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Grocery Stores bag your products and, sometimes depending on the store, carry out for you as a service. Ask them not to and they won't. If they refuse, or it upsets you, take your business elsewhere. That is what I do in regards to Academy, it'll work for you as well.

Its not the walk up front that I have an issue with, the gun isn't mine until its paid for and that doesn't happen until you get up front. What I have a problem with is the walk out of the store and not being allowed to take possession of my property until I leave the building.

And this is precisely why I don't buy guns there. In the last month I have purchased nearly $2000.00 worth of firearms. I may have saved money at academy, but I didn't even bother looking because they don't respect my property rights while expecting me to respect theirs.

My issue with being walked to the door is this. I have purchased the item, I have proven that I am legally able to carry a handgun, and yet they will not hand me my property until after I leave the building. Other than that I usually find better deals at other dealers than with Academy. Once I pay for the firearm and the 4473 is completed then its mine, and not theirs. If they don't want me walking past the customer service desk with a cased/boxed handgun, rifle, or shotgun then they need to move the gun counter to a location next to the front door.

By law the 4473 is supposed to be treated like a tax document, so legally they can not keep a record of its contents beyond the 4473 itself. Any other documents they require you to fill out they can treat however they please.