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The original was posted on /r/mildlyinfuriating by /u/Ultra-InstinctGoku on 2023-08-07 23:00:36+00:00.

Ill try to be brief. Its no surprise, this happened in rural America… Oklahoma to be exact.

I went to the local Atwoods, looking to buy some optics behind the gun counter. The person working was with a customer, so I waited my turn. While I was waiting, the person in front of me was purchasing a hand gun. He looked incredibly rough around the edges (tattered dirty clothes, messy hair, home done tats up and down both arms, etc.) I do my best not to judge books by their covers, so I don’t think much of it… but then this guy opened his mouth.

He begins telling the cashier the reason he is there buying a gun is because his got stolen while he was in rehab… that he had just got back to Oklahoma because he’s been in rehab for methamphetamine for the last 2 months and when he got home his gun was gone. Immediate red flag, but the cashier doesn’t flinch… just kept going.

He got to the background questionnaire and the guy literally couldn’t read it. He got to the first question and asked the cashier for help answering them because he didn’t understand the questions. He also contradicted himself here in a big way. He had been talking about how he had previously always purchased guns at pawn shops while he was looking through the gun case, but then, when he couldn’t understand the questionnaire, he said it was because he had never purchased a gun before… Another huge red flag completely ignored. The cashier told him that he could not tell him how to answer, but he could explain the questions to him.

After it was all said and done… dude walked out the door, gun and ammo in hand… I asked the cashier when I finally got to the counter if he really thought it was a good idea to sell a gun to that guy… he said “the computer said he was clean” and shrugged his shoulders… like What. The. Fuck.

Obviously, Im a gun owner… I am licensed, own a proper safe and locks and use them, etc… but this shit right here is why we have such a huge fucking problem in America. I just watched this happen and it makes my blood boil. This is absolutely ridiculous!