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sicknutley t1_je4s3si wrote

Reply to comment by mattgm1995 in Vermont cannabis grower pays heavy fine after posting Instagram video of New York delivery by RamaSchneider

funny how I need to show my I.D. when immediately entering a dispensary yet I can go browse any gunshop or firearms section of a store without any verification.

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whaletacochamp t1_je4zwyb wrote

When I was 15 my dad brought me to the kmart parking lot to sell a random dude from a local hunting forum a gun.

Granted I've also bought weed in the kmart parking lot.....

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mattgm1995 t1_je4si1u wrote

Browse? Sure. Every transaction needs a background check on the FBI system. No FFL is going to risk their business by not doing that.

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sicknutley t1_je4sy1m wrote

And do tell me the laws regarding private firearms sales in VT vs. private weed sales in VT.

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mr_chip_douglas t1_je4uqfq wrote

I think private sales are no longer allowed in VT. Gotta go through an FFL holder and do a background check

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whaletacochamp t1_je563rk wrote

Well private sales are restricted for both....you can't sell a gun via private sale anymore in VT (legally) without going through an FFL to do a transfer including background check. You also can't (legally) sell weed privately.

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Kixeliz t1_je5i5m2 wrote

Not only that, but two people were just busted for making off with two handguns from Parro's in Waterbury. Just showed up, took the guns and left. They were trading guns for drugs, which I'm told hardly ever happens here. But as you said, can't take two steps into a dispensary without someone stopping you.

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gmgvt t1_je5l8qb wrote

>They were trading guns for drugs, which I'm told hardly ever happens here.

I don't know who told you that, but I would bet that nobody's even scratched the surface of how often this does in fact happen. A good friend's brother is a cop in CT (about an hour outside NYC), and he says it's pretty widely understood among law enforcement down there the degree to which VT is effectively supplying the guns used in drug and gang wars in NY/NJ/CT. Woodchucks act like it's all one-way traffic of drugs coming here, when lol nah -- it's absolutely a two-way situation.

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Kixeliz t1_je5llnd wrote

Oh, I know it happens far more than people want to admit. What's wild here is it happened at a gun shop, not someone's unattended gun cabinet. Talk about poor business practices if someone can just make off with guns from your store while it's open. But I'm sure much of the ire will be directed at the addicts, far easier to swallow that way.

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gmgvt t1_je5lxuh wrote

Yeahhh it does indeed seem like a bit of a hole in the security system there, yikes ...

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Kixeliz t1_je5m6k7 wrote

And yet, the owner of that very store is always one of the first to bemoan any proposed gun control measures. Actively lobbies against them. Dude can't even control his own inventory, but he won't abide any gun grabbers...gotta love it

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