboro gun shop. :D

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There's a sign in Scott's BBQ in Hemingway, S.C. says:

Turn your cap to the front
Pull up your pants
Hang up your phone
Get in line
 
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