Buckhead

“Buckhead isn’t what it used to be.” That could be the tagline for Atlanta’s best-known neighborhood, where politicians, rappers, blue-bloods, and the nouveau riche (and oh yeah, the governor) mingle with apartment dwellers, the cash-poor, and the entirely normal people; where fine international dining meets light-beer pub crawls; where Atlanta’s whitebread history of private schools and gated mansions are inextricably linked to (and incredibly removed from) the city’s African-American and urban fabric. In the mid-20th century, Buckhead was a rustic, white, middle-class bastion of high-school hoo-rahs and church Sundays. By the turn of the millennium, it was known internationally as the site of a double murder outside of a nightclub after the Super Bowl. Locally, it has long served as a derisive moniker for anyone who seemed too materialistic or entitled: “She’s very Buckhead, yes?” Today, the old commercial center—the Buckhead Triangle at Peachtree, Paces Ferry, and Roswell—is a redesigned, high-end shopping district. But some of the best places of Buckhead’s history still remain the same.

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Chuck’s Firearms

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761 Miami Circle Northeast
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Some gun shop owners, when asked why they’re always out of .22 bullets these days, will put down the gun they’re cleaning, take a deep breath, and say, “You’ve got to understand it’s complicated.” Then they’ll blame Obama’s support of the “Muslim brotherhood.” Not the guys at Chuck’s Firearms. When posed the same query, the manager shrugs and says, “Hoarders.” At a time when guns are on a lot of people’s minds, it’s nice to know some folks handling and selling them are sane. Chuck’s, situated smack-dab in the middle of Buckhead glamour, is worth the visit just to ogle all big-game rifles, retro outdoorsman posters, antique bicycles (including a Swiss Army number from the 1920s), hunting trophies, and other cool shit pulled from the pages of an upscale hunting magazine. There are lots of guns, too—including some of the finest specimens from the likes of Rizzini and Freedom Arms—all warmed in a wood-paneling glow.

Chuck’s Firearms
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Chuck’s Firearms
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Chuck’s Firearms
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Chuck’s Firearms
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Chuck’s Firearms
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Chuck’s Firearms
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Cathedral of St. Philip Thrift House

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