I used to think that Kirk's was "unfriendly" at one time, too. However, they're not so much unfriendly as gruff. Ask for advice, assistence, and they'll quite readily help you. Yeah, they're not as overtly "people-oriented" as Paul Lee and his crew, but they're decent.
Fortunately, it seems they're NOT closing. Someone, not sure who, is working on a purchase of the store. Mr. Kirk himself, however, is retiring. I asked who was buying it, but they really don't wanna say at this point... I'm guessing the new owner doesn't want it bandied about until he/she gets their paperwork in order with the feds.
I had specifically left out El Paso Gun Exchange, in the idea that "if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all." I'm gonna leave it at that.
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- Sun Dec 03, 2006 2:45 am
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
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- Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:17 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Travel to El Paso Next Week
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El Paso is pretty CHL-friendly in that only we CHL-ers know the proper signage to keep us out!
I've seen quite a few different signs around town. Usually it's a "gunbuster" sign, but occasionally you'll see a 30.05 posted, or one of the other, older signs. A couple signs I've seen seem to have been made up on the spot in fake legal-ese. ("According to the autority granted the site owner in the Texas Penal Code, the possession of weapons beyond this point is prohibited, and violators will be charged with criminal trespass" or some such) I just grin, make sure it's well hidden, and walk on past.
The one exception I know of is the hospitals. Thomason Hospital, Texas Tech Medical, and Del Sol Medical are ALL properly posted, and on just about every door (I -think- Del Sol isn't posted on the ER entrance, but could be wrong and wouldn't want to chance it).
If you have time, there's a couple decent gun stores in town. Top Gun on Yarbrough just opened this year, so Susanne doesn't quite have her stock "tweaked" properly for the local market yet. She aims mainly at LEO sales, but I believe she's wanting to expand her CHL merchandise too.
Collector's Gun Exchange on Mesa, in the west side of town, is my favorite store. The pushers... er... employees there are quite friendly, and there's almost always a crowd of regulars in there. Stop by, grab some coffee and a Tootsie Roll, and shoot the breeze. Paul is a big SASS competitor, so expect some angling of his merchandise toward that, but he's got a LOT more than just "cowboy guns."
Unfortunately, Kirk's on North Yarbrough is shutting down. Something about the ATF - I suspect the ATF decided to enforce one of their little-known rules, and "make themselves known" in El Paso, shutting down one of our oldest gun shops. I don't know the details of the "violation," and don't particularly want to know, but I'm mad at the ATF for shutting down a fixture of El Paso.
There's a couple more stores scattered around - Chuy in the north-east, and Pete out on the (far) west side. They're small stores, though, that get more business from gunsmithing than from gun sales.
Welcome to El Paso!
I've seen quite a few different signs around town. Usually it's a "gunbuster" sign, but occasionally you'll see a 30.05 posted, or one of the other, older signs. A couple signs I've seen seem to have been made up on the spot in fake legal-ese. ("According to the autority granted the site owner in the Texas Penal Code, the possession of weapons beyond this point is prohibited, and violators will be charged with criminal trespass" or some such) I just grin, make sure it's well hidden, and walk on past.
The one exception I know of is the hospitals. Thomason Hospital, Texas Tech Medical, and Del Sol Medical are ALL properly posted, and on just about every door (I -think- Del Sol isn't posted on the ER entrance, but could be wrong and wouldn't want to chance it).
If you have time, there's a couple decent gun stores in town. Top Gun on Yarbrough just opened this year, so Susanne doesn't quite have her stock "tweaked" properly for the local market yet. She aims mainly at LEO sales, but I believe she's wanting to expand her CHL merchandise too.
Collector's Gun Exchange on Mesa, in the west side of town, is my favorite store. The pushers... er... employees there are quite friendly, and there's almost always a crowd of regulars in there. Stop by, grab some coffee and a Tootsie Roll, and shoot the breeze. Paul is a big SASS competitor, so expect some angling of his merchandise toward that, but he's got a LOT more than just "cowboy guns."
Unfortunately, Kirk's on North Yarbrough is shutting down. Something about the ATF - I suspect the ATF decided to enforce one of their little-known rules, and "make themselves known" in El Paso, shutting down one of our oldest gun shops. I don't know the details of the "violation," and don't particularly want to know, but I'm mad at the ATF for shutting down a fixture of El Paso.
There's a couple more stores scattered around - Chuy in the north-east, and Pete out on the (far) west side. They're small stores, though, that get more business from gunsmithing than from gun sales.
Welcome to El Paso!