I do not live near Katy, Texas, and I probably never will, but I can guarantee you that I will never purchase a single thing from you.
For the rest of you all, the answer to the inevitable, "Why?" is contained within this radio interview:
Matt Patrick: It is 6:16, Houston’s Morning News and I’m Matt Patrick. Glad you’re here; also glad that Tactical Firearms owner Jeremy Alcede is joining me, and, Jeremy, first of all, I love your place. I’ve bought a couple guns from you already. Love the new range. But I also love what you were saying about the Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act, which is being presented by the Democrats now. You say, "Look, if this is gonna make them happy, then let’s give them this, let’s let them have this and go away and leave us alone." Right?
Jeremy Alcede: Right. I mean, they’re never going to stop. This is just an ongoing thing that, y’know, I don’t agree with anything, y’know, if you give ‘em an inch, they’ll take a mile. But, y’know, if this is gonna shut ‘em up, then give it to ‘em. The only good thing that could come out of this is, y’know, it’s gonna not allow all these big online companies to purchase ammo from the manufacturers so the manufacturers are gonna be overloaded with ammo, so guess what that means? They’re gonna be calling me sayin’, "Look, I’m gonna give you an extra dollar-fifty off off a box when you buy it. Please buy it." So it might actually lower the cost for you, the consumer. I know when I get it lower, I’m gonna sell it lower to you.
Patrick: And that’s good for me.
Matt and Jeremy, you are cordially invited to get bent, which should not be terribly hard with your heads so far up your respective asses already.
Oh, and, yes, you read that correctly – Jeremy Alcede is supporting the Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act because he correctly believes that it will result in more business for his company through the shutting-down of other companies, but, better, he considers this bone tossed to the authoritarians hopefully enough to keep them satiated for the time being, while simultaneously acknowledging that authoritarians are never satisfied and this is just one step in a long line of steps.
The first position is that of a cold-blooded, calculating businessman; oh, sure it screws over his competitors, and it likewise screws over his customers (no matter how he spins it, removing competition is never a good thing for the customer), but establishments like his probably will end up making more money under the SOASA.
The second position, however, would be laughable if it were presented in a humorous fashion, but I have an annoyingly nagging suspicion that Jeremy was 100% honest; he truly believes the SOASA would be sufficient to stall "gun control" extremists for the time being, despite knowing that "if you give them an inch, they will take a mile". That kind of disconnect from reality makes me truly wonder as to his sanity…
1 With a Bullet has some additional information on Jeremy Alcede and Tactical Firearms, and in answer to his question, I do believe, from what I have seen, that Jeremy is a quisling, especially given his willingness to sell his competitors up the river to make another buck.
We must remember that not everybody in the Gun business is there because they love to make money on the stuff they love. Some are just as rat mercenaries as any drug dealer or member of congress.
I may be in Texas, but I don’t know Jeremy Alcade, have never been to his store.
But I’ll say this.
Checking his website this morning he’s issued what appears to be an explanation and apology.
What struck me the most? He admitted his ignorance and lack of information before he spoke. He didn’t do like many do caught in this situation and try to continue to justify their position as right and correct, nor does it appear like he’s backpedalling to save face. No, it appears that he’s making an honest admission of his mistake.
I don’t know the man at all, and I cannot know for sure if he’s being honest or deceptive. But the best I can do is take the man at his word. He admitted his mistake. Let’s be grown ups, forgive, and move on together arm-in-arm. If he’s being truthful, if he truly understands his mistake, then we have nothing to worry about and we be stronger and more united. If he’s being deceptive, then it will eventually all come out in the wash and we’ll have a trail of evidence.
I wonder if most of the push for SOASA is the realization by the politicians that there are a couple-three billion rounds of ammunition out there that they have no control over or any knowledge of its location.
And only a general idea of the location of the guns that use them.
There’s that. And the dim realization that a lot more people are carrying and and buying guns for self protection.
There’s also the socially acepptable position for guns was sport/hunting with self defense as a fringe.
Now self defense is the normal position with “because f*ck you” and “It makes the feds nervous” as the growing fringe.
There’s also that the internet is scary. Both to the politicians and their supporters. Neither of which really understand it. You can see bloomberg pushing internet sales as the next “gun show loophole”.
I ordered some stuff from him a few months ago. My items were slow in arriving and were shipped from outside of Texas. Never again.
@ Miguel: To be certain, but it remains incumbent upon us to identify and isolate those individuals accordingly.
@ hsoi: I think we will just continue this on the other post
.
@ rickn8or: And that is just one of the thousands of other stupidities about this particular bill; there are literally countless rounds of ammunition out there, and the underground black market for them will become absurd. Hell, I can guarantee you some folks will just take the hit of buying thousands upon thousands of rounds of ammunition at a time, and then selling it out to their friends to keep their names off the lists.
As usual, politicians are idiots.
@ The Jack: Yeah, there have already been mutterings about how you can buy guns online and how that “loophole” must be closed. Y’know, aside from the small detail that all out-of-state gun purchases have to go through FFLs anywise, and how intra-state purchases are already limited by the same laws as those controlling parking-lot exchanges between two people.
@ MAJ Mike: Well, hell, that sounds like a reason not to use them regardless.
Yeah, I’ve done plenty of “internet” sales. And guess what, FedEx ain’t stopping at my house.
Kinda like how I can’t get ammunition anonymously. Money orders are a pain and the shippers don’t like just dropping a box off in a field somewhere.
But hey, these clowns peddle ignorance, and the Internet is all scary. Didn’t you see that Die Hard Movie!
*sigh* If only you were joking about Die Hard being reference material for people when it comes to guns…