This is how I feel as well. Stocking up in times of plenty so you'll have it in lean times is one thing, panic buying because "they" (whoever they are) are coming for your guns and ammo is a losing proposition.
Don’t matter who is in charge as long as congress is still inept.Just wait a bit. If Kamalamadingdong wins the next day will see record sales of ARs and all ammo will disappear again.
Hope so. Every president should be lame duck as far as I'm concerned. Keep all those idiots in gridlock so they can't screw things up further.
As far as our 2A rights are concerned that is at best a stop gap solution. Might keep them from doing anything damaging, but it will also be a barrier to other important work such as a national carry permit.
That doesn't really make me happy; I still fondly recollect the ol' Wally World 100-round boxes of WWB for $8.88.
Not sure where you live, but for those of us behind the lines in a West Coast blue state (that already has an AWB, mag capacity restrictions, etc.), it's all we've been talking about at the range, at the gun shows and in the gun shops; most guys I know are tracking events closely and waiting for the proverbial "other shoe" to drop. What is said in the Walz-Vance debate (Harris isn't gonna come out with anything new on her plans, whatever they really are) might be interesting... So I'm gonna disagree with you here just a little bit.
I got to visit a local high school not long ago -- I could not believe how many obese and chubby students I was seeing. I had to take out my old HS yearbooks to go through, peruse all the photos of student life back in the mid-'70s -- you are absolutely correct here. Our younger generations were skinnier back in the day. As an aside, talked with an old retired HS football coach not long ago (my school was a large-school powerhouse for a long time) and he said by the time he retired, even though enrollment increased, it was hard having enough players at practice to hold full scrimmages, and this was a school that used to get 80 to 100 guys going out for the varsity when I was playing. Still, back then, teenagers were seemingly far more physically active.
To be fair, I know that from 2008 up until 2019 that WWB was around $9 +/- for a box of 50, and $17 - $21 for a box of 100. I'd have to assume inflation had a lot to do with why it doubled in price from when you paid $8.88??? I wish it was that cheap back then, but I'm glad prices have come back down a little vs 2020/21 prices.
I agree with you in that I see and hear the claims of Kalama is coming for our guns from those who are deeply involved and ingrained in the gun community, but that's were it starts and stops. I also don't see any of the people who are claiming that there's going to be panic buying running out to spend hundreds to thousands on more firearms and ammo. During the prior panic buying eras and leading up to them, I heard non gun people and a bunch of first time buyers who were pontificating about buying firearms and ammo. I haven't heard anyone in the general public mention anything about the need to buy guns.
I actually had this conversation with my wife a couple days ago.
Yea, I have a lot of Democrat co-workers of all races and both sexes who own guns including AR15s and the like. I think it's typically only Democrats in antigun states who are most antigun. Democrats who live in states that have allowed them to buy a gun for their home at least are more open to gun ownership because they either own one or they have friends or family members who do.
It's because they all just eat and sit on their phones, social media, and video games. I have that same conversation on a regular basis. I remember the days when cable TV, cellphones, and the internet didn't exist. It was rear to see an obese kid back then. Kids were active during the day and ate predominately home cooked meals as fast food was an once in a blue moon privilege.
It’s more than that. PE isn’t the same now-a-days
That plays a part, but I kids who to get more exercise and be more active after school and on the weekends than while in school. The number of calories being eaten is more important than exercise as you can not exercise at all, eat well, and still be skinny. Kids nowadays also have a terrible diet. All of the above play a part, but I think electrics and diet are the biggest issues.
At this point it's just damage control IMO
Its more of a regional thing. South Florida, the high schoolers are all fit since South Florida is all about looking good.
Since for many people a gun is a talisman -- a magic protective wand, if you will -- it doesn't matter if they are "banned." They will still keep them. This is powerful magic, that trumps mere "laws."
I know some folks that own a gun and prior to FL getting permitless concealed-only carry, they even had a CCW permit. But they never carried.
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