Roanoke Firearms (the place that sold the murderer his firearms) needs help!

gregma · April 19th, 2007, 03:18 PM

Looks like they have taken down their website (http://www.roanokefirearms.com/) and have left the following in it's place (those who live close enough needs to get down to that place and buy something! Let's let them know we support them fully! We can't let them stand alone!:

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Website Is Temporarily Down

Note from all of us at Roanoke Firearms:

To those of you who came to this site to send messages of encouragement -- we appreciate your concern, kindness, and goodwill. We are as troubled by this trajedy as much as anyone, except, of course, those who lost friends or loved ones,

and your words of support mean a great deal to us.

To those of you who came here to send hateful emails -- you are entitled to your opinion, no matter how misguided and inappropriate it may be. How many of you called the company who sold Timothy McVeigh the diesel fuel or fertilizer he

used to make the bomb in Oklahoma City, or the company who rented him the Ryder truck? Should we outlaw diesel fuel and trucks? How many of you read about a drunk driver who crosses the center line and kills a family, then call the

dealership who sold him the car? Should we outlaw automobiles? If we ban silverware, do you think there would be no more obesity?

One individual bears the responsibility for the heinous acts committed at Virginia Tech, and that is Cho Seung-Hui. If you think otherwise, you have not thought this through. Please be adult enough to reach out and help

someone in need, rather than leaving anonymous, vitriolic emails on our site.

God bless us all.

Website Updated April 18, 2007 @ 18:00

Sam Douthit · April 19th, 2007, 03:25 PM

You are not at fault. You did what was required. Had the people at the school saw to it that this man's mental condition was made a public record then you would not have sold the guns to him. It is their fault. I can see the gun grabbers saying you should have an on call psychiatrist to analyze all customers though. I wish I lived there I would certainly be a customer.

4my son · April 19th, 2007, 04:01 PM

Man, it's a 2-1/2 drive for me, but I'm feeling the need to buy some ammo, or something. Anyone around Richmond want to make a trip?

kentuckycarry · April 19th, 2007, 04:38 PM

I'm with ya. When I see them on the news making a big deal out of where he bought the guns, it makes my blood boil. He bought them legally. We can't put the blame on you for making a legal sale to a guy with no priors.
One idiot out of thousands of legal sales decides to go bazzerk and they have to make an issue out of it hours after the shooting.

Janq · April 19th, 2007, 05:42 PM

Gregma,

Restructure your posting to include quote tags so that the statement your are quoting is more understandable in content.

- Janq

gregma · April 19th, 2007, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Janq

Gregma,

Restructure your posting to include quote tags so that the statement your are quoting is more understandable in content.

- Janq

Is that what you were looking for?

Thanks!
Greg

dr_cmg · April 19th, 2007, 06:53 PM

I will be passing through Roanoke in July. Since I have an FFL and can buy where ever I am, I may just have to buy a firearm at Roanoke Firearms.

Tom G · April 19th, 2007, 08:14 PM

Like I said before. Instead of those in charge doing something to stop this from happening again, they go on a witch hunt and try to smear those people who did nothing wrong.

packinnova · April 19th, 2007, 11:09 PM

Anyone know if they sell NFA down there(looking for a can - Gotta love tax returns

)? I was planning on looking around up here in NoVA this weekend, but am considering driving down there just to give them the business and support.

P95Carry · April 19th, 2007, 11:25 PM

I can just imagine the hateful and vitriolic messages he must have gotten.

Hopefully the gun community will stand behind him and still keep his business going .... he should bear a total zero when it comes to any blame but well - we all know how the anti's behave

April 19th, 2007, 03:25 PM	#2
Sam Douthit Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bowdon, GA Posts: 181	You are not at fault. You did what was required. Had the people at the school saw to it that this man's mental condition was made a public record then you would not have sold the guns to him. It is their fault. I can see the gun grabbers saying you should have an on call psychiatrist to analyze all customers though. I wish I lived there I would certainly be a customer. __________________ Sambo74 SI VIS PACEM, PARA BELLUM

April 19th, 2007, 04:01 PM	#3
4my son Distinguished Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Out side of Richmond, VA Posts: 1,453	Man, it's a 2-1/2 drive for me, but I'm feeling the need to buy some ammo, or something. Anyone around Richmond want to make a trip? __________________ "fundamental principle of American law that a government and its agents are under no general duty to provide public services, such as police protection, to any individual citizen." [Warren v. District of Columbia,(D.C. Ct. of Ap., 1981)] If I have to explain it, you wouldn't understand

April 19th, 2007, 05:42 PM	#5
Janq VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,882	Gregma, Restructure your posting to include quote tags so that the statement your are quoting is more understandable in content. - Janq __________________ "Killers who are not deterred by laws against murder are not going to be deterred by laws against guns. " - Robert A. Levy Monday, March 12, 2007 -- Op Ed -- The Washington Post

April 19th, 2007, 06:53 PM	#7
dr_cmg Lead Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,555	I will be passing through Roanoke in July. Since I have an FFL and can buy where ever I am, I may just have to buy a firearm at Roanoke Firearms. __________________ George Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. Albert Einstein

April 19th, 2007, 11:25 PM	#10
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,366	I can just imagine the hateful and vitriolic messages he must have gotten. Hopefully the gun community will stand behind him and still keep his business going .... he should bear a total zero when it comes to any blame but well - we all know how the anti's behave __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

April 19th, 2007, 04:38 PM	#4
kentuckycarry Distinguished Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: kentucky Posts: 1,861	I'm with ya. When I see them on the news making a big deal out of where he bought the guns, it makes my blood boil. He bought them legally. We can't put the blame on you for making a legal sale to a guy with no priors. One idiot out of thousands of legal sales decides to go bazzerk and they have to make an issue out of it hours after the shooting.

April 19th, 2007, 08:14 PM	#8
Tom G Distinguished Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Orlando Fl. Posts: 1,309	Like I said before. Instead of those in charge doing something to stop this from happening again, they go on a witch hunt and try to smear those people who did nothing wrong.

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