Are you in a state that restricts magazine capacity to citizens? If ao the ae could all have only standard capacity mags, not limited
Otherwise, he is wackked.

It sounds to me that the guy needs a little help. I'm not aware of retailers restricting purchases to military or law enforcement. I think this dealer is blowing smoke up your arse.

I would ask him the reason,preferably with customers in earshot.There isn't one and after his excuse I'd tell him he's an idiot that would make the socialist Liberals proud,and walk saying I'll buy it from one of the other many dealers around like everyone else.The guy is a putz and probably has an ego to go with it.

We have a firearms dealer in my area who does have a display of handguns restricted to law enforcement purchase. Walk in trade cannot purchase from that display. The reason is price. The shop offers those guns at reduced prices to law enforcement personnel only. Perhaps that's the reason the OP encountered what he did.

Thanks for the responses. This state does not restrict mag capacities (or much else for that matter) so it's not like in California. This particular dealer happens to be the largest in the area, with the best selection, but as long as there's at least one other game in town that's where I'll go. I just don't get the whole deal, he has to know that he's simply losing sales every time someone sees that label. And honestly it doesn't seem like an ego thing, it seems that they really believe the M&P guns mean Military and Police only. In other words, I guess he really is a moron, and now it just seems kind of funny. We do have options, like I said there's a guy half a mile down the street who has all the M&Ps you want with no "restrictions".

Thanks again.

I understand the LE and military discount,but that's rediculous.Why would you stock a popualr gun gun for customers with the lowest profit margin and smallest market.If he is helping rearm a Dept fine,but I wouldn't display them and tell people they can't have one.Bad business practice.

I wonder if you asked him if he has a class 3 license if he says no because they're illegal for civies.That's always a good one too.

I think what I'll do is ask if I have to be a Judge or a Pubic Defender to buy those models from Taurus. Or maybe I have to be a bodyguard to buy a S&W Bodyguard, maybe a Sentinel to get one of those from Wilson Combat, or a witness to get EAA's pistol. Lord only knows what it would take to get a Uberti Outlaw, a US Fire Arms Gunslinger, a Blackhawk, Bobcat, Bearcat or Mosquito.

I'm new to this hobby, but I never heard of this before. Where I live, you can go to any gun store and purchase any M&P you want. After reading your post, I would say the guy is loosing sales on account of his stupidity. I would definitely take my business elsewhere and would not look back.

The first model of he M&P revolver was the 1899 Army-Navy call this because they were contracted by both service branches. But the pistol was also sold to the general public and even had a target model. And as far as I know most police departments of the day did not supply their officers with pistols so they had to be purchased by the officer. In fact any of the M&P's that are military marked usually get a hefty premium in price. So the M&P has never been a military or police sales only revolver.

I was in a gun store just this past Friday, three days ago, helping a friend buy his first centerfire semi-auto pistol (gen4 Glock 17 is what he settled on). Although it was a fairly large store, their firearms section was small. Mostly they sold 511 Tactical gear and firearms accessories. While I was waiting for my friend to complete his purchase, I asked someone what their price was for the M&P 15 Sport rifle. He quoted me $550 for law enforcement and military and when I mentioned I was neither, he said he couldn't see M&P firearms to be due to a contractual agreement. I can only guess that it had something to do with the prices they were showing. First time I have seen something like this.

My LGS has a selection of guns that have special pricing for LEO's, S&W gear included, but it's also available to the general public at "regular" prices. On average, about $30 more than the LEO price.