Local Atwoods Now Carrying Firearms

BY MELANIE BUCK –

Beginning October 27, firearms are now being sold in the sporting goods section of Mena’s Atwoods store. Store Manager James Looney told The Pulse that, as a company, Atwoods began selling firearms about a year ago and now have them in all 57 stores in 5 states including Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, and Kansas.

Dubbed a ‘farm and ranch’ store, Atwoods aims to change that perception by moving with the growing ‘sporting goods’ trend, turning their brand to ‘farm and sporting goods.’

From rifles and shotguns, to handguns, ammo, and gun safes, they offer several well-known brands, in all shapes and sizes. “We’ve had good feedback from our customers on our selection and our prices,” said Looney. He added, “We’re hoping with the addition of our guns that our ammo selection will expand as well.”

Atwoods has a strict policy of what times their guns will be sold. ‘Gun Hours’ will be Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Atwoods also sells hunting and fishing licenses as well.

According to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Control, “Federal law provides states with the option of serving as a state “point of contact” and conducting their own background checks using state, as well as federal, records and databases, or having the checks performed by the FBI using only the federal National Instant Criminal Background Check System (“NICS”) database.

Arkansas is not a point of contact state for the NICS. Arkansas has no law requiring firearms dealers to initiate background checks prior to transferring a firearm. As a result, in Arkansas, firearms dealers must initiate the background check required by federal law by contacting the FBI directly.”

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