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(71,996 posts) Fri Dec 28, 2012, 03:47 PM Dec 2012

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Pawn Shop Owner: 'I Will Sell No More Guns-I broke into tears seeing types of firearms I'm selling' [View all]

SEMINOLE, Fla. - As a pawn shop owner, Frank James was always a big believer in gun rights and the second amendment. After all, it was his bread and butter business.

But after what he saw in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday, he's had a change of heart. "I basically broke into tears and looked up on the wall, seeing the types of firearms I am selling," James said.

At the Loan Star Pawn store in Seminole, a glass display case that once housed several Bushmaster AR-15 assault rifles is now empty. The glass counters normally filled with handguns has been completely cleared.

"I'm not going to be part of it anymore," James said. He has several copies of the exact rifle suspected in the massacre.

http://wonkette.com/494735/florida-pawn-shop-owner-will-sell-no-more-guns-forever

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Pawn Shop Owner: 'I Will Sell No More Guns-I broke into tears seeing types of firearms I'm selling' [View all] kpete Dec 2012 OP

Florida needs more people like him HockeyMom Dec 2012 #1

an honorable man Skittles Dec 2012 #2

+1 Fumesucker Dec 2012 #4

+ 1,000,000,000 What You Said !!! - K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2012 #13

Yep. nt laundry_queen Dec 2012 #19

DU? I wish we had more of him everywhere!! relayerbob Dec 2012 #20

+1 Canuckistanian Dec 2012 #36

I could kiss this guy. Wait Wut Dec 2012 #3

Agreed! “Conscience wins over making money.” An outbreak of sanity. freshwest Dec 2012 #9

Question Ibisa Dec 2012 #5

The murder of 20 children. Wait Wut Dec 2012 #6

that was the initial report KT2000 Dec 2012 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author bowens43 Dec 2012 #43

A shotgun was found in the truck. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #14

I guess you can pick whatever version you want from the media Ibisa Dec 2012 #40

Or you could just go with the coroner's report Mr. Mojo Risen Dec 2012 #44

not on the account of the ar15...it was used to kill those kids uponit7771 Dec 2012 #50

Our ex-police chief KT2000 Dec 2012 #7

Same here MynameisBlarney Dec 2012 #11

For some people, shit gets real. This man had a reasonable human response to Newtown and Chorophyll Dec 2012 #10

When MSM does a feature on him, that would look like even more progress. I hope for a 100th Monkey. libdem4life Dec 2012 #12

"The decision will be costly..." Thav Dec 2012 #15

Sad, but true. Quantess Dec 2012 #18

There was a radio commercial once that moved me to tears. Aristus Dec 2012 #26

Probably all of us (at least the conscientious, thinking, aware, people) Quantess Dec 2012 #32

+1000 The pendulum is shifting. Starboard Tack Dec 2012 #16

Guy's doing this because of his conscience..... AverageJoe90 Dec 2012 #17

Events like these bring out those who were near the fence on it Major Nikon Dec 2012 #25

Agreed. AverageJoe90 Dec 2012 #28

Mine too tavalon Dec 2012 #46

This is the guy needed as CEO of the NRA. Thinkingabout Dec 2012 #21

How's that "frontlash" thing doin', NRA lovers? TheCowsCameHome Dec 2012 #22

Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #57

"dead economy" TheCowsCameHome Dec 2012 #60

sadly I think kydo Dec 2012 #61

I'm speechless... Teehee123 Dec 2012 #23

Welcome to DU, Teehee123! calimary Dec 2012 #51

Saw this in my local paper. AmBlue Dec 2012 #24

If only there were more like him. Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #27

oh my... a la izquierda Dec 2012 #31

Sorry... Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #34

It's an important read. a la izquierda Dec 2012 #35

You're welcome....which somehow seems inappropriate doesn't it? Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #37

Wow, that was gut wrenching tavalon Dec 2012 #47

oh gosh blaze Dec 2012 #62

Gander Mountain mgardener Dec 2012 #29

K&R farminator3000 Dec 2012 #30

People get in and out of the business all the time. aikoaiko Dec 2012 #33

Sometimes reality has to slap you in the face before you recognize it. crim son Dec 2012 #38

I bet he has no problem buying gold at half his selling price. ileus Dec 2012 #39

Kinda crapping on the guy... bobclark86 Dec 2012 #41

Innocent Murdered Children Is A Sobering Experience - Good For Him - Repeal The 2nd Amendment cantbeserious Dec 2012 #42

Yay, good man! tavalon Dec 2012 #45

Reason hit me square in the jaw Taverner Dec 2012 #48

Goodness of heart over half his sales? JohnnyRingo Dec 2012 #49

While I think its great that he seltzerwater Dec 2012 #52

Another question is skepticscott Dec 2012 #64

The Needle & The Damage Done NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #53

I'll bet that his insurance premiums go down as well SoCalDem Dec 2012 #54

why echo216610 Dec 2012 #55

Why not? PavePusher Dec 2012 #59

maybe he should be arming victims instead of criminals echo216610 Dec 2012 #56

Some asshole said the exact same thing last week. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2012 #58

I Really Appreciate this Thread fascisthunter Dec 2012 #63

A courageous act of moral integrity. May many follow his example. nt Care Acutely Dec 2012 #65