by Data Age | Sep 24, 2014 | Industry, Laws
Kalispell police have been piloting a program using the Leads Online police reporting service and have had success with it. Now they are looking to make the use of this system mandatory for all pawn shops in their area. “We’ve recovered guns, we’ve...
by Data Age | Sep 23, 2014 | Business, Firearms, Laws
Earlier this year the Florida legislator passed a new law allowing gun owners to apply for concealed weapons permits at some local tax collectors offices. The current process of obtaining a permit includes at least 3 stops and a six month wait. Allowing for...
by Data Age | Sep 19, 2014 | Compliance, Laws
In Davidson County N.C. only pawn shops and precious metal dealers are required to track and report to the police who brings items in their shops. Police say roughly 90 percent of stolen items they recover are found through this reporting method. There is however, a...
by Data Age | Sep 18, 2014 | Business, Industry, Laws, News
I’ve made a few posts this week about the reputation of pawn shops and how it seems to be improving. Today I have a few articles for you about how no matter strictly a pawn shop follows the law, sometimes the public perception is that the pawn shop is part of...
by Data Age | Sep 17, 2014 | Just Odd, Laws
Mike Rauser of the Dakota Student presents a compelling argument for the fact that when our forefathers wrote the 2nd amendment, they were fully aware of the potential for a full on zombie outbreak and crafted that amendment so that future citizens (us) would be...
by Data Age | Sep 9, 2014 | Business, Compliance, Industry, Laws
The September 8th ruling caps a “repurchase agreement” interests and service charges at 12 percent a year. The ruling can as the result of a lawsuit filed against Pawn King, a Connecticut based buy/sell shop. The lawyers for Pawn King attempted to argue...
