Posted: 8/18/2008 6:51:18 AM EDT
hey guys, i live in the outer fringes of "crook" county and was wondering if you would purchase a firearm in Cabela's, basically supporrting cook county and it's 10% tax or just go to GAT guns and purchase it there  thanks for any input........ ETA thought i was in the Illinois forum....sorry if mods could move thread , will be much obliged...... |
Depends on what you're looking for. GAT does charge an extra 3% for using a credit card on gun purchases. That certainly squares the sales tax difference. Use the Cabela's reward card (not their credit card) and get 2% back to use on other purchases. |
Do you sell ar15s, ak47s, etc to Cook County residents? Do you let people that live in Chicago handle hand guns? I always find it interesting to see how the gun stores view these issues. I was at a gun store with a friend who lives in Chicago and when he showed them his FOID, they would not let him touch handguns. |
They just won't get any buisness from Chicago residents then. Its not against the law to purchase a handgun if your a Chicago resident, you just can't keep them there. I used to live in Cook but I don't now. I still goto a gun shop in that I've been going to for years and when you purchase a firearm there they make you sign a paper saying you understand that handguns can't be brought into Chicago and that "assualt weapons" are illegal in cook county. It has other statements as well that you initial and then sign at the end. This covers the stores ass even though its moronic that I need to fill it out because of Chicago itself. I would never buy a gun at a shop that would'nt let me handle certain type of firearms. |
I agree with you, I am just asking how Megasports treats these issues. The gun store that would not let my Chicago friend handle a handgun was Galyan's, now Dick's in Lombard. I have not been in the store since, but I hear they no longer sell handguns. What gun shop are you using that will sell to Cook and Chicago residents. If you do not want to post the name of the store, send me an IM. I have friends that could use their services. 
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That is why I have never stepped foot in a Dick's store. The name is fitting. I found some great deals when it was Galyan's. I still have four Browning Gold Hunter shotguns that I bought on clearance for a little over $400! I have used one of them and the others are still new in the box. These were $900 dollar guns at the time. |
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IIRC Galyans wanted to open in a new mall being built in Glenview a few years ago. Everything was going fine until the NIMBY moms in the adjoining new development found out they sold <gasp> TEH GUNZ!!! They asked Galyans to not sell them at that location and corporate replied that there was a customer expectation from store to store, and they wouldn't refuse to carry a profitable and legal line of products simply because some bimbo had her panties in a twist. Push came to shove and Galyans said AMFYOYO and abandoned their plans to occupy a cornerstone store. And of course the true irony in all of this? The development in question was sits on the site of the former Glenview NAS - where they used to house nuclear capable aircraft back in the cold war era. Total bullshit - but then again Glenview seems to have become the roosting point for most of the chicken like liberals who flee Chicago.
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The Gallyns in Schuamberg went to court with Schaumberg for not allowing them to sell handguns. Schaumberg won out. Galyns used to be a store like REI where the employees knew their stuff whether it be camping, backpacking, climbing, or guns. Now that Dick's bought them out the majority of the stores have kids working them that know nothing of the outdoors. The guys at the Schaumberg Dick's gun counter know there stuff and most of them have been there since it was Gallyns. |