I tried to buy some 12 gauge shells there yesterday. The guy would not sell them to me. It is a long story that I will explain, but in short don't go here, save yourself the BS and go to Big 5 sports instead because I bought my shells there today easy as pie. If you want to know why, read on. I walked into shooters Warehouse and asked the guy for 3 inch 12 gauge shells. He asked for my drivers license. I gave it to him and he said "Do you have a birth certificate or passport with you?" Confused, I said "No." He then barked out "Federal limits apply." I was still confused, and he began to expound all of this crap about a "real ID" is now needed to buy ammo. He said that If I had a birth certificate and passport with my driver's license, I might be able to buy the shells. He then went on and on about my Driver's license being "federal limits apply." Then he went into 15 minute lecture about how to go to the DMV to get a "real ID" with tons of documentation. I left thinking what a bunch of crap, and thinking that he is like most gun shop employees who love to hear themselves talk about their own their own gun knowledge. These are the guys who make you just not want to go into gun shops. I went home and started looking through the internet about "Federal limits apply." It turns out that "federal Limits apply" is printed on Ca driver's license of immigrants who come to the US without citizenship and get a driver's license. I don't know how blind this gun shop dork was, but I am about as Caucasian as you can be, and I was born in Stockton, Ca. I the scoured my driver's license with a magnifying glass at home, and it does not say "Federal Limits Apply" anywhere on my license. Anyhow, I called the Bass Pro this morning and asked them what I needed to buy ammo. The lady said that I needed a real ID, or my regular California driver's license with a copy of my birth certificate showing that I was born in California. I thought that sounds like crap too. I figured that I should go over to the Big 5 and try them since I just bought ammo at the Big 5 a month ago with my regular California driver's license. I went to the Big 5 today. I told the Big 5 clerk today that I wanted the 3 inch 12 gauge shells. He asked for my driver's license, he then asked if I live at the address on the license. I said yes. He then asked where I was born, I said Stockton. He then asked if I had bought a gun since 2014 while living at my current address. I said yes. He then said that there will be a $1 background check. I said, OK. he took my drivers license to the backroom and did the background check. He came back out in less than 5 minutes with the two background check forms for me to sign. I signed the forms and bought my ammo, no problem. Save yourself the hassle and avoid Shooters Warehouse and go to Big 5. read more