After the ATF BS and the credit card had cleared I just stood at the counter for a while. Finally they guy behind the counter got impatient and asked "anything else?" I sheepishly said no, picked up the AR, walked out to my truck and drove home. I knew I could just leave with it but I'd been so conditioned by CA gun laws that just leaving with the property I'd purchased seemed unnatural. I've since gotten over that.
There are 420 million owned firearms in this nation, with a population of 300 million I would say WE are winning the battle!!!
I had to laugh. The guy at the gun store had to run through an operational and safty speech before I could take my lower home. I told the guy I’m only going to use the lower as a door stop, so he had better cover tripping hazard.