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  1. 11-25-2014, 04:55 PM #1
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    Buying ammo at the store.

    When you guys ammo are they asking for id, phone numbers, addresses?
    Someone mentioned that they were asked for their phone number and when they refused the register halted, so the cashier called the mgr. Mgr shows up and puts a id card into the register and completes the transaction. The screen showed something about tsa stemming from the mgrs id card being inserted so the customer asked the mgr what tsa was doing in/at the store and mgr said couldn't talk about it. If factual my guess is they're using tsa to compile lists of current ammo/gun buyers.
    "And how we burned in the camps later thinking, what would things have been like, if every security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain, whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family?"
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    It's state by state or store policy.

    Some states require it, most don't.

    I've never been asked here, most stores have a sign up saying you have to be 18 to buy it. Sadly, I don't get carded for anything anymore
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    I have not seen this and this is the first I have heard of this.
    what does transportation admin have to do with this. never mind all these groups are joined at the sphincter.
    While no one ever listens to me,
    I am constantly being told to be quiet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 5.56NATO View Post
    When you guys ammo are they asking for id, phone numbers, addresses?
    Someone mentioned that they were asked for their phone number and when they refused the register halted, so the cashier called the mgr. Mgr shows up and puts a id card into the register and completes the transaction. The screen showed something about tsa stemming from the mgrs id card being inserted so the customer asked the mgr what tsa was doing in/at the store and mgr said couldn't talk about it. If factual my guess is they're using tsa to compile lists of current ammo/gun buyers.
    TSA = Top sales associate, ie: the manager.

    When the manager slid his card it probably scanned it as a "TSA override" to the stores ID policy
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    Never have been asked for id on purchase! I would have gone elsewhere....
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    The only time that I have to provide ID when buying ammo is when I buy it on line....Why are there helicopters over my house right now?
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    I've been asked for my phone number before, I've never given my phone number.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kadmos View Post
    Sadly, I don't get carded for anything anymore
    tell me about it. anymore when i go to a bar, or into a casino, ect... theres me getting my id all out and ready and shit, and theyre just like, nah, we dont need to see that, go on in. and im like wtf?!?!

    ive been asked if i was 18/21 to buy ammo (well more like, "yeah, your 21, right?") before, but never carded. i suppose if i looked like i could be mistaken for under 18 i would be.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kadmos View Post
    TSA = Top sales associate, ie: the manager.

    When the manager slid his card it probably scanned it as a "TSA override" to the stores ID policy
    That may very well be but I think mention was made of the tsa/dhs symbol not just the letters tsa.
    "And how we burned in the camps later thinking, what would things have been like, if every security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain, whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family?"
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    Quote Originally Posted by deth502 View Post
    tell me about it. anymore when i go to a bar, or into a casino, ect... theres me getting my id all out and ready and shit, and theyre just like, nah, we dont need to see that, go on in. and im like wtf?!?!

    ive been asked if i was 18/21 to buy ammo (well more like, "yeah, your 21, right?") before, but never carded. i suppose if i looked like i could be mistaken for under 18 i would be.
    Yeah they don't even sympathy-card me. Hell getting old.
    "And how we burned in the camps later thinking, what would things have been like, if every security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain, whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family?"
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    Quote Originally Posted by 5.56NATO View Post
    That may very well be but I think mention was made of the tsa/dhs symbol not just the letters tsa.
    Sounds like you aren't very sure on that.

    I've never heard of such, but I have seen managers do a "tsa override" or get called to do one in stores more than once.

    Just a thought, might have been that...dunno.

    If there is anything like what your suggesting going on, then I suppose we will hear more about it in the near future...could be some new thing
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    LA City Council Tentatively OKs Mandatory Gun Locks, Digital Ammo Records
    http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/...-ammo-records/
    "And how we burned in the camps later thinking, what would things have been like, if every security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain, whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family?"
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    In DC your ammo has to be registered and it has to be of the same caliber of a firearm you have registered. Not sure you can by ammo anywhere in DC though. I know we had a woman arrested last week at near the White House and one of the charges was carrying unregistered ammo.
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    I just bought some pistol ammo @ Cabela's earlier today.

    Was told I had to show my driver's license & give my phone #. Have never had to do this before in gun-friendly Indiana. In the commie state of IL where I live yes, but never before in IN.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrkalashnikov View Post
    I just bought some pistol ammo @ Cabela's earlier today.

    Was told I had to show my driver's license & give my phone #. Have never had to do this before in gun-friendly Indiana. In the commie state of IL where I live yes, but never before in IN.
    did you ask why?
    While no one ever listens to me,
    I am constantly being told to be quiet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mrkalashnikov View Post
    I just bought some pistol ammo @ Cabela's earlier today.

    Was told I had to show my driver's license & give my phone #. Have never had to do this before in gun-friendly Indiana. In the commie state of IL where I live yes, but never before in IN.
    they always ask for a phone number at cabelas, even if you just buy a t-shit. just them building their database so they can either profit on selling your info to other marketers or spam the shit out of you themselves.
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