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runrabbitrun
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4.5 million firearms just the last three months of 2008.
Yep.
Seem to me a lot of people are waking up
and are NOT buying the rhetoric of the grabbers.
Let FREEDOM ring.
Yep.
Seem to me a lot of people are waking up
and are NOT buying the rhetoric of the grabbers.
Let FREEDOM ring.
Jorg Nysgerrig
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Instead they are buying wholesale into the rhetoric of the dealers who say that Obama is going to take away all your guns.
"Buy now while you still can! The price is only going to go up and up! These are the last ones at this price! Who knows if we'll ever see another Taurus .38 in the shop! I'd sure like to hold it for you, but I have a lot of people coming in looking at these."
Lone_Gunman
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You are dangerously naive if you believe Obama will not eventually get to the gun issue.
Hungry Seagull
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Let Freedom Ring.
That Report at the range is a wonderful sound.
The tinkle of falling brass is same as ka-ching in the great american enterprising small business owner.. uhh.. reloader yes! That's it...
Let this Great Nation roll on armed properly and able to use it properly.
I myself intend to triple the ammo stocks on hand. If the rest intend to do the same (Pricing be damned) then we are gonna be fine.
That Report at the range is a wonderful sound.
The tinkle of falling brass is same as ka-ching in the great american enterprising small business owner.. uhh.. reloader yes! That's it...
Let this Great Nation roll on armed properly and able to use it properly.
I myself intend to triple the ammo stocks on hand. If the rest intend to do the same (Pricing be damned) then we are gonna be fine.
Jorg Nysgerrig
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Did I say he would never do anything regarding guns?
But I certainly haven't bought into the hysteria that any day now, he will pass an executive order banning all guns and send UN peacekeepers door to door to round them up.
Lone_Gunman
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So are you saying there is no need to prepare for a future gun ban?
Jorg Nysgerrig
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I think it is more important to work to prevent a future gun ban thought activism and education, than it is to "prepare" by purchasing large quantities of guns and ammo in a seller's market. I find taking a couple of new folks shooting is much for effective and satisfying than sitting in my basement looking at 5000 rounds of .223 bought at 50 cents pop mumbling, "Yes, my preshuss, nasty Obamas will never gets you!"
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This is pure fantasy.
I'm afraid I've got better things to do with my Sunday afternoon than indulge this kind of nonsense. Please disregard my comments and continue to pat each other on the back for buying as much as possible. That'll show them.
Good day, gentlemen.
rbernie
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Expecting such a thing to come to pass is well past rational and displays a profound misunderstanding of how our society functions.
But this is a sad and unecessary thread veer. The thread was started with a post about how much of a run on firearms-related stuff has occurred lately. The number is certainly staggering.
Ok, activism is all well and good, and encouraging new shooters better. But the fact remains that the majority of Americans aren't single issue voters. Just because someone may now enjoy taking the occasional trip to the range, doesn't mean they'll support pro RKBA politicians.
rbernie
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There is a high likelihood of a future effort to further restrict guns and/or ammo.
Our answer to this threat lies not just in stocking up - although that is prudent - but in actively working to expand an acceptance of the RKBA. Writing your CongressCritters, taking newbies shooting - these are all activities that can help PREVENT the next ban from being realized.
And that's a far better solution that just sitting back and waiting for it.
rbernie
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HS - keep at it, and you'll get the whole thread locked down. If you want to discuss that specific piece of trash, go to APS. Better yet - go research the claim in that article that 'it (as described) has been passed into law' before you go to APS.
Back to the original topic before it veered off, did the site give a breakdown of the sales i.e. bolt action rifles, semi-auto rifles, shotguns, side arms, etc.? Same thing on the ammo, was it shotgun, full size rifle, intermediate rifle, pistol rounds? Just curious.
flying_gage
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That's pretty impressive! I like that. Someone has to be taking note of those numbers along with the surge in members to RKBA groups.
I think those numbers will in effect nullify any ban that may actually take place. They will be a "day late and a dollar short".
Hungry Seagull start a new thread on the swine flu. If the moderators allow it I will jump in with you so as not to hijack this thread.
I think those numbers will in effect nullify any ban that may actually take place. They will be a "day late and a dollar short".
Hungry Seagull start a new thread on the swine flu. If the moderators allow it I will jump in with you so as not to hijack this thread.
runrabbitrun
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Let me fix that: (part of my post #2)
Seems to me a lot of people are waking up
and are NOT buying the rhetoric of the grabbers and
maybe a few gun sellers.
Better?
Seems to me a lot of people are waking up
and are NOT buying the rhetoric of the grabbers and
maybe a few gun sellers.
Better?
gbran
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I have a different take on this.
I understand there have been over 7 million guns sold since Nov '08. This number doesn't include private party sales.
My question is; Where is the huge corresponding spike in crime? Haven't we been conditioned to believe that more guns = more crime? If so, where is it?
Surely the anti's haven't lied all these years.
I understand there have been over 7 million guns sold since Nov '08. This number doesn't include private party sales.
My question is; Where is the huge corresponding spike in crime? Haven't we been conditioned to believe that more guns = more crime? If so, where is it?
Surely the anti's haven't lied all these years.
That would probably be the reason the media hasn't talked about it much. Now if there was this kind of demand and a spike in crime, they'd report on the huge increase in sales. But a story that doesn't confirm their bias, that's not news.
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If your gonna blame the gun dealers you might as well throw in the NRA, GOA, JPFO and every other organization like them.
It seems they got the ball rolling during the primaries and the dealers ran with it in November.
So whos' really to blame?
Me I don't care. I see it as a boone for the gun industry that otherwise during this economic meltdown could be gasping for air.
It seems to me a healthy gun industry is better for us shooters anyway you look at it.
Just like oil, its a in demand commodity right now. And like gas was last summer, so goes guns now.
And like gas the only ones complaining were those who can't seem to put more than 5 dollars in their pocket at any one time.
You can either spread the joy or spread the blame.
It seems they got the ball rolling during the primaries and the dealers ran with it in November.
So whos' really to blame?
Me I don't care. I see it as a boone for the gun industry that otherwise during this economic meltdown could be gasping for air.
It seems to me a healthy gun industry is better for us shooters anyway you look at it.
Just like oil, its a in demand commodity right now. And like gas was last summer, so goes guns now.
And like gas the only ones complaining were those who can't seem to put more than 5 dollars in their pocket at any one time.
You can either spread the joy or spread the blame.
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