I took the meager tax return I got from Uncle Sam’s House of Extortion and splurged a little on myself a couple weeks ago.
Buying these things in Washington State is a giant Cluster Fuck of Red Tape and is designed to make the process as time consuming and irritating as humanly possible.
The first time I went to look into this was right after Christmas when I found out they had added yet another hurdle.
I had to come home,get on the internet, find this fucking web page and watch a video and answer some questions.then I had to download a copy of the certificate and send it to The Wifely Unit so she could print it out for me.
Just one more bit of bullshit the Gun Grabbers in this state found to make the process take longer and be more inconvenient.
I did all that a couple weeks ago,took my narrow little ass down the road, filled out all the paperwork, showed them the damn certificate and paid my money.
Come back on the 2nd of June they said.
OK, today is the 6th, so I took my recept with me, went back down there and spent ANOTHER HOUR AND A HALF fucking around trying to ,
A. find someone to help me in the first place.
B. Only to find out that they needed a Manager to come complete the transfer paperwork..
C. Wait for her to find YET EVEN MORE forms for me to fill out.
D. Wait for her to go in the back and find what I paid for..
E. Verify serial numbers.
F. . Sign even more forms.
G. Wait even longer because for some reason she tells me, that when you buy 2 pistols at the same time, the system doesn’t like it and it slows WAYYYYY down.
BTW, she tells me it doesn’t do that if you buy 2 rifles or a rifle and a pistol at the same time, only when someone buys 2 pistols at the same time.
Go Figure. I’m the lucky one.
She also told me that my Background Check didn’t clear until THE DAY BEFORE I was supposed to go pick them up.
You would think that as many Goverment Watchlists I must be on at this point that they could just call some dude named Biff at the ATF and get that cleared right up.
H. I have to go pay for some ammo separately and she has to literally hand me the pistols AT THE EXIT on my way out.
The best part of all?
As I am walking out the door with TWO PISTOLS and THREE BOXES OF AMMO, I glance over to my left and there are TWO, Clark County Sheriif’s rigs sitting RIGHT NEXT TO THE DOOR!
I almost had a fucking heart attack because I didn’t see them inside the store.
Needless to say I was on HIGH ALERT at that point.
But I managed to get to my truck, open the lid on the bed and stick the ammo in it, close the lid, get in and make DAMN SURE I hooked up my seat belt and then slithered out the parking lot with one eye glued to the rear view mirror watching those cop cars.
Must not have been for me obviously but it was quite the coincidence.
I made it home and am now the proud new owner of a Ruger .380 and a Sig Sauer 9mm P365.
BFYTW.
No need to berate me on my choices, I got what I got and am happy.
I also picked up a Green Dot laser sight for another as yet to be disclosed project while I was there the first time.
Now for the next round of bureaucratic red tape horse shit.
I managed to let my Concealed Carry permit expire in March, precisely because I didn’t have anything to carry at the time.
(Wink Wink, Nudge Nudge)
Nothing I wanted to consider sacrificing anyways.
So I get to look forward to that bullshit soon. Bonus, I am probably going to have to take a day off of work to make sure I give them enough time. I also needed a new pair of glasses, like two years ago, anyway. Maybe I can get both things done in one day.
As for now, I have some inspection and lubricating to do.
I also live in Washington and I am so thankful I made all the purchases I might ever want with one exception before all the really bad crap kicked in. My CPL expires in two years and I’m not looking forward to it. What I’d really like is a Barrett 50 M82. I need that like a heart attack but the itch won’t go away.
Looks like you got a nice set there! Enjoy them ! Gregb
Perfectly good choices for reliable CC pistols. In Florida a CC permit takes up a long afternoon to do the class and range time. Ready in less than a week, good for 10 years. To renew, walk in, hand in the expired or soon to expire permit, fill out a single side form, take a pic and it’s printed right there, wait time averages 1 hour. To buy a pistol, or 2, or even 3 go to the gun store and pick out your pistols. Fill out ATF form 4473 on an Ipad, hand over DL and CC permit, wait for background check done by computer ( might have to wait as much as 90 minutes on Black Friday), pay, get DL and CC permit back. Go home or to the range.
Congratulations, you have more patience than I do. I am also without firearms in this state, as I lost all mine in a tragic boating accident.
Just do what the joggers do, have someone else go thru the hassle and fill out the forms and then STEAL IT.
Cheaper and less hassle
Move to a Free State.
Recommend TN.
Recommend instead one of the states surrounding Tennessee, as Tennessee is essentially where it was in 1995 when the Legislature got bulldozed into passing Shall Issue, in spite of 16 years of RINO supermajority and RINO governorship.
Surrounding states have gone from No Carry to Full Constitutional Carry in that same time.
And the major irritant to me is having to tell a website that YES I am over 18 before I can browse their wares EVERY FUCKING TIME.
I’m the sixth child from my mom, I wore all my brothers shirts to school, the teachers knew the shirt….before they knew me.
Hand-me-down guns ain’t bad….
Stop submitting to zogbot thugs you cuck! Move to a free state if you can’t change yours.
Sure, that’s easy and cheap. NOT!
Glad that I live in a freer state. Walk in the shop, pick out your handgun(s), fill out the ATF papers, pay for your fee and purchases, go hit the range. Thirty minutes tops most of the time. Long guns are even quicker since the paperwork is less. No fees or paperwork for ammo. You can buy as much as you want at the shop or order online.
Jebus H Christ! Even the “peoples almost republic of Michigan” is not that effed up (yet). But we are getting closer every day unless enough voters wake up and boot the commies out of Lansing and the muzzies out of Detoilet environs real soon.
I no longer purchase guns. It’s cheaper and easier to get a big magnet and go to wherever they have lotsa boat accidents. Right smack dab in the middle of the Columbia works for me.
Congrats! You work with what you got where you at. At least you’re not in Kalifornia. Likely I have mentioned that in another life, I was an FFL there for almost 20 years. From what I read, you have to go through nearly the same level of BS to buy ammo there.
I’m guessing this is one of the forms you had to fill out.
https://www.atf.gov/media/22556/download
Here in Texas, renewed my CHL (CCW) online. Not now required here for concealed carry, but if I wind up in court, can’t hurt.
I will continue to never sign any paperwork for a firearm, it’s really nobody’s business if I have one.
I left that socialist state many years ago. Never regretted it. Was glad to see
WA in my rear view mirror.
I was born and raised in Idaho but our town is right on the border so we have endless high traffic from Wa residents because our gas is cheaper. I don’t like Washington state and don’t think much of Washitonians either. Stay in your own fucking state and quit ruining mine.
If you don’t like Phil then, FUCK YOU THATS WHY
Nice choices. I have the Sig. Time to move the F*CK out of that Shithole & return to the USA.
On a cross-country road tour, I stopped at Exile Armory in Alabama. Daily ‘net vids show awesome inventory. Two long arms went home with me to Idaho and a short gun was sent to my travel partners home in NM.
Sorry about your luck. I get it.
I sympathize with your predicament of living in a gun unfriendly state. Fortunately, my state of AL is Constitutional CCW for residents 19 yrs. and older. I still buy a permit for reciprocity in other gun friendly states. I try to stay out of those states that are not. Nice acquisitions Phil. Best of luck at the range.
Looks to me like you got perfectly fine peestolas. They’re reliable and accurate. that’s what we all want.
I’m so old, I don’t have anymore gun lust. I’m sticking with my 1991 Glock 19. My back up is a Commander size 1911 by Tisas. Best 1911 I’ve ever had and I’ve had a lot of’em.
Sounds like you got your guns at Wally World, Phil…
When I picket up my Mossberg at a newly-opened store in Spokane Valley, they had me fill out the paperwork in advance, then called me when it came in. Almost no hassle. That was many, MANY moons ago. Great semi-auto shotgun!
Oh, yes – I got it at cost as this was a Special Offer loss leader. Less than $400 IIRC, but add tax and undercoating…
I own PRECISELY the same pistols. I keep the Ruger in my car as my hidden carry gun. I didn’t have to go through all the bullshit like you did, though. I live in Iowa and have my CCL. All I had to do was fill out the federal form online, at the store, wait 10 minutes until the ATF approved, and pay for the weapons. When I bought my AR-15 I didn’t even have to do that, just show them my DL proving I was over 18 (I’m 62).